Freds House

Biography:

"What a delight - wonderful voices, wonderful harmonies and great songs as well." Sue Marchant, BBC Radio Eastern Counties

"(Fred’s House)...belt out some of the cheeriest, most postive folk-pop you’ve ever heard. They’re a talented, well-rehearsed bunch and singer Vix has a lovely bluesy note to her voice... they leave everyone in the room smiling." Theresa Heath For Folk's Sake online magazine - live review

"Fred's House rock the crowd!" Cambridge News

Fred's House are a folk-pop band based in Cambridge UK with influences ranging from the likes of Simon and Garfunkel to The Coral, The Magic Numbers to The Swell Season.

The quartet have received airplay for T.V. for Sleepers and Someone Else's Road on Tom Robinson's Show BBC 6 Music as well as recently having live sessions with Sue Marchant BBC Eastern Counties, and BBC Introducing Cambridgeshire with Kerry Devine, played on BBC Radio Wales on Adam Walton's show, Radio Caroline and local radio stations. Fred's House played lots of summer festivals in 2011 including the BBC Introducing Stage at Cambridge Rock Festival, The Bakewell Acoustic Music Festival and Strawberry Fair and they have supported some great indie artists including Sea of Bees, Leah Mason, Johnny Foreigner, Lucy Rose and Treetop Flyers. For 2012 they are already confirmed for The Acoustic Festival of Britain playing alongside Joan Armatrading and The Animals, as well as Bestival plus a few more soon to be announced.

Fred's House formed only in February of 2010, when The Wentways, Gafyn, Lachlan and former drummer Alan Neale, lost their singer due to 'artistic differences'. Griff and Vikki "Griff and Vix" a London based duo were recording a few of their songs with producer NoisyFred and asked Gafyn if he would like to play bass for their recordings, to which he replied, 'I'll bring the whole band!' So it was at Fred's House where they spent the weekend in the studio. With the Brother’s Griff and Gafyn playing together once again and everything falling quickly into place, the band hit it off and played their first gig together a week later in the Big Smoke, although they are ashamed to admit that most of the songs in the set that night were learnt by sending mp3's via email and rehearsed for the first time during the sound check, seat of your pants stylee! These were to be their first recordings which appear on the band’s first E.P.

Now the band begin writing and recording their second E.P. titled “Looking Glass” which will be released early 2012. Their debut E.P. “Fred’s House” was released on the 2nd May 2011.

For more information go to www.fredshousemusic.co.uk

"We played T.V. for Sleepers last week...love this song!" BBC Introducing Cambridgeshire, Kerry Devine.

"You we're even better then I thought you would be, your recordings are great but you we're even better then the recordings - Brilliant! Cambridge Rock Festival Organiser Dave Roberts

"Armed with a fine selection of catchy acoustic gems and beautiful soulful pop songs... with evident influences ranging from 1960's retro-pop to The Coral, all fused with top-drawer musicianship... littered throughout with note perfect harmonies and a joyful enthusiasm from all on stage." Paul Richards for The Hunts Post (live review).

"Great track, brilliant! That is so well produced, great sound." Mark Rumble BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (About Building Islands).

"Fred's House have a really pleasing sound, with real vocal talent. The songs conjure up over forty years of classic pop folk and it is all made to the highest possible standards. 4/5" - Michael Beck, The Mag

"It's very well done (about 'Mother of Three')" - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

"Wow - 'TV for Sleepers' is just wonderful - brilliant. " - Tom Bliss , The Pipers Sons