The Mu-Tones
Manchester, England trio The Mu-Tones are a noisy garage pop band forged of three talents and a desire for direct communication, led by former Marion guitarist/songwriter Anthony Grantham and joined by Alex Redhead (bass) formerly of Amplifier and Peter Gray (drums) who used to play with Letters to Fiesta. The Mu-Tones manifesto is direct and to the point.
Their debut single 'Slab City Records', through Ugly Man Records, is a bruising distillation of The Mu-Tones sound, filthy bass lines, scorched riffing and railroading drums, it's flying across the rails into a sizzling crescendo, think the Pixies or Husker Du reassembled through Grantham's imagination. This urgent noise pop is laced with an insurgent ode to a forgotten area of the US: "Its an area in America not even on the map, run by solar power, apparently they have gigs on there, it's something I'd love to do." says Grantham "Also it DOES sound like the sort of thing you'd hear Lux Interior saying, which is kind of what the second verse is about."
Ugly Man Records was established in 1986 with the debut release of Wonderful Life, by Liverpool band Black. Over the next 26 years, they have had the good fortune to release debuts by Elbow, I Am Kloot and Josephine Oniyama. They have published football fanzines and books by Frank Sidebottom. Best of all they are still here now releasing great music and finding even more emerging talent one of them now being The Mu-Tones.
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Slab City Records - A buzzing thumping bass with drums stands out during the beginning of the song followed by eerie whines. 'Hey Philomena, don't kick with the bores. An easy demeanor. Not clicking with yours. In old slab city I spell S.L.A.B. Too freaky for they. So freaky for we. . . . . '
The Mu-Tones launch their debut single 'Slab City Records' at Jimmy's Northern Quarter on the 30th of June 2018. Tickets for the show will be available here https://bit.ly/2Hf7UDy. Rock and noisy garage pop. Adrenalin-fueled with growling bass lines and slashing guitar riffs. Angry, raw and magically weird. To find out more about The Mu-Tones go to:
Denise L. @DL7855 2018