Nottingham Do's Not Belong To The Tindersticks Anymore.

With the exception of Carl Jung, you would be hard pressed to find many multi-faceted heroes from Switzerland without digging deep into the history books. That said, these Heroes Of Switzerland aren't Swiss. Instead they're from Nottingham, nowhere near Zurich either culturally or geographically, and certainly not as conventional as Geneva.

The current line-up having been together no longer than 18 months, 'Disposable Fiction' is a remarkable collection of songs, and certainly well above the average batch of "sounds like so-and-so" demos often received at DiS Towers. The title track is a semi-spoken word lament shrouded in distorted white noise before the chorus kicks in like some long lost Dinosaur Jr monologue. The desolate tone of 'Waiting' and ceramic blaze of 'Fall' show the Heroes Of Switzerland in an entirely different light, with the former echoing the dizzy solitude of 'Nowhere'-era Ride as a paean to lost innocence and the latter, with its opening mantra declaring "As I spend my waking hours waiting for the summer showers", providing a sweet and sour mix of bludgeon and kisses that may turn out to be the perfect anti-depressant for anyone still in mourning over Six. By Seven's sudden departure.

So let's salute these Heroes one and all. Your favourite new band may just be around the corner...

Review By Drowned In Sound.

The EP

Heroes of Switzerland are a Nottingham based band. This is their self released debut EP. The band take the shoegaze sound and feed it through a rock n roll machine. Combining blissed out sounds and driving punk energy. HoS have featured on lostmusic before - when I reviewed their demos, which I liked. This new EP takes off from where the best bits of the demos was heading. These 3 songs sound head and shoulders above the previous songs I heard.

On this EP HoS take the shoe gaze sound and channel it through some rock n roll machine. Unlike, so many bands that gaze to the pedals - HoS don't forget about the songs. The band have a rock n roll backbone that is joy to hear. They take their rock n roll and then they shower it with noise - slightly underpowered vocals and layers of guitars literally come at you. Wave after wave of them.

Lead track 'Disposable Fiction' sounds like a heady mix of punk and shoegaze as the guitars assault you and the song grabs you. The whole EP follows on in equally strong form. I really have to give this EP the highest recommendation as it combines the blissed out shoegaze sound I love with the punk energy I crave.

Review By Lost Music.



Listen To "Waiting" (mp3)

"Fall" (mp3)

"No Easy Way Of Being" (mp3)

"Reassurance" (mp3)

"Worthwhile" (mp3)

"I Don't Know" (mp3)

"Why" (mp3)

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