The Early Years...Reminder...A New Band From England...Maybe The Best New British Act For 2006 At The Moment...

New-ish band alert The Early Years their new single has an Echo & The Bunnymen [Porcupine era], Joy Division, Mogwai, Neu, Television type intensity. Very atmospheric, production has a rich full uber epic psychedelic sound, guitars glide in arcs, vocals drift in and out in, psychedelic effects with the guitars that go into overdrive at the end of track.

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BBC Session

"All Ones and Zeros" (demo)

"Things" (demo)

"High Times and Low Lives" (demo)

the debut single "All Ones and Zeros" will be released on the 16th January on Beggars Banquet.

Recorded at The Contino Rooms with Death in Vegas' Tim Holmes, the tracklisting is:

1. All Ones And Zeros
2. A Little More
3. I Heard Voices



The Early Years were born in 2004 when David Malkinson decided to do a solo gig armed with a guitar, an amp and a large number of effects pedals creating a wash of psychedelic guitar noise for 20 minutes in front of about 20 people.

From there the only way forward was to expand the line up to include two friends Roger Mackin and Phil Raines on guitar and drums respectively. Creating a noise born out of Dave's love for ambient noises and melody (Mogwai, Acid Mother's Temple, Spiritualized), Roger's hankering for 60's Garage, drones and feedback (Television, Velvet Underground, Spectrum) and Phil's dedication to the krautrock beat (Neu!, Can, Tortoise), The Early Years set off to create the kind of music which stood out against the post-Libertines sound of London at the time.

Since then, they have gone from strength to strength playing a number of successful shows across London and getting a number of plays on Huw Stephens' One music show, Steve Lamacq, and John Kennedy's XFM show. This then led to The Early Years recording sessions for Radio One and XFM.

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