A Startled Chameleon presents:
Flight Brigade
Flight Brigade
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"a direct, driving sound that bears comparison to Arcade Fire but also has the crunch of Twin Atlantic" Clash Music Magazine
Think of Flight Brigade as a family as much as a seven-strong band and you start to understand the chemistry between them. Think of their songs as epic stories to which each member is essential and you begin to grasp what makes their music so powerful. Watch them perform and you can’t fail to be struck by the special bond they share.
Flight Brigade’s strength in numbers suits the scope of their songs. The grand orchestral sweeps, the crunching anthemic guitars, With male/female vocals & strings set amidst synths & heavy guitars, their explosive live show feels like it's their last day on earth, 'as if Arcade Fire had a face off with Fleetwood Mac and then Renaissance came in for the kill'.
Festival appearances have included Glastonbury, Bestival, Great Escape, Beautiful Days, Larmer Tree, Blissfields, Boomtown as well as Reeperbahn in Germany. In 2016 they released their debut album 'Our Friends Our Enemies'. Named one of Time Out’s ‘Rising Stars’, radio play has included, Dan O'Connell Radio X, Steve Lamacq & Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music, Gary Crawley, BBC Introducing London, Bob Harris & Janice Long, BBC Radio 2, as well as Tom Allen, CBC Radio 2, Canada. In Germany they reached number 13 on the German college airplay charts. Their songs have been used on ‘Made In Chelsea’ and Channel 4’s ‘Sunday Brunch’. The band have spent autumn 2017 recording their second album live at The Visconti Studio with producer Chris Porter.
Line Up
MILESTONES RECORDINGS – New album “OUR FRIENDS OUR ENEMIES” Out this October. Listen to it HERE. Released on Rebel Cinema Records.
INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASES – Invited to showcase at REEPERBAHN ’16 in Hamburg, invited to THE GREAT ESCAPE where "Record of the Day", dubbed them the best unsigned band they saw that weekend.
FESTIVALS – Festival bookings have included, BOOMTOWN, BEAUTIFUL DAYS, GLASTONBURY, BESTIVAL, LAMER TREE, OCEANFEST, BLISSFIELDS etc followed by an autumn of solid touring.
TOUR - This year has seen the bands first UK headline tour followed by a tour supporting “POETS OF THE FALL” across Germany.
RADIO - As played by Dan O'Connell - (Radio X), Steve Lamacq & Tom Robinson - (BBC 6Music), Gary Crowley - (BBC Introducing London), Bob Harris & Janice Long (BBC Radio 2).
MANAGEMENT – Managed by co-chair of the MMF; Diane Wagg from Deluxxe Management.
RECORD OF THE DAY - Industry online magazine "Record Of The Day" have featured the singles "Sirens", “Housefire", "When We Were Young”, “U Kill Me” & "Hurricane Season".
PRESS QUOTES
“…the best unsigned band we saw live at The Great Escape [2015] this year.” – Record of the Day
"There’s no other band like Flight Brigade on the scene at the moment and that’s what makes them so special… ones to watch in 2016" – Drunken Werewolf
"You can’t deny how emphatically hip this tune is" – Unsigned & Independent 10/10 Review of Stealing Fire EP
“This (New single - ‘When We Were Young’) deserves to be a future festival anthem for decades to come. To describe it, just one word suffices – glorious.” – Record of the Day
“Check this lot out’, and you discover something you think is wonderful” – Janice Long, BBC Radio 2
“It is incredibly rare to have such strength and self-restraint in a live show” – Gibson Guitars Live
