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Officer Kicks are one of the hardest working bands around, constantly perfecting an electric live rock’n’roll show and crafting studio records that stand up to the greats. Accessible and turned off by pretension, the band employ an ethos of inclusion, building a following through relentless touring and a solid online presence since their conception in late 2005.
Debut album The Six Grand Plot introduced them to an unsuspecting public in Summer 2008. It was cut in ten days at Oasis’s private studio in Bucks. Few artists are given the green light to live and record at the mansion-sized studio. Kasabian, The Coral and Paul Weller are amongst the only other Noel approved acts. The punchy LP Officer Kicks fashioned, with long time cohort Alexander Wolfe and big hitter Stan Kybert (Oasis, The Rifles and Bjork), struck a chord. Acclaim for this release continues to build with lead single ‘Pictures of Me’ gaining radio playlists, as well as solid airplay across the board, the stylistic video was A-Listed on Virgin TV and most recently a Q Magazine pick in Summer 2009.
The faith from boutique record label, We Make Things, skyrocketed as deals in Japan and Europe followed it’s release. The band gained fans from every gig, impressing both the audiences and the bigger acts they supported. This live reputation won festival slots headlining stages at Glastonbury and Secret Garden Party plus a slot on The BBC Introducing stage of Bestival.
Incredible reactions, whatever size the crowd, propelled the band to even bigger tour supports, ending 2008 playing for 3-4,000 people a night in venues like Manchester Apollo and Reading Rivermead, thus laying the seeds for the next chapter in this never uninteresting tale.
That next chapter was created between December 2008 and March 2009 cutting their second studio LP, with producer Alexander Wolfe at Dean Street Studios (formerly owned by David Bowie) in Soho. The result is immense.
The remit was to blow everyone out of the water. With Citywide Curfew they may well have succeeded. This second Officer Kicks album will be released on We Make Things Records next year but has already secured them new deals, international interest and reputable team around them. “We achieved what we set out to. Musically, Sonically, Lyrically and every other ICALLY it’s our best work”
2009 has been a step up with their Kicks Army of fans growing and travelling from as far as Europe for shows. They’ve picked up national press, radio sessions, superlative laden live reviews, requests to return to big festivals like the Harley Davidson Rock Festival, supporting Jarvis Cocker on the main stage of this year’s Secret Garden Party and their first ever shows in Ireland supporting The Script’s golden-ticket of a sell-out tour.
For a relatively unknown band, the future looks OK..
Jamie Scallion (vocals), Jamie Fisher (guitar), Michael Skorjanec (bass), Keith Wickham (drums).
http://www.myspace.com/officerkicks
The Six Grand Plot (album) out now on iTunes
Tom Thumb (single) out now in Ireland
The Kraken released 5th October in the UK (+ tour dates to be announced)
Citywide Curfew (album) coming soon.
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