aaamusic | On 03, Jan 2011

The Seventeenth Century release this introductory 4-track Extended Player – through Electra French Records on the 10th Jan 2011.

The EP’s counterpart, (part 2) will be released April 2011, with the Debut Album to follow in late 2011.

Both will be available exclusively on Limited Edition 10” vinyl, with free digital download code.

Hailing from Fife, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, the band formed in late 2009, after meeting through music college and mutual friends in Scotland’s musical capital, Glasgow. Finding early common-ground in the belief that modern folk music can be powerful without being po-faced, the band locked themselves away to write their first wave of songs together, the results forming this debut EP release.

Whilst being young enough to have no comprehension of life before the internet, common influences ranging from the sixties baroque influenced The Left Banke, to the experimental instrumentalism of Godspeed indicate an already impressive awareness of a deeper landscape than their years allow for, and as noted by the Scotsman earlier this year, who described them as “…a band that writes illustrious music whilst their admirable naivety shines through,” these young tykes are just getting started.

Already playing to consistently large quantities of clued-up music kids in their adopted hometown, including a headline spot for the now-legendary Detour nights, the band have since gone on to play to a packed out T-Break tent at this summers T in the Park, and were invited to perform to a glamorous crowd of almost 2000 amongst the burlesque troupes of this years wonderfully vaudevillian Club Noir Christmas night at Glasgow’s O2 Academy. Despite the subtlety of their music their live performances fizz with power, with violin-toting frontman Mark Brendan Farmer described by one prominent blogger as “as intense a frontman as you`ll see this side of Nick Cave”.

However, with radio play from the likes of Tom Robinson and Gideon Coe, the Culture Show’s John Robb stating “their sound is utterly original and the band is pure genius” and taking in a successful first-time tour of Holland along the way, it seems likely the Scottish kids won’t be able to hold onto their little secret for much longer.

Expect detailed 4-part harmonies, slowly building over a thunderous rhythm, joined by multi-layered violin, cornet and guitar, and a refreshingly unpretentious take on the modern folk genre. This debut EP is an introduction to a band with a busy year ahead, and one that is not to be missed.

The Seventeenth Century are:

Mark Brendan Farmer: Vocals / Violin
Ryan Joseph Burns:  Vocals / Guitar
Nicholas John Grant:  Vocals / Bass Guitar
Michael Wilson Truscott:  Vocals / Cornet
Andrew Arthur Truscott:  Drumkit.

The Seventeenth Century (Part 1) EP Tracklisting:
Young Francis / Amongst Other Things / Roses in the Park / Countryside

The Seventeenth Century Live:
18th Dec @ QMU, Glasgow (Supporting We Were Promised Jetpacks)
19th Dec  @ Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow (Electra French Christmas Spectacular)
10th Jan @  Radio 1 Scotland (Live Session, Ally McCrae show)
11th Jan   @ Captain’s Rest, Glasgow (EP launch night)
More UK dates to be announced shortly

March 2011 Holland Tour:
16th  Deventer
17th  Utrecht
18th  Zwolle
22nd Nijmegen
24th  Haarlem

www.http://theseventeenthcentury.com
www.myspace.com/theseventeenthcentury