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about
bruise
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| Born and educated in Wakefield West Yorkshire Isobel Morris escapes to travel in the USA. She finds Alaska and stays in Anchorage for five year, taking her songs to frontier bars and county fares, developing her own open, broken-stringed style. Returning to London she becomes a real presence on the acoustic scene but she's ambitious for a wider audience and bigger stages. Jim Kimberley is introduced to Isobel as a drummer with experience (Glen Tilbrook, Nick Heyward, Jimmy Nail, Nick Harper) and a four track. They begin experimenting, and the glorious, grainy sound of Bruise emerges. Isobel goes electric and, picking up bass players here and there, Bruise play 70-odd gigs from York to Brighton. Some of them are pretty odd (as are some of the bass players) but audiences, bar staff and even other bands love them. Bruise's first single, 'Girls Best Friend'/'Inch Me In', is recorded, DIY style, in various rooms of Jim's East End flat and released through Mumbo Jumbo in July 2002. It's warmly received at radio (inc. XFM and BBC 6 Music) and in the clubs. There are rave reviews nationally in the underground music press and on line. "There is an undercurrent of spite and vitriol here that is never clearly enunciated, an untold depth that doesn't call attention to itself, it's just there, lurking, more felt than heard." LOGO MAGAZINE "...intense psychodramas which hover between pristine folk and edgy rock with radio friendly choruses that hint at a wider audience" THE WIRE For the second single Bruise form a label, Pop la disque. It's a brave step. To handle everything; recording, manufacture, packaging, PR and plugging independently is a big job.........no shit! Excuse Me/Superhero This is the sound of a better life; an experience like an immediate aural detox. You can feel "Excuse Me" coming, reminding you why you love music. Then the song rushes at you, washes you away and makes you forget everything people say about modern pop. It's here! An anthem for a new beginning. "It's for the better good/It's the way it should be".The melody and the groove soar and swing with all the force of belief. And there's a new voice here too. Emotional and unaffected. Isobel: persuasive at first, then gradually insistent and finally demanding that you hear. "It doesn't mean the end for you and me" . Even the end is not really the End. The wave breaks, the frenzy evaporates and there you are, three and a half minutes into your new life. Enjoy! "Superhero" is a bright glassy day-dreaming eye. Guitars are frost and distant traffic. Isobel's voice is everything in view. Nature, philosophy, cartoons and rock 'n' roll are all one and the same and maybe Elvis really can fix everything. . . . . .just listen! From the forthcoming album 'B' 'Excuse Me/'Superhero' will be out on July 1st on Pop la disque For tour dates see press or go to www.bruisemusic.co.uk |