Six By Seven
Any Colour So Long As It's Black

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In 1997 six by seven released their first single ‘European Me’ which the NME described as “one of the greatest debut single of all time”. A great start indeed and the following single, another 7 minute dark and atmospheric grind, called 88-92-96, and became the NME single of the week. Things were going well for the band that’s live shows were quickly selling out, but things were not going to stay like that forever. Somebody once said that life is about timing. If this is so, perhaps six by seven’s timing could not have been worse. They made dark and atonal anti pop promoted by gigs of ferocious volume and attitude. In the year of their third album the NME’s Victoria Segal even proclaimed them as the best live band in Britain after seeing them perform in Paris. They were perhaps ahead of their time. If they were a new band now, instead of releasing their music to an audience more in favour of grooving to Fatboy slim and The Chemical brothers, or numbing out to the blandness of Travis and Coldplay, it may have been a different story. Maybe, but who gives a fuck. A good band is a good band and in that lays the persistence and the belief. It is true to say that six.by seven have had turbulent times. They got through them and even until recently been vilified for carrying on, as if that were a crime, to be an artist and forget the trends, that is what they have always done, their own thing. Well, when Peel was alive he thought they were worthy of five of his sessions. What is guaranteed however is that right now, six by seven will be in a rehearsal room or a studio forging their sound. Maybe no one will give a fuck, maybe their loyal underground following will? Maybe they won’t. Maybe no one will even realise what the band achieved until 30 years time. Maybe someone will write a book, maybe nobody will. Who gives a fuck, because nothing in the world can take the place of persistence? Here is the best of the story so far…Rare London show : 13th March London hoxton bar. CD tracklisting : 1 bochum, 2 for you, 3 iou love, 4 catch the rain, 5 so close, 6 candlelight, 7 ocean, 8 ready for you now, 9 new year, 10 one easy ship away, 11 push, 12 always waiting for, 13 untitles (Ulrich schnauss remix), 14 candlelight (flaming lips remix), 15 eat junk become junk (2 lone swordsmen remix), 16 tonight (dandy warhols remix), 17 bochum (bloc party remix).  DVD tracklisting 1 88-92-96, 2 candlelight, 3 for you, 4 july august winter, 5 new year, 6 eat junk become junk, 7 iou love, 8 ready for you now, 9 nowhere to go but home, 10 eat junk become junk (live), 11 sawn off metallica t shirt (live), 12 another love song (live), 13 sleep (live), 14 catch the rain, 15 Laundry night  - a short film by Stuart Allison.

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