the amber herd
Biography:
The Amber Herd are a five piece alternative rock band from Nottingham.
We self- released our "This Town" EP in 2011. This EP features five new songs ranging from the rocky Bonfires, the punky Days Like These and the proggy Magnolia. This EP follows the release of our first two singles, Stage Fright/ Foot Tapper and Red Gold/ Thursday.
Following the EP release, we spent the summer of 2011 playing a number of major festivals, including Bearded Theory (via Get Me On Stage) High Voltage (where we headlined the beer festival stage having won a national competition ran by the festival) Headstock and Green Peaks. We have also played a number of headline shows including the Good Ship in Kilburn, having been invited back following two previous highly sucessful headliners there.
We plan to play at several more festivals during 2012, including Glastonwick in June following personal invitation by the organiser, Attila The Stockbroker, who saw us play at Bearded Theory. Further recording and dates in Europe are also planned.
The opportunities afforded us in 2011 have improved our live show and stagecraft enormously and we are now more than ready to share a stage with anyone.
Local media has said that The Amber Herd are “a cracking band...one to be watching", “Nottingham's best kept secret?" and "Mind blowing!" Over the last year they have received airplay and played live sessions on BBC Radio Nottingham (the Beat with Dean Jackson, and John Holmes’ show) University of Nottingham Radio, Fly FM, Sherwood Radio and Trent Sound. “Thursday” achieved the Number One position in Sherwood Radio’s Festive Thirty for 2010. The band have also been featured in The Nottingham Evening Post, The Derbyshire Times, Nottingham Live and Live@ magazines and appeared on podcasts for Leftlion , Nusic and Soundsashire.
The band’s line-up is: Neil Beards - Vocals/ guitar. Mark Lasbury - Drums. Paul Wentworth - Guitar/ vocals. Rob Fitzmaurice - Bass. Ollie Powditch - Keyboards
".... both blissfully melancholic indie and uplifting stripped-back folk and comes to a sprawling, open-mouthed finish with an almost Velvet Underground-esque wall of sound, acoustics flitting between prog keyboard stabs and all buried under Neil Beards' darkly overdriven Mary Chain guitar. Nottingham's best kept secret?" www.thiscitymagazine.co.uk
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Sample Tracks
| Track Name | Play Track |
| Red Gold | |
| Stage Fright | |
| Thursday |
Websites
http://www.theamberherd.com
http://www.facebook.com/theamberherd
http://www.reverbnation.com/theamberherd
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Amber+Herd