The Keys – new album Bitten By Wolves on May 2nd and announce live dates & festival appearances
aaamusic | On 07, Apr 2011
Hailing from the Welsh capital of Cardiff, contemporary psych-rockers The Keys are back with their signature brand of cosmic flavour to release their first full-length album, ‘Bitten By Wolves’ through See Monkey Do Monkey Recordings on May 2nd 2011.
Following the release of 2010’s mini album ‘Fire Inside’, the band have been capturing the imagination of industry and public alike, garnering praise and support from Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, Clash magazine, Metro, BBC 6 Music, Radio 2, Shindig!, Mark Lamarr and BBC Radio Wales’ Adam Walton and Bethan Elfyn.
Having risen from the ashes of the much lauded Murry The Hump – once labelled by Alex James of Blur as ‘the best new band in Britain’, counting Damien Hirst and the late Joe Strummer as fans and notching up several John Peel sessions – The Keys are a band whose musical pedigree cannot be argued with.
Drawing on a range of quality influences from Animal Collective, Captain Beefheart, Can, Spirit, The Black Keys, Frank Zappa, Panda Bear and Spiritualized, The Keys adeptly blend together the new and the old, sitting alongside the likes of Super Furry Animals, The Coral, Malachai, Tame Impala and The Bees. ‘Bitten By Wolves’ was recorded and produced by the band themselves, with frontman Matthew Evans at the helm (and a little help from El Goodo’s Pixy Jones on the haunting ‘When You’re Young’).
The Keys have also graced many a stage across the UK and are stalwarts of the Welsh live circuit, including the much-loved Swn festival. Their performance at the 2010 led to them being branded as one of the Top 5 bands you should have seen (http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2010/10/25/top-5-bands-you-should-have-seen-at-swn/
The band will take to the road in support of the release of ‘Bitten By Wolves’, and all dates can be found on their website http://www.thekeysmusic.co.uk/.
Track listing
| 1. Bitten By Wolves
2. 16 Horses 3. I Tried To Find It In Books 4. The Colour Red 5. Crackin’ Up 6. Teacher’s Daughter |
7. Transformations
8. Everyone Loves You 9. When You’re Young 10. Head of the Valleys 11. I Just Can’t Convince Myself |
LIVE DATES:
21st April- Harvest Sun, Liverpool
23rd April- The Welfare, Resolven
24th April- Gwdihw Bijou Festival (Acoustic)
26th April- Dublin Castle, London
27th April- Mother’s Ruin, Bristol
28th April- The Dulcimer, Manchester
29th April- The Llangollen, Bethesda
6th May- Album Launch- The Globe, Cardiff
14th May- The Garage, Swansea
19th/20th/21st May- Liverpool Sound City
11th June- Norwegian Church, Cardiff with Epstein
22nd July- Gwyl Gardd Goll Festival, Vaynol Estate, Nr Bangor
23rd July- Gower Rocks
9th/10th September- Gwul Gwydir Festival
