The Chords UK
+ The Hurricanes
Black Wax proudly presents the return to Harlow of The Chords UK!
A recent show at the legendary 100 Club saw the band release their brand new album Nowhere Land. Led by original Chords songwriter Chris Pope (responsible for the mod revival anthems Maybe Tomorrow and the British Way Of Life) the Chords UK were given a 4 out of 5 star review for Nowhere Land in Vive Le Rock Magazine.
The band have previously played in Harlow at The Square (now a pile of rubble) and at a Scooter Rally as part of the town's 70th Anniversary celebrations. Now you can see them up close and personal as we bring them to the intimate Phoenix Live for a night not to be missed! Expect all the anthems, newly penned instant classics and everything in between.
Support from The Hurricanes.
As a bonus our special guest DJ on the night is none other than Eddie Piller of Acid Jazz Records fame!
Phoenix Live is a small club so tickets are very limited. Tickets on sale Friday 12th October.
Line Up
The Chords UK
Loud Mod Garage band playing 60s Soul, R&B and Boss British Beat like it was 1966 all over again.
Four chaps who had been around the musical block decided to get it together to be the kind of band they'd like to go and see themselves.
Hurricanes Clarke, Jones & Robinson spent many years from the mid nineties chasing the fetid corpse of the britpop infused music industry around in cult heroes Collide who put out 2 Eps before quitting.
Hurricane Norton, having spent a couple of years being Collides brass section, would become the low slung bass playing lynchpin of punk/ska legends The Pressure Tones before they split.
From playing covers in their first few gigs, the band inevitably started writing their own material. And even more inevitably felt that they wanted to record.
The debut single Cool Jerk / The Magic Touch was the first step and highlighted the garage mod sound they were delivering at gigs.
For the second single the band chose to take complete control over recording and mixing. Original tune “Is There A Why In Your Mynd?” mixed 60s garageband fuzz with stomping soul big beat. Backed with a raucous live recording of The Eyes “I’m Rowed Out”, the single was released across the usual digital platforms.
Now The Hurricanes are releasing their debut album “Let’s Go!”, featuring 10 original songs recorded and mixed by the band, and although they added organ, piano, percussion to some of the tracks, the feel and sound is pure garage mod soul punk, redolent of their live performance.
This is not a smooth studio polished effort. Feedback squeals, amps hum, drums pound, and the edges of the sound distort. This is deliberate. This is the sound of The Hurricanes.
