THE SCISSORS (UK) 

Psychedelic / Punk / Freakbeat, new wave

Last login: 2012-04-07 08:13:57

The Scissors' most recent five-track EP 'Afternoons' is available (released 24 Jan 2011)! For more info visit http://www.thescissors.co.uk.

Two new tracks are due to feature on R*E*P*E*A*T records' forthcoming compilation 'Rocket to Romsey' (due out Spring 2012).

Four piece (Stewart Harris - bass, vocals; Toby Lefever - guitar; Simon Powell - keys; Huw Wallace - drums) + swirling Hammond organ fuelled psychpop with horrorshow freakbeat guitars and occasional voyages into the realms of ska and dub. Lyrically, they tell stories of flirting in cheap nightclubs while the world ends, paranoia and bad communications with bathroom cabinets, and strange glimpses of life inside the daylight cinema. 2008’s gigs included slots supporting Glasvegas, Hijak Oscar, Make Model and The Corrections; plus gigs with a number of local favourites such as CosyCosy and Delphi. 2009 saw the Scissors play with ex-Kook Max Rafferty, James McCartney (son of Sir Paul) and compete in the prestigious Grand Final of the Cambridge Band Competition 2009 at Cambridge Corn Exchange. Other highlights included well-received London gigs at The Dublin Castle and The Enterprise in Camden, and at the Hope and Anchor in Islington.

Debut album 'Daylight Cinema' available NOW! Go to http://thescissors.bandcamp.com

The press said: 'Daylight Cinema is The Scissors' debut offering and has a very late 70's early 80's new wave feel about it. Plenty of energy, songs short and sweet, snappy half snarled vocals over stinging riffs and choppy rhythms, the occasional ska backbeat with psychedelic keyboards swirling behind the mix. Dislodged in time, yet a relevant retro hybrid for the present day, The Scissors clearly have their own sound but the musical references ring loud and clear and the band come over as an amalgam of so many who were around at that time, echoes of The Clash, The Teardrop Explodes, and Echo and the Bunnymen, and even touches of the Doors to go back further – it's quite a mix. Reviewed by Peter Stevenson, Music Maker magazine, May/June 2010