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THE LINES + London Blackmarket + Sycamore

Thu 6th Aug 2009

One Man Melt presents
Bummer In The Summer Act I:
THE LINES
+ London Blackmarket
+ Sycamore
+ DJs until 01.30

Doors 7.30

Sycamore 8:00

London Blackmarket 8:50

The Lines: 9.40

£5 at WeGotTickets
or £8 for both nights (Act II is on July 7)

'Domino Effect', was the debut single from The Lines, this four-piece on Weekender Records. It combined the soaring, heartfelt vocals of lead singer Alex Ohms with Dean Bate's punch-the-air guitar melodies. The driving rhythm section of Chris Titley on bass and Dave O'Connor on drums provides a rigid backbone to their well-crafted songs. Incredible focus and infectious self-belief elevate their music to a different level - The Lines are here to put Wolverhampton firmly on the musical map. "We'll burn this town down like nobody else can" sings Alex on their debut. It's hard to disagree.

These qualities, coupled with sell-out gigs showcasing a powerful set of similarly interstellar tunes, forced music promoters up and down the country to sit up and take notice. Invitations to support fellow Midlanders The Twang and Editors came rolling in thick and fast. These were then followed by unforgettable gigs with Jack Penate, the Holloways, Little Man Tate, the Maccabees, Babyshambles, Supergrass and The Charlatans.

The boys have played at Austrias biggest outdoor music festival, Frequency, and were the first band ever invited to play 'Blast Off', Wolverhamptons longest running and most successful indie club night, and lets not forget their invitation to perform in Russia. 'Domino Effect' reached the Indie chart top 10, filling the airwaves on XFM's Evening Playlist (Manchester / Wales / Scotland), Xposure London and Steve Lamacq's Top 5. With radio stations and artists beating a path to their door, it won't be long before the Lines are massive.

Their influences range from the Verve through to Radiohead and the Rapture, but the music these boys make is truly their own. Catch one of their explosive live shows soon and make it yours too.

"There aren't really many good bands coming out of Wolverhampton, just one great band called The Lines" - Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin

"Making big noises in more ways than one, blasting out of Wolverhampton" - Steve Lamacq - Radio 1

"The fever has only just started" - The Fly

"I loved Domino Effect, but it wasn't until I saw them live that i realised just how good The Lines really are. Powerful and massive sound, this band will be big!" - Emma Scott - Kerrang Radio

Main support - London Blackmarket - depict hopes, fears, secrets and lies, last chances, missed opportunities, Saturday

night highs, Sunday morning lows, big dreams and small towns and the familiar yet eternal theme of being fenced in and wanting out.

Opening are Manchester's Sycamore who may just be a trio, but don't let this lull you into any sort of false sense of sonic security. Boom!. There's just one guitar, but it's whipped into the loudest, sweetest sounding scuzz of wah and scorched tube driven noise. Sycamore are a very heavy, quite dark rock band and there's also a bluesy, broken down rock and roll complexion to their moderately paced, suicide-romantic, explosions of sound.

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