New Cassettes were an English five piece
indie rock
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band from
Northampton
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, England, formed in 2005.
History
New Cassettes were a five-piece band formed in 2005. The band's debut album 'The Art of...' was released in 2009, with second album ''Winterhead'', following in March 2012 through N13/MTV. They gained critical acclaim from plays on Radio 1, BBC6 and XFM, and have been MySpace and Radio 1 featured artists. The band toured in support of
The Strokes, played
Glastonbury Festival
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, and have been featured on ''
The Inbetweeners Soundtrack
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It was released in November 2009 by EMI Records. It is a double album containing 48 tracks, featuring vari ...
"
along with a headlining tour in Japan.
Beginnings
The band released their debut single, "You Won't Stop" on Fantastic Plastic-with copies selling out within the first month and landing number at No. 11 in the indie charts in England. Their first single, "You Won't Stop" was issued on
Fantastic Plastic, the follow-up, "Recover/Retreat" released on
Maps' Last Space Recordings label. Third single 'Hearts Don't Beat Right', was released in 2008.
Two songs ("Carnivals" and "You Won't Stop"), were featured on the Channel 4 comedy, ''
The Inbetweeners
''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...
''. Their debut album ''The Art Of...'' was released in 2009 in the UK on New Label, New Danger and in Japan under the Pony Up imprint.
New Cassettes finished the final mixing of their second album, ''Winterhead'', with Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer
Adam Schlesinger of
Fountains of Wayne
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and sound engineer Geoff Sanoff in October 2010. While in the States working on the album the band took a break from the studio to do a special
ASCAP
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-hosted showcase for TV and movie executives at the Gibson Showroom in Los Angeles. The show was a success.
MTV
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became fans of the New Cassettes after their short stop in Los Angeles, and asked them to join the new 'HYPE' venture between MTV and Extreme Music.
Members
* Tom Stubbs - vocals
* Nikolas Gray - guitar & vocals
* Owen Reed - guitar & vocals
* Dan Battison - bass & vocals
Former members
*Tommy Francis - Drums
*Ed Hoare - Drums
Discography
Studio albums
*''
The Art Of...'' (June 2010)
*''
Winterhead'' (March 2012)
EPs
*''
Ep1'' (April 2012)
*''
Ep2'' (August 2012)
Singles
*"You Wont Stop" / "Yeah" (August 2007)
*"Recover/Retreat" / "I'm Always Right" (March 2008)
*"Hearts Don't Beat Right" (September 2008)
*"Silent Guns" (May 2011)
*"Bite Your Lip" (October 2012)
Music videos
Films
References
External links
Website HypeMusicBBC Northampton feature - "On Tour With... New Cassettes"Photographs of New Cassettes
performing at Summer Sundae
Summer Sundae (also called the Summer Sundae Weekender) was an annual music festival held in Leicester, England which initially focused on indie (music), indie, Indie folk, alternative, and local music. The festival began as a one-dayer in 2001 ...
2006
Quirky Motion films featuring New Cassettes
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English indie rock groups
Musical groups established in 2005