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TRAIL + Barker Band + Strasbourg

Mon 22nd Feb 2010

Trail presents
TRAIL album launch
+ Barker Band

+ Strasbourg

Doors 7.30
£5 at WeGotTickets
£6 door

Tonight, London five-piece Trail will release their stunning debut album 'To the Rest of the World' through indie label Twistid. As their name suggests Trail are beating their own path to musical notoriety and acclaim.

Formed in 2007 by singer songwriter Charlie Afif and guitarist Alex Mattey the pair brought together their varied influences from Dylan and the Water Boys to 90's grunge and started to craft a sound of their own.

Recruiting mates Simon Glynn on bass, Eireann Kelly on guitar (and later joined by Minco De Bruin on Drums), they started to play some local shows and with a surprising amount of early support quickly became regulars on the London circuit that year, playing the O2 Wireless festival in Hyde Park as a result of making the final eleven in the O2 Undiscovered contest (from over 3000 entrants).

With a rapidly growing fanbase, Trail started to raise money on inspirational financial platform slicethepie.com. In just nine months they had successfully amassed enough investors to raise £20k to help record their debut album.

It was around this time they began attracting attention from across the Atlantic and soon multi-platinum producer Matt Wallace (Faith No More/Maroon 5) took an interest in the band and their songs. Recognising their songwriting abilities and potential he invited them over to LA to record their album and together they created, 'To the Rest of the World'.

Previous single 'Prism', released in September, reached Number 3 in the Amazon Rock Download Chart.

"An excellently crafted and extremely infectious song executed with faultless precision" - Black Velvet Magazine

The Barker Band - main support - stands proud as a London band. Like The Libertines, The Pogues or Madness before them; no other city could have spawned them. A gang onstage with a devoted audience who span all ages and backgrounds; they're as at home with country, bluegrass, ska, surf, rock and even electro-pop.

Opening are Strasbourg who formed in London during the winter of 2009 and set about an intense couple of months writing and rehearsing to make their debut live performance at The Luminaire in December of 2009. Drawing inspiration from the style and song writing of '80s new wave, combined with the energy and attitude of punk, they've already received BBC radio airplay and are set to make a lasting impression in 2010.

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