Broken Links play the following live dates:
Jan 29th – The Railway Inn, Winchester / March 27th – The Bitter End, Romford / April 3rd - 10th - German tour
April 24th - The Joiners, Southampton (EP launch) / May 8th – Blue Cat Cafe, Stockport / May 10th – The Cavendish Arms, London
May 29th – Soul Cellar, Southampton / Nov 28th – The Brook, Southampton
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Broken Links released their 4 track EP "Resisting Movement And The Almost Advisory" on January 25th.
The band are currently halfway through the recording of their second EP. It’s set for digital release on 26th April 2010, with a launch gig at The Joiners, Southampton planned for 24th April.
Press:
"The sort of rock music that sets the pulse racing as your heart pounds against your ribcage." - Floatation Suite
“…a great rock record” – The Mag
“The bass clanks, spanks, fuzzes and sparks before dragging a tattered cloud of gorgeous rock debris in it’s wake and that’s the opener, “Within Isolation” – Unpeeled
“Pulsating, ominous layers of ambience and ear rending walls of guitar…A mature and darkly hewn work” - Rockpulse
BROKEN LINKS: RESISTING MOVEMENT AND THE ALMOST ADVISORY
TRacks: Within Isolation / The Best Laid Schemes Of Mice and Men / Colditz / The Sea Inside
“The rifferama of ‘Within Isolation’ is a dark and menacing masterpiece whilst being strangely uplifting at the same time, ‘The Best Laid Schemes Of Mice & Men’ is anthemic to say the least and ‘The Sea Inside’ is possibly the creepiest and eeriest track you’ll hear anywhere whilst retaining a mesmerising sense of loveliness” - Playing Out Loud
“The band combine the energy and infectious nature of their songs with dirty sounding bass lines which give a dark undertone to their music…A great listen” - DigitalGig.co.uk
“…the monstrous riffing, thunderous bass and clattering drums all collide to produce a rhythmic, pulsating sound-clash that gets my pulse racing…These guys sound immense” - Mintsouth live review
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Diving into the lyrical and musical depths of free association, taking you on an emotional rollercoaster of despair to complete arousal. Influenced by the under-currents of post-punk, and then boxing it up into an old stone box made of pure hard space rock and sin. A band you simply cannot ignore.
The year 2008 marked the beginning of ‘Broken Links’, an alternative act from Eastleigh, Southampton. The three piece, made up of Mark Lawrence on vocals and guitar, Lewis Betteridge on bass and Phil Boulter on drums, count Joy Division, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, NIN, The Cooper Temple Clause and 'holy bible' era Manic Street Preachers amongst their influences. The band’s ambition and approach is refreshing - “We don’t use amps. We use pods and floor pedals for vocal effects. We recorded the entire EP in Mark’s bedroom!” offers Phil. The result of this is a debut EP that captures Broken Links angst ridden and downright dirty live sound perfectly.
The band have supported established acts British Sea Power, The Boxer Rebellion, My Vitriol, Official Secrets Act, Fighting with Wire, The Cinematics, Scarlet Soho, and Flamboyant Bella, picking up some die-hard fans along the way. They have taken their live show to well established venues such as The Purple Turtle (Camden), Powers (Kilburn), Boston Music Rooms (Tufnell Park), The Joiners (Southampton), Hectors House (Brighton), iBar (Bournemouth), The Railway Inn (Winchester), and Lennons (Southampton), with full intention of leaving watchers mesmerised by the wall of sound they create. A sound certainly not expected of a three piece.
Broken Links won We Ignite Records 2009 ‘Battle of the Bands’ in May, fighting off competition from bands including Three Times Over, My Hollow Tree and The Reserviors.
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