Exit Calm

[Johno]

Album out in 2010, will be a brilliant album.

Seen these about 4-5 times, recently saw them in the Deaf institute in November and Ruby Lounge in August.

If you've not heard of them look them up, you won't regret it.

Easily my favourite band of the moment, every time i've seen them ive

[Sean]

whats the deaf institue like? and the band sounds ok from that tune on their myspace, might have a look into them.

[Johno]

It's a really good venue, small and unique.

Love the layout of it, and the fact it has the seats behind the stage.

[Sean]

nice one, going to see diana vickers there

[Johno]

Whaaaat when?

I'm well up for a bit of her haha

[Johno]

With Angels. (song of a recent CD sold at their tour)



All on you (Free song released the other day)


Atone (Acoustic) B-Side off their first single.
Full band version on the album.

The first two, aren't even of their album, 2 immaculate songs which wont be on. Which is why im excited for this album

[Sean]

march 24/25th is diana vickers they sent me the free tune so i'm going to download it and have a listen

[Johno]

New Single, and it's epic.

[Sean]

i downloaded a couple of their songs yesterday, still not sure.

[moneylovelife]

please dont post downloads of that nature. people can find it themselves.

dontask

[Johno]

If the above was the leaked album, I'm gutted its leaked so early.

Though I'm strong enough to put off the temptation and wait until my vinyls come.

[Sean]

yeah its been leaked, won't post a link though.

[dontask]

just listened to the single....its good, its like what the verve could be if they werent a pile of shit.

[Johno]

The full version of the single is much better, as they've had a to cut down an epic 6 minute song to 3-4.

I'd recommend going to see them when they play FACT251 in June, Live they're even better and they're a band who take their music so seriously and really care for it. Went to the gig in Liverpool, 20 people there (wasnt a well known night/marketed by the night well) and they still put as gooder graft in as a gig when they've nearly sold out.

Plus their Sound Engineer kept coming over and making sure the sound was perfect, and for a gig with a crowd of 20 it just oozes class.

Exit Calm - four young men who have dedicated their lives to their music and the results are what people have been waiting for, This is the start of something truly beautiful, and at last we have a band to believe in.

Two years of committed touring has built up a dedicated and adoring following, mesmerised by the monumental, rousing sound of the South Yorkshire four piece.
Coming from the Northern school of integrity and determination, their hard work ethic means they’re now reaping dues through their debut album, which is sure to be one of the debut's of the year, "Exit Calm", produced by Paddy Byrne (Unkle, The Hours) and renowned mixer and remixer, Ulrich Schnauss.
The all-consuming intensity of this collection of 11 epic songs would scare most guitar bands to death. Its ambition and scope is breathtaking. They have huge textured atmospheric guitars, amazing grooves and an inspired and enigmatic singer who evokes a maelstrom of emotion from even the simplest melodies.
It’s the fate of any band which stands out from the crowd to be plagued by comparisons.
With swirling effect-heavy guitars and layered atmospherics early Verve is one such missile thrown at the band and though Nick McCabe himself is a huge Exit Calm fan and tracked down Rob to profess his admiration, the band are too aware of their own destiny to allow distractions to hold them back.
While Elbow, Spiritualized, Massive Attack, DJ Shadow and in particular Doves are influences, these bands were only important in bringing the four musicians together. Exit Calm are on their own journey and the result is a band which sounds like no other.
Their uniqueness is something they are well aware of and something their manager saw in them too. Joining the bands enthusiasm and intent to make the record their own way, on there terms, retaining full charge and command, he sold an original piece of Banksy artwork to fund the making of the album.
“We’ve never been part of any scene we just did it behind closed doors. We’re a guitar band poured into dance music,” says Simon. “We’re reclaiming euphoria from all the shit dance acts out there. Doves are as close to Northern Soul as you’re going to get these days and we relate more to them than any other band.”
Listen to the psychedelic ambition of ‘Recovery’, the driving guitar on ‘Hearts And Minds’ and the cinematic beauty of ‘Reference’ and you’re hearing a band with a fierce claim on the future.
“This album is justice for what we’ve put in”, exclaims guitarist Rob Marshall, “We’ve done the groundwork and the results are there and it’s spurred us on to take it to the next level.”
And you feel the next level is the only place they will go! The story of Exit Calm begins the day Nicky joined the band after seeing an advert for a singer in a record shop in Leeds. “I’d been a fan of the lads’ old band but didn’t know it was them when I turned up to audition. I guess chance meetings are meant to be. As soon as we got together, you couldn’t deny it.”
“We needed a strong head and that was Nicky,” adds Scott. “He was opinionated and just leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else that we saw. And then when we started writing together it all came together. There’s a mutual respect between us all and when one of us comes in with an idea, we spend ages working on the track until we get it how we want it to be. It’s hard to find a group of people as into it as we all are.”
Nicky continues “There’s no single songwriter who dictates to the rest of us. Every little detail of the tunes are looked at – we don’t just jam any songs.”
“Writing and playing”, interjects Rob, “I can’t shut off from it – which is a curse. But when I get an idea for a song, it’s a gift.”
With each member owning an equal part in writing, there is no doubting that this is a group, in the very real sense of the word, who are fervently in control of their sound, vision and future.
Their live shows carry the same sense of tenure. In fact their first test came with their first proper gig –in Tokyo. They spent every minute of every day in the run-up to their show, scrutinizing every aspect of each song to make sure they did themselves justice.
Scott: “We give everything in our live shows. We’ve seen bands walk off stage just because there are only two people there but we had gigs in the beginning with just a few people and we’ve still given it and that’s how we got better and the crowds started growing. Now an Exit Calm show is intense and more of an event.”
The band travelled the UK last year supporting the likes of Echo and The Bunnymen, The Charlatans, Modest Mouse and Soulsavers; and have overcome any setbacks with their gritty self-belief and northern optimism - including their tour van blowing up on the M1. With the momentum the band now has, and a debut album of such magnitude it’s impossible to see anything stopping them.

[Sean]

had a listen this morning, im not sure im just not getting it at the moment. the songs seem to go on for too long, seems like they just extend them to 6 minutes each just so they can put a climax in.