aaamusic | On 23, May 2011

Various Cruelties announce details of debut single

‘Neon Truth’ out May 23^rd

Via Almanac Recordings

This Leeds band’s edgy indie-soul is surely chart bound. Ones to watch – Sunday Times Culture 

 

 

Various Cruelties have announced details of the release of their debut single. Neon Truth will be self-released on their own Almanac Recordings on Monday 23rd May 2011.

Released on limited 7” and CD and as a 4 track download, the single tracks were recorded on the Isle of Wight with Boe Weaver.

NEON TRUTH by variouscruelties

The download also feature 2 demo tracks which within weeks of posting online in January received Radio One daytime play, Zane Lowe support, Maida Vale Sessions, Rob Da bank SOTW, an XFM playlist and Lamacqs 6 Music band of the week.  Due to demand the demos were eventually pressed up as an extremely limited 7” which they predominantly sold via Ebay, Rough Trade London, Pure Groove London, Piccadilly Manchester and Insound New York – the 7” sold-out within days.

 

The tracklisting of the single is as follows:

1.  Neon Truth

2.  She Is The One

3.  If It Wasn’t For You (download only)

4.  Cold As You (download only)

Playing live since December 2010 they have spent this time playing shows alongside Villagers, The Vaccines, Mumford’s Communion Night, Funeral Party, Fixers and Tribes.  The full list of forthcoming shows are as follows:

 

MAY

28^th                                                      Bristol                                Dot To Dot Festival

29^th                                                      Nottingham                     Dot To Dot Festival

30^th                                                      Manchester                     Dot To Dot Festival

 

JUNE

12th                                                     Isle of Wight                     Isle of Wight Festival

 

JULY

2nd                                                      Winchester                      Blissfields Festival

 

AUGUST

12th                                                     Leicester                           Summer Sundae Festival

14th                                                     Standon                             Standon Calling Festival

 

SEPTEMBER

9^th                                                        Isle of Wight                       Bestival

Named after an Ed Ruscha painting of the same name – the Talking Heads famously used the image for the cover of their Sand in the Vaseline compilation – Various Cruelties is based around Liam O’Donnell.

Born in London to Scottish father and an Irish mother (a distant relative of Oscar Wilde) he spent his youth singing at Leeds blues parties and squat run pirate radio stations where he discovered the Clash, The Specials, Etta James, Devendra Banhart and Otis Redding.