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MTS @ Offset 2008

Life has surface noise

About Me


"the most exciting Scottish rock band to emerge in aeons" – NME
"following in the footsteps of Idlewild, Aereogramme, Kids Near Water” – Rocksound
"MTS beautifully merge Trail of Dead's chaotic psychedelia and Fugazi's high-energy righteous punk noise with stunning results" – KERRANG!
"fast ‘n’ furious riffing, very fine noise indeed" – The Fly
"Dynamic, electrifying, panoramic... their unique mix of tender melodies and chaotic whirlwind guitars is really, really exciting." – Drownedinsound.com
Second album "KIPRONO" from Mercury Tilt Switch was produced by Michael Brennan Jr. and Robin Sutherland, Scotland. Mastered by Jan Eliasson in Copenhagen, Denmark.
thanks for your support.
We run a label at petpiranha.com
A SHORT FANZINE ABOUT ROCKING 16 AUTUMN 2006
KIPRONO ALBUM REVIEW:
"I've got to admit to a slight bit of bias before I go any further. This band will always have a special place as far as I'm concerned. Ever since I saw them at The Witchwood in Ashton-Under-Lyne in front of about 15 people (and I think about 10 of those people were the other bands). I even bought two copies of their album because they'd travelled all the way from Dundee to play there and hardly any one showed up. Basically, they missed out. After hearing the new album I came to two conclusions. The first being, this band will eventually be huge and the second, why aren't this band already huge? I already admitted my bias but it is a well-placed bias. Each track on this album provides a blast of intense yet melodic music. I've never heard another band like it to be honest primarily because I'd think that it could be difficult to translate the energy of a live show that contained this kind of music onto record but it's done and done extremely well by MTS. From the haunting instrumental opener all the way through to the album's stand out track "I Hear It's What The Kids Are Buying" (which is a good 2/3 of the way in) it's non-stop quality. It has to stop somewhere though...and it stops perfectly with "The Signs Are There". Starting as a delicate acoustic ballad and evolving into an emotional and euphoric ending, it pretty much sums up this entire album. No doubt the naysayers and the clueless will label this as "emo" when it is the furthest thing away. Just ignore this and check it out yourself. I guarantee you won't be disappointed."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/5/2005
Band Website: mtsonline.co.uk
Band Members: MERCURY TILT SWITCH:
Ant - guitar / vox
Chris - guitar
Andy - vox
Les - bass
Fuzz - drums

MTS music available to buy from iTunes, Emusic.com, as well as our Online Store.

debut album - brundle kid

click cover to buy CD

second album - kiprono

click cover to buy CD

split 7" with the a forest

Influences: The book:
"This band could be your life"
Melody, tunes, invention, punk rock, and noise.
Sounds Like: rice krispies put through an amplifier
Record Label: Pet Piranha Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

latest info...

The problem with post-stomach surgery is that I can't do much other than surf the net. Bearing that in mind, here's another Offset Festival update: Not only are WIRE and GANG OF FOUR playing, no...
Posted by MTS @ Offset 2008 on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:31:00 PST

GANG OF FOUR + WIRE...

Post-punk legends Gang of Four have officially been added to the Offset Festival line-up alongside Wire. Full line-up and tix details can be seen at www.offsetfestival.co.uk There's a lot of exciting...
Posted by MTS @ Offset 2008 on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:33:00 PST

Randomness

Came across this: http://www.list.co.uk/article/352-mercury-tilt-switch-album- review/ In these re-hashed Britpop days it's possible to forget that there once was a time when rock music was allowed to ...
Posted by MTS @ Offset 2008 on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:37:00 PST

Both albums available for Free Download

Both MTS albums can be downloaded for free from Last.fm http://www.last.fm/music/Mercury+Tilt+Switch That way if you can't be arsed downloading a whole record you can preview a track and then decide i...
Posted by MTS @ Offset 2008 on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:44:00 PST

Festival invite - last ever gig?

MTS have been asked to play at an outdoor festival in England that takes place the last weekend in August. It may be our last ever gig, depends on how things go over the Summer. We're working on new s...
Posted by MTS @ Offset 2008 on Sat, 10 May 2008 08:50:00 PST