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DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE DATE APRIL 29th 2008

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DEBUT ALBUM "youngbored&broke"RELEASE DATE APRIL 29th 2008
Physical CD available from all good stores across the USA and Canada and digitally through i-tunes and other digital download companies.
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Born from a love of The Kinks, the Stones, The Who and The Jam, this British 4-piece wear their influences on their sleeves; Mod, Motown, Northern Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Punk attitude. The Heys have everything that a great guitar-pop band should have, three minutes of fuzzy major chords, full, rich bass, shouty, ominpresent backing vocals and an impossibly addictive chorus.Singer songwriter Tom feeds off the tradition and passion of British 60’s beat music and combines it with incisive comment on modern life. Their debut album Young, Bored & Broke screams the frustrations and the simple joys of living day-to-day, hand to mouth. Bad jobs-good friends. A working-class band through and through. The self-produced album was recorded underground in their basement studio in the UK. “This way it’s all about the music” says Tom. “We wanted an honest direct sound and we wanted to be in control so we did it ourselves”.The first Radio 1 play by Alan McGee came after he received the demo from a kid in Reading. Winning XFM unsigned led to a headline appearance at the Budrising festival at The Waterats in London. June 07 saw the white label promo release of Pressure, through promotions company Upshot on 7" green vinyl to massive DJ acclaim. Comparisons have been made with Elvis Costello, Ray Davis, The Who and The Enemy.
Following the myspace explosion, The Heys have had over 84,000 hits and have a dedicated fanbase. This has led to contact from Vinyl Junkie in Tokyo and the first vinyl limited edition singles sold in Japan. Numberonemusic.com/theheys was launched in March 06 and since then has received over 206,000 plays.Whilst creating a buzz on independent North American radio shows such as KEXP 90.3fm in Seattle and X-103.3fm in Indianapolis, their killer tune “Pressure” has also featured on Record of the Day in the UK and the soundtrack for the Gumball Rally 3000. Meanwhile in the UK pulserated.com (Sky) has picked up on Pressure and Friday Night with plays on The Session, The Mix and Hottrax. The Heys also received a feature On Steve Lamacq's BBC6 Music radio show.”I know absolutely nothing about this band, other than the fact they are very, very good.” Creation Records Guru Alan McGee on BBC Radio 1....to write and produce as good as Scene or the swaggering Don't and take on the labels on national radio is achievement indeed.- Tom Sales, Leamington Courier The most original band I have seen in this area, ever. Phil Cooper Cheeky, sexy, catchy, tight, and just very, very damn good - The Wunderbar "Pressure" is everything that a great guitar-pop single should be, three minutes of fuzzy major chords, full, rich bass, shouty, ominpresent backing vocals and an impossibly addictive chorus...Essentially, The Heys are still a struggling unsigned band. There's no scheduled date for even a hugely limited commercial release of this utterly brilliant piece of pop music...Maybe there's hope though, recently Hard-Fi have broken through in a major way, with big tunes and a sound at odds with most current British guitar-based music. And they've done it with none of the wit, talent and flair that The Heys possess...So go to the website, an endearingly perfunctory MySpace affair, of this little-known band, and listen to "Pressure", because it's the only place you're likely to hear it for the time being, but if there's any justice in the record industry you won't be able to hear it for free forever. - Michael Docherty, CDTimes.co.uk New EP just oozes current cool and thumping rock and roll- Leamington Courier ...a perfectly blended cocktail of groove, swagger and old school rock n roll. Theyre a joy to watch... this is a band you really want to be getting down to on that dance floor. - Stew Kingscott, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire This band really caught our ears for the usual reason (or not that usual sadly) - they've got at least one really good song. Pressure is it. Great verse, great energy, great delivery. - Record Of The Day The Heys are quite simply shit hot. If you've got the chance I encourage anyone and everyone to check them out asap.... - Tom, Hunt For Decent MusicFOR BOOKING INFO AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES PLEASE EMAIL US HERE

The Heys feature on a number of podcasts includingwww.electricallanguage.co.ukwww.britcaster.comwww.i ndielaunchpad.comwww.nervetonic.orgwww.digitalradio.orgwww.c lickcaster.com

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Music:

Member Since: 3/2/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/theheys
Band Members: Tom (Vox, Guitar), Jay (Drums, Vox), Carl (Bass,Vox), Jordan (Guitar, Vox).

Influences: Stones, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Who, Bowie, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music, Pistols, Clash, Elvis Costello, Jam, Kings of Leon, Strokes
Sounds Like: CHECK OUT OUR OTHER WEBSITESsonicbids.comilike.comfacebook.comimeem.combuzznet.c ombebo.comreverbnation.compurevolume.comarkade.comlast.fm
Record Label: 4west records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

stranded in stereo....another review of debut album

http://strandedinstereo.com/music_theheys.shtml By Miriam Lamey The Heys' debut release, Young, Bored & Broke, has a title that's a tad misleading. One would think that this album is immaturely fu...
Posted by THE HEYS on Mon, 26 May 2008 10:13:00 PST

REVIEW OF youngbored&broke FROM HOUSTON PRESS

The Heys, Youngbored&broke (4 West) The Heys make no effort to conceal their love of the music that influenced them. Their debut Youngbored&broke will inevitably see some comparisons to Arcti...
Posted by THE HEYS on Thu, 08 May 2008 04:15:00 PST

FIRST REVIEW OF YOUNGBORED&BROKE' FROM INDIE LAUNCHPAD

  http://www.indielaunchpad.com/il/2008/04/album-youngboredbro ke-the-heys/ Band / Artist : The Heys - mySpace Genre : Alternative / Rock Sample Track Download : aintwotUsay Buy CD : Amazon - ...
Posted by THE HEYS on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:50:00 PST

NEWS FROM THE USA

NEWS FROM 4WEST RECORDS   The Heys album entered the CMJ Top 200 Chart. March 21, 2008  11:41 am The Heys album youngbored&broke entered the CMJ Top 200 chart at 144. Stations currently p...
Posted by THE HEYS on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:38:00 PST

gig... tommy flynns camden..Apr 23rd

Hey Everyone, next gig April 23rd...Tommy Flynns...Camden £6/£5 with flier cheers and take it easy... http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=glasswerksgigra0.jp g...
Posted by THE HEYS on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:53:00 PST

gig...apr 3rd...the dry bar, barbican, london

print flier to save a quid hope to see ya there cheers and take it easy... ..http://imageshack.us">.. src="http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8070/gigflyerthurs3r dapril1gg8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image ...
Posted by THE HEYS on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:40:00 PST

HELP US ON THE ROAD TO V...

we’re gonna go for it, so if you want to help us get there please make some noise.. leave comments and rate us out of five (to the left of pic) & join the forum by following the link. cheers...
Posted by THE HEYS on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:00:00 PST

gig apr 5th. the melting pot @ jericho tavern oxford..buy tickets here

Next gig April 5th 2008 The Melting Pot at The JerichoTavern 56 Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6AE For more info and to buy tickets please visit: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/27534      ...
Posted by THE HEYS on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:24:00 PST

DEBUT ALBUM "youngbored&broke" RELEASE

  Physical CD available from all good stores across the USA and Canada and digitally through i-tunes and other digital download companies from April 29th 2008 ...
Posted by THE HEYS on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:41:00 PST

Free Download... FRIDAY NIGHT

Hey Everyone 'Friday Night' is available to download for free We'll change tunes every couple of weeks so check back Help yourselves and take it easy......
Posted by THE HEYS on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:28:00 PST