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Biography
Sometimes big is actually
better… and when you hear
the music Brigade create
you'll understand why. Brigade
writes huge, beautiful songs.
They create muscular, passionate
tunes that blow up into
enormous soundscape epics,
while always retaining the
all-important ingredient
the song. Powerful, sometimes
earth shattering, sometimes
timid, Brigade's sound is
unique and compelling.
It's not emo, it's not
indie, it's not pop Brigade
cannot be limited to genre
pigeonholes their tunes
live outside such limitations
as anyone who has heard
them will testify.
Indeed their debut EP
'Made To Wreck' - takes
you on a journey of honest,
bare emotion and shuddering
hard driving rock rhythms.
Produced by Joe Gibb (Funeral
For A Friend, Johnny Truant,
Million Dead) and Gethin
Woolcock, it features four
blistering tracks of alt-rock.
Will Simpson's vocals flit
between being angelic and
harmonious one minute to
filling the stadiums with
his enormous powerful roar
the next. Lyrically the
themes are mostly about
mistakes and regrets. The
hard rocking 'Meet Me at
My Funeral', for instance,
was inspired after Simpson
read the book 'Bodies' by
Jed Mecurio that deals heavily
in themes of redemption
and cynicism.
Residing in London via
Bristol, Suffolk and Japan
Brigade came together
in 03 aiming to create music
that would combine hard-hitting
rock with sensitivity. Their
'Safe Hands' demo gained
the quartet significant
interest in rock circles
and in support, the quartet
have been constantly touring
the UK and building up a
live following just like
all bands with longevity
have done before them.
As well as their own headline
tours, Brigade have also
toured with Aereogramme,
Biffy Clyro and hot emo
rockers Fightstar.
And while Will's brother
is Fightstar's Charlie Simpson
Brigade are not living
in the shadows of anyone
or relying on publicity
stunts of name checking
at every opportunity. There
is after all, no need to
hype good music it speaks
volumes itself.
And Brigade turn it up
to 11 on the dial.
Ignore at your peril.
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