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Artist Biography |
HOLLER FOR YOUR HOLIDAY!
Hailing from the Southend, Essex, Baddies have been quietly taking over Europe since the release of their debut single 'Battleships' in October 2008. An unrivalled live act, their perfect Alt- Pop tunes flit effortlessly between the pop sense of Talking Heads, the bass driven heft of Queens Of The Stone Age and the attitude of classic '70's UK punk.
Made up of identical twins Michael (lead vocals/guitar) and Jim Webster (drums/vocals), Simon Bellamy (guitar/vocals) and Danny Rowton (vocals/bass), in just 10 months the band have found themselves headlining sold out shows in Paris, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Groningen and Barcelona, despite releasing just 500 7" vinyls.
In the UK, features with the likes of Myspace, NME, Clash, The Times, BBC Online and Rock Sound, combined with relentlessly un-missable live shows, saw Baddies emerging from In The City 2008 as the hottest band of the festival. That, combined with widespread press approval of their debut single and 3 weeks atop of the MTV/Myspace chart, saw 2009 kicking off with Baddies chosen as many publications tips for 2009.
With a deal in place allowing them complete control over their music, a summer of festivals and shows throughout the UK and Europe, and an album recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, Baddies are perfectly poised to build and exceed on the early promise.
With new single 'Holler For My Holiday' set for a June 1st release (digital only), in the words of NME 'Given the chance, 2009 could belong to Baddies'.
Baddies are signed to MEDICAL, their own special division of Proper Records.
PRESS
NME - "Tips For 2009: Catch them before they explode"
MTV2 - "Tips For 2009: No.6"
Clash Magazine - "Tips For 2009: Undoubtedly one of the best live bands currently operating in the UK"
Q Magazine - "Incoming 2009: Queens Of The Stone Age riffs and punchy, staccato melodies"
Drowned In Sound - "obvious tips for the top in '09"
Irish Times - "EUROSONIC 2009: Man, I loved Baddies. They tore the Vera club apart - high-energy post-punk with more angles than a bunch of architects signing on for the first time"
NME – 8/10 Single Review - "A quadrant of straight-cut gents wielding a handy line in dizzying throat pop"
MUSIC WEEK – “Switching between twisted pop sensibilities that scream Talking Heads and a bass driven heft that takes more than a little from Queens Of The Stone Age"
ARTROCKER - "On a mission to make The Futureheads look lethargic"
BBC ONLINE – “Like Franz Ferdinand coming out of prison and losing faith in humanity"
RECORD OF THE DAY – “If In The City 2008 ‘belonged’ to any one band by virtue of how excited people were by them, then Baddies were that band"
ROCK SOUND - "Band of the month"
CLASH MAGAZINE – “Take note! Baddies RULED In the City. This four piece, epic riffing, balls to the walls, snarled up and punked out sonic adventurers are going to be BIG. Very soon indeed”
Q MAGAZINE - “Hyperactive music that jumps between Talking Heads style vocal antics and the bass driven heft of vintage Queens Of The Stone Age”
THE TIMES - "Baddies' debut single Battleships is like the Beastie Boys have challenged the Pixies to a sing off while Klaxons woo woo the fight along from the sidelines. And they're all loving it"
THE GUARDIAN - "full of muscular riffs and meaty choruses, delivered energetically and with a determination to encourage audiences to work up a sweat"
THE FLY – “They hurtle through a 90-mph set of Futureheads meets klaxons-if-they-replaced-the-electronics-with-more-guitars taught angular tunes. They’re the best band of the night by far”
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Baddies are here and they're on a mission to make you listen, and listen you will.