Formed in their native Weston-Super-Mare, Towns are four close friends who grew up together with an inspiration taken from 90’s guitar music. Keen to do things their own way Towns have spent 2011 hosting band nights in Bristol, which has seen the likes of Tribes and The Chapman Family headline, releases a cassette through local label Howling Owl Records and continued to write, record and hone their shoegaze inspired sound.
Following on from earlier demo tracks ‘Fields’ and ‘Heads Off’, which saw the band garner attention from the likes of NME & Vice, Towns are now gearing up for the release of split-single ‘Gone Are The Days’, which sees the band team up with Brighton friends Damages, who they met at their aforementioned Bristol band nights.
Recorded in a few hazy days with producer Owen Morris (Oasis, Verve) new single ‘Gone Are The Days’ is wrapped in luscious reverb filled, driving shoegaze guitar overtones and wistful vocal melodies that are reminiscent to bands from the 90s Britpop era, and sees Towns continue and develop from where previous material left off.
Set for its split single release through Cartoon Records, ‘Gone Are The Days’ will be released on 30th Jan 2012.
“Baggier, bubblegummier version of Yuck” – NME
“Keeping a watchful eye over these young lads” – VICE