{"id":31305,"date":"2013-01-25T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/something-for-the-weekend-with-martyn-crocker\/"},"modified":"2013-01-25T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:50:00","slug":"something-for-the-weekend-with-martyn-crocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/something-for-the-weekend-with-martyn-crocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Something For The Weekend with Martyn Crocker (This Calamity)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this week’s edition of “Something For The Weekend”<\/strong> our guest writer is\u00a0Martyn Crocker<\/strong> vocalist and guitarist for up and coming alternative indie band This Calamity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Plymouth quartet started out an experimental solo project but by June of 2012, the project had become a full band with their latest release; ‘I\u2019ll Paint You A Picture If You Promise\u00a0<\/em>To Put It Up’<\/em> receiving plenty of acclaim. This Calamity<\/strong> are set to follow up the mini-album later this year and will begin recording in April.<\/span><\/p>\n

If your label or band would like to become a guest writer for\u00a0Something For The Weekend\u00a0<\/strong>contact\u00a0Sean Reid<\/a>\u00a0to find out more information.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve chosen a group of acts that have gained my attention and are currently interesting me. \u00a0The music I\u2019m offering is varied, but all of excellent quality and I hope that your readers will be able to listen to each with open ears. It would be great if in the process, they discover something that they really love.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Attention Thieves<\/strong>
For Fans Of: Lower Than Atlantis, Foo Fighters, and The Arusha Accord.
I used to play with these guys a bit in my old band and i\u2019m very fond of the act and the individuals within it. Great bunch of guys who tour hard and put everything they do into their music.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve just released their first single to their new, as yet un-named debut album that they recorded at Outhouse Studios in 2012.<\/p>\n

The album follows their \u2018Look A Little Closer\u2019<\/em>EP that made a big difference for the band. They released three videos to support that release and played all over the country, including Reading and Leeds festival and judging on the strength of this new track, they\u2019re going to ascend quickly through the UK scene.<\/p>\n

Expecting big things from them in 2013.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Attention Thieves\u00a0<\/strong>on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dan James<\/strong>
For Fans Of: Proceed, Justin Timberlake, and John Mayer.
I loved Proceed. I feel that their \u2018Curious Electric\u2019\u00a0<\/em>mini-album is one of the most exciting underground releases of the last five years and why the entire country didn\u2019t catch on still frustrates me. It was probably too \u201cchallenging\u201d or something lame like that. Either way, they don\u2019t seem to be doing too much at the moment and the bands members have been picked up by other acts such as Don Broco and Heights.<\/p>\n

Recently this week, myself and our drummer checked out Dan Lancaster\u2019s solo stuff, re-branded as \u2018Dan James\u2019. Dan has been keeping himself busy producing all the Mallory Knox, Don Broco and a selection of the Lower Than Atlantis stuff and has now transferred his production skills to his own, solo work.<\/p>\n

What he\u2019s offering is a heavily produced modern Pop sound, a backing of a frantic acoustic guitar line and the centre piece of Dan\u2019s incredible, one of a kind voice. The one original song is hugely promising and as much as I can\u2019t get behind a David Guetta or Jessie J cover, I\u2019m very interested in hearing more of his own compositions as he\u2019s obviously a superb writer that easily composes massive hooks. Have a listen.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be able to say that you heard him first when everyone\u2019s talking about his music.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dan James<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Tumblr<\/a> and Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elliot Whale Boy<\/strong>
For Fans Of: Radiohead, Foals, and Battles.
These guys were a Plymouth band that really should have been huge. No idea why they didn\u2019t really push the band more, but maybe that makes them more intriguing. They were around for about a decade and released multiple EP’s and individual great songs, but there are two \u2018proper\u2019 albums that you should really check out: \u2018Dumblands\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Ice Cream Truck On Fire\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The music is incredibly creative, intelligent and rewarding, but it isn\u2019t especially difficult to get into. This is music for people that really love MUSIC and nothing but, it\u2019s the type of stuff that the Mercury Prize goes nuts for and it has great character. The albums flow wonderfully, the musicianship\u2019s original and there\u2019s far more integrity here than any of most of the stuff Radio 1 is championing for 2013.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Elliot Whale Boy<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a> and Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Animals’<\/em> EP by This Calamity<\/strong> is available as a free download from thiscalamity.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘I’ll Paint You a Picture If You Promise to Put It Up’<\/em>\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>This Calamity\u00a0<\/strong>is available on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Further information on This Calamity<\/strong> can be found on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Tumblr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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