Shrag

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Scared To Dance proudly presents Shrag

SHRAG
Shrag bring buzzing, distorted guitar lines fronted by the finest frontwoman around. The natural charisma of Helen King whose onstage rage coupled with witty lyrics is forever engaging. Their groundbreaking second album Life! Death! Prizes!, laden with strings, found the band at their peak developing their musicianship with a less aggressive sound. From headline slots in Europe, to a UK tour with The Cribs to festival appearances in the USA they are the band to fall in love with. Shrag will be playing new material from their forthcoming third album Canines which sees a highly melodic strain of guitar-based pop, with a danceable, funkier element creeping into the rhythm section once more.

"Shrag are a sharp poppy post-punk band smearing their own dark lip gloss on sex and gender... You can always tell deep down they're looking for real, vital connection." Pitchfork

http://www.myspace.com/shrag

POCKETBOOKS
Thee band of the London indiepop scene support on the back of their standout opening set at this year's Indietracks festival. With spritely piano, spiralling guitar and semi-operatic diary entries, Pocketbooks tell celluloid stories to listen to in your bedroom. Their second album Carousel has just been released on Odd Box Records and finds the band with a fuller sound complimented by sweeping violins and girl group harmonies. Expect plenty of new gems such as "Promises, Promises", which is sure to feature in everyone's end of year lists, alongside the pop classics "Footsteps" and "Fleeting Moments".

"This is Bacharach, and this is Bob Stanley. This is all those 60s pop groups who never aspired to be as cocky or salacious as The Shangri-La's." Everett True

http://www.pocketbooks.org.uk/

FEVER DREAM
Fever Dream play dark, fuzzy, menacing music that blurs the line from noisy new wave to angular post-punk. New on the scene, they're building a reputation as the band to see from sets at Rough Trade's RoTa and PigPen in London to Berlin. Their hypnotic sound takes inspiration from Deerhunter, Times New Viking and Sonic Youth whose footsteps they'll no doubt follow with their brooding, stylish tones.

"Fever Dream's straight-up-and-clear-the-gantry "Poyekhali", a wonderfully explosive blast of uber-rhythmic post-punk." - Sounds XP

http://www.myspace.com/fever.dream

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