Vasa, MNHM, Downard

VASA
Already picking up comparisons to the mighty And So I Watch You From Afar, Adebisi Shank, Maybeshewill and Explosions In The Sky, VASA’s explosive and frantically inventive music goes one step further and turns sub-genre conventions and clichés on their head with a healthy injection of Celtic-influenced roots and a frenetic, dance-y infectious energy that's hard to refuse.

Since forming in October 2011, the quartet have seen a rush of support from the likes of The Independent, Clash Magazine, PROG Magazine, The Skinny, Goldflakepaint, The National Scot and huge swathes of the post-rock community, completed several UK tours as well as completing their maiden Europe tour and have played several support dates with heavyweights such as Russian Circles, This Will Destroy You, Deafheaven, Maybeshewill, This Town Needs Guns, Pelican, Brontide and Black Peaks plus appearances at ArcTanGent Festival, T in The Park, A Colossal Weekend, A Carefully Planned, Wickerman Festival, Doune the Rabbit Hole and StrangeForms Festival.

"One of the most exciting, dynamic instrumental bands in the UK...riffs the size of King Kong's scrotal baskets" - The Independent

"Captivatingly expansive and brilliantly immediate; a thunderous, exploratory and, at times, beautiful concoction of dark
and light" – Goldflakepaint

“The 21st Century is proving to be a brave new world for instrumental rock music and Vasa are one of the bands at the forefront of the new world, colonizing this untamed land for the rest of us to enjoy.” – Fecking Bahamas
www.twitter.com/vasaband
www.facebook.com/VasaBand/
vasa.bandcamp.com/album/colours
www.instagram.com/vasaband/?hl=en

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MNHM
MNHM (previously 'MANNHEIM') give birth to ‘melodic noise’ from a higher and heavier dimension combining elements from post/math-rock, and doom. Following the release of their well-received debut album Super-Empowered in 2013, the quartet has toured all over Europe including shows at festivals like Dunk!, Incubate, AMFest and ArcTanGent. In 2016 the band traveled to Belfast to team up with producer Rocky O’Reilly (And So I Watch You From Afar, Baby In Vain and Slomatics) to work on their second album 'Of Empires Past' which will be released by Consouling Sounds in May 2017.
twitter.com/Mannheim_Band
mannheimband.wordpress.com/
mannheim.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/Mannheimband/

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DOWNARD
Atmospheric two-piece rock combo. Punishing distorto-riffs+math-slam drums+swirly voice confusion
www.twitter.com/DownardBand
www.facebook.com/pg/downardband/about/?ref=page_internal
downard.bandcamp.com/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGdQySNhn00
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YJqcc9Jolo