Hostile Rising

Hostile Rising

The Band.

Hostile rising are one of those bands that are best enjoyed loud. I would advise anybody out there to turn your speakers up before you press play on any of the following tracks.

Hostile Rising formed in 2008 in Leeds and quickly rose to the top of the local music scene. Hostile Rising will be playing this years Bloodstock festival with bands like Motorhead and Rhapsody of Fire.

Rob Littlemore - vocals

The demos and E.P kicks-ass with driving guitars and mental drums, the whole   unit seems completely manic some of the best guitar solos that local music has to  offer, as guitarist Kenneth Belsham kindly demonstrates in this video. The audio quality isn't great but it gets to a point that it doesn't really matter. If you are in to metal guitar you have to check this out....

Hostile Rising's latest self titled E.P is guaranteed to make even the most soft-hearted of you out there to head bang a little. It carries with it every thing a person could want from a metal band. Distorted and thrashing Guitars, complex, pounding drums and passionate, screaming vocals. If you are wondering what that might sound like, its kind of like this....

Hostile Rising - Impropaganda

Impropaganda, the title track from Hostile Risings latest E.P is brilliantly composed and put together, the highlight kicks in at around 2.10, when guitar and drums kick in simultaneously to create an epic moment of tension and release.

Hostile Rising - City Upon A Hill

City upon A Hill is great song, but the highlight is the vocals, both gritty and unrelenting. This is how metal should be done.

Kenneth Belsham and Robert Burns

As good as the tracks are Hostile Rising are best as a live band. The band are self-professed gig lovers, and from there youtube page its not hard to see why. as much as metal is about distortion and drums, it is essentially a performance art, and these guys have got it down.

Hostile Rising - Vendetta

If you are looking for book these guys or want to find out more check them out at:

http://www.facebook.com/hostilerising

http://www.youtube.com/user/HostileRising

http://www.myspace.com/hostilerising

Hostile Rising found there way on to UnlabeledUK after they sent a track to unlabeleduk@gmail.com

charlie craven.

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Pomplamoose

Pomplamoose.

Pomplamoose at their first ever live gig. 

Pomplamoose truly are a testament to how far unsigned bands can go if they have the talent and the determination. Two young musicians posted their first video on YouTube in July of 2008 and quickly shot to stardom, with many of their videos getting millions of views and being featured on a Hyundai advert.

Pomplamoose is the musical child of Jack Conte and Natalie Dawn, who started posting there music on the web three years ago and now make their living selling music online, posting videos and performing live. This is what they sound like....

Pomplamoose - Expiration date

What I find hard to believe is that this tracks, along with most of the other early Pomplamoose songs weren't done in a studio. The band managed to put together incredibly well produced songs with complex layers in a room in there house, using tables, cameras and a plethora of other objects to create great music.


Perhaps the reason that Pomplamoose rose to fame so quickly is because of how accessible the music is. The easy tracks can be enjoyed by anybody and is generally inoffensive to any musical taste. The songs resonate in a sweet spot between too much and too little, chilled out without being bland and manic without being overbearing.

Jack Conte 

When most Pomplamoose fans think of their music the first thing that jumps to mind is their ‘videosongs’. A videosong is novel way of presenting a music video following two rules:
1) What you see is what you hear(no lip-syncing) 
2) If you hear it you see it at some point.
And it looks a little like this…..

This clever way of presenting music videos really makes you appreciate just how much effort it takes to produce a song of this quality, and it is refreshing to be able to see just how many layers and instruments each song has. Its particularly nice to see Nataly recording her own harmony against what I can only assume is a mattress. Lets hope its a clean one.



A great addition to the video songs are the occasional V-logs that the duo post. The friendly vibe that the band send out really help a listener feel connected to both the music and the musicians. 

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Their first album is as beautiful and well produced as independent albums get. Its both fun and easy easygoing, with a brilliant mix of songs that will either make you want to chill out or make you want to move. Jack’s fantastic and often manic multi-instrumentalism work is the perfect backdrop to Nataly’s vocals.

Pomplamoose album cover

Top Three Tracks

Beat the Horse.

A really fun track that shows off what the band can do at its best. The descending bass-line when the chorus picks up is the highlight of what is a really well put together track.

Pomplamoose - Beat the Horse

Little Things
A sweet love song, that puts to use an eclectic use of instruments to build to fantastic effect in a ballad that tells us what love really is.

 

Pomplamoose- Little Things

Twice as nice

with almost detached vocals, bizarre organ sounds and even stranger lyrics 'I'm afraid you haven't noticed you forgot to pack your teddy, or perhaps he wasn't ready to leave all of this behind', this track melds together to create a surreal treat. a personal favorite of mine from the Pomplamoose duo.

 

Pomplamoose - Twice as Nice

All the Pomplamoose songs can be bought from their website http://www.pomplamoose.com/, or you can pick them up from Amazon on the link just below. 

                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                  

Also worth a mention.

My terrible friend

Along with Pomplamoose Nataly also works with friend and internet sensation in her own right Lauren O'Connell in a band called 'My Terrible Friend'. although they have only done 5 songs as of yet (including one fantastic Tom Waits cover), I'm sure fans of both bands are waiting for more. They sound a little bit like this....

My Terrible Friend - When I decide

And and if you liked that you can buy the songs from the latest E.P the band's Myspace.

If you liked Pomplamoose be sure to check out The Limes

by charlie craven.

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