 The
debut single from the band will be "Decline."
Taken from the forthcoming debut album, "Decline" will be available
on limited edition 7" and enhanced cd single and is in the shops on
8th August.
You can see the pretty damn special video for it by
clicking here.
The album " Steady Diet of Decline" will be in the shops on 22nd
August.
BIOG:
‘If we have any influences whatsoever it's wanting to be like those
bands that follow their own journey as musicians,’ explains No Hope
in New Jersey front man Andy Garratt. ‘Bands that aren't part of any
particular scene. Bands that don't need to be part of a particular
scene to be what they are. That's what we like.’
No Hope in New Jersey is a four piece rock 'n' roll band formed in
Manchester in 2003. A string of great live performances got them
picked up by Atlantic Records after only six gigs. Theirs is a
direct sound that bears little resemblance to much of the city's
output of the last few years. No echoes of Madchester here. No Oasis
stadium bluster. Their songs contain big riffs and sly melodies but
a deceptive sense of craft. Early interviews off the back of the
band's first single have seen journalists try to link them to the
city and fail. Manchester doesn't produce music like this. Until now
that is. In fact, according to the NHINJ the only good bands to come
out of Manchester are Joy Division, The Smiths and The Fall. And
they don't want to sound like any of them.
‘Our aim is to make music that fuses together all of our favourite
bands and capture the initial excitement that we got when we heard
artists like Neil Young, Fugazi, David Bowie, Metallica for the
first time,’ explains Andy. ‘We're a reaction to cliché and formula
in music. The best artists don't compromise. Instead they just
follow their own little journeys.’
Singer Andy Garratt hooked up with brothers Steve (guitar) and Craig
(drums) whilst they were all at college. Andy escaped to Manchester
from a town near Leicester, ‘The divorce capital of Europe,’ he
claims. The brothers (who hail from just outside of Manchester) had
already cut their teeth playing support in various guises to many of
the bigger bands that have passed through the city. It was great
practice when it comes to playing live and gives the band a
confidence way beyond expectations of one so new. After a succession
of bass players the trio finally settled on Nick Fowler who has
cemented the dynamic of the band; a sound that has recently been
taken the band into the studio with famed producer Chris Sheldon
(Therapy?, Biffy Clyro, Oceansize) to record their debut LP.
‘Nick was actually the last person that we auditioned after a
horrible day of auditioning people,’ says guitarist Steve. ‘We had
to face the wall when they were playing sometimes to avoid laughing
at some people's extended bass solos. Nick works perfectly with us.’
Live shows around the country have secured NHINJ quite an
underground following including a fan who inexplicably (to the band
at any rate) came all the way from Brazil to hear them play. They've
picked up interest from Radio 1 and their videos have been shown
repeatedly on MTV2. They've also gained a lot of critical acclaim
from an MTV 'Spanking New Music' show where they played alongside
other similar strong hopefuls yourcodenameis:milo.
After the initial excitement of touring and recording the first
single the band have really knuckled down and just put down the
finishing touches on their debut album. ‘The way most rock music is
recorded absolutely kills what it's all about,’ says Andy.
‘Spontaneity is the essence of what we do. We were feeding off each
other in studio gaining confidence and more and more craft, and we
recorded the album in two weeks with minimum overdubs.’
With the album in the bag and the band's enthusiasm at an all time
high 2005 should be a great year for No Hope in New Jersey. Rather
than seeing the album as an end it's really just the beginning as
NHINJ's live campaign continues on. Newly energised, the band are
looking forward to taking this wealth of new material out on the
road. We're not the most overtly macho band in the world like, say,
Black Flag in the day,’ says Andy, ‘but we play with the same
abandon and disregard for current convention. And to my mind that's
what you really want with a live band. Not this streamlined stuff
that passes for punk rock.’
Visit the official band website:
www.nohopeinnewjersey.com
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