MAX RAPTOR

Max Raptor’s debut release ‘Portraits’, is exactly that: micro-sketches of society, framing scraps of the world around them, painting with ambition, arrogance, anger, disillusion, greed, joy, futility, violence and pride. Portraits is rammed full of short, sharp and snappy portrayals of modern existence. The King Is Dead, Beasts, Carolina and The Alarm chronicle a plethora of dysfunctions with a colour of inevitability, whilst Obey The Whips underscores the decline of our ‘empire’ with a wry nationalist cry. The unruly mob vocals of Patron Saint (Of Nothing) depict our embarrassing obsession with celebrity culture, the narcissism that it breeds in our youth and the decay it creates when we forget to live our real lives. The convulsive Ghosts is a sobering realisation that (surely) everyone has at least once in their life; ‘I am worthless’, whilst the infectious anthemia of The Great And The Good reduces totalitarian rhetoric to a clichéd moshpit mantra.

HILDAMAY

After  being both Kerrang! and Rock Sounds band of the month as well as sitting at number one on Scuzz TV requested charts it fair to say Hildamay have a bit of hype surrounding them. “We all grew up listening to a diverse range of music ranging from reggae to metal. But the ‘Post-Hardcore’ bands like Glassjaw, Thrice, Thursday and Hot Water Music that were around when we started playing in bands have undoubtedly played a huge role in guiding us into finding our sound. I think the passion and honesty expressed in the songs is what attracted us all to that style of music.”
For fans of: Brand New, Glassjaw and Hot Water Music

Support from: WOLVES & ZEBEDY