25 years ago the very first live review we published at Penny Black Music was of a show by Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey’s then band Marine Research. The review has been lost in the passages of time, but since then we have talked to Amelia and Rob many times about their bands since then, Tender Trap and more recently The Catenary Wires, and also their bands prior to Marine Research, the infamous Tallulah Gosh and Heavenly. It seems appropriate and fitting that their latest group, Swansea Sound, headlined our 25th Anniversary gig at the Water Rats in London on the 28th October. An indie pop supergroup, Swansea Sound, as well as Amelia (vocals, keyboards) and Rob (guitars), also features Hue Williams (The Pooh Sticks) on vocals, Bob Collins (The Dentists) on bass and Ian Button (Death in Vegas, Papernut Cambridge) on drums. They specialise in urgent, infectious guitar riffs, whiplash vocals and harmonies, and irreverent, hilarious lyrics about indie bands, failed pseudo punks and disastrous online romances. Formed during lockdown, the band recorded three singles without actually meeting each other. Their debut album, ‘Live At The Rum Puncheon’, was released in 2021 on Rob and Amelia’s own label Skep Wax to considerable critical acclaim, and they followed this up with the equally spiky ‘Twentieth Century’, their second album, in September. Our show was the final gig on an eleven-date tour to promote ‘Twentieth Century’. Thse photos were taken at the 25th Anniversary gig by Marie Hazelwood.
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Marie Hazelwood takes photos of indie pop supergroup Swansea Sound at our 25th Anniversary gig at The Water Rats in London.
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With Keiron Phelan & Peace Signs and The Volunteered, The Water Rats, London, 28/10/2023 (2023) |
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| We preview our 25th Anniversary gig which will take place with Swansea Sound. Keiron Phelan & Peace Signs and The Volunteered at The Water Rats in London on the 28th October 2023. |
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Santa Bail Me Out (2023) |
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| Typically thoughtful and refreshingly caustic Christmas EP from indie pop supergroup Swansea Sound which reflects on both sides of the festive season |
| Angry Girl/Corporate Indie Band (2020) |
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