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New Album `Lily Wry` Out Now!

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............................................... 'Harpies are a British four piece that come in like Daisy Chainsaw if they were powered by a love for grindcore.' ALTERNATIVE NATION'harpies scale new cranium-busting heights with their aggresso-guitar ambush...its only a matter of time before they start to draw blood..' KERRANG!'if slipknot heard harpies they would f**k of back to america with their tales between their legs' ROCKSOUND'extreme to f**k... the kind of aural assault that makes Mudvayne sound slightly limp wristed' METAL HAMMER'harpies are the band sugarcoma breifly threatened to be ... the full on twisted metallic aggression of a raw-as-hell slipknot, they have that hint of vital X-factor' ORGAN 'harpies take polar opposites and run them full pelt at each other just to watch the carnage. i confidently proclaim nicky honey as possessing the dirtiest and sweetest voice on the planet' LOGO'they make slipknot sound like newborn baby kittens pissing on perfumed cotton wool.way more subtle,layered and interesting...think amen,sick of it all, raging speedhorn and this mortal coil' METAL HAMMER2004 saw harpies release debut album 'bleed, believe' to extremely favourable reviews and embark on an extensive uk tour. After recording a peel session and a brief absence spent writing material for the second album, harpies released the single 'waitless' in feb 2006, the second album will be released 28th may 2007............ *repeated plays on BBC radio one; rockshow, john peel, zane lowe, steve lamacq, vic galloway, huw stevens,radio six bruce dickinson, XFM, KERRANG radio, totalrock and various regional stations *double page feature in metal hammer nov04 *multiple reviews in Kerrang, metal hammer, rocksound, terrorizer, classic rock and various fanzines off and online including, organ, rock midgets, drowned in sound, big cheese, siren, devolution, suicide rock, enough, rocksomething, lets just pretend, punk and oi in the uk, onemetal, bp mag, the fly, the wire 2004/2006/2007 *3 tracks recorded for BBC radio one 'live evening session' with steve lamacq 2003 *4 tracks recorded for a live john peel session 2004 *live interviews on kerrang radio, totalrock 2007 *gigs with bands from a wide variety of genre's such as mad capsule markets, sikth ,farse, murder one, mistress, breed 77, sugar coma, enter shikari, rsj, raging speedhorn, fony, number one son, reuben, die so fluid, beecher,days of grace, little hell, send more paramedics, ghost of a thousand, profane, abominable iron sloth, vanilla pod, 3 stages of pain, orange goblin, panic cell ,aconite thrill,...... ..........RELEASES.......... 'DEEP/JUST LIKE YOU AA single feb 2003
'LIE DOWN' single feb 2004
'BLEED,BELIEVE' debut full length lp jul 2004
'WAITLESS' single feb 2006 'ECHOES' single sept 2006
'LILY WRY' album may 2007 if you would like to purchase any of the above go to...

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Music:

Member Since: 4/19/2005
Band Members: membersNICOLA HONEY ~ vocals
JOHN E.DEVLIN ~ guitars
KIERAN MOLONEY ~ guitars
PETER FISHER ~ bass
LEO CRABTREE ~ drums
Influences: ac/dc, pj harvey, skunk anansie, elliott smith, nirvana, cream, led zepplin, norma jean, metallica, r.a.t.m, pixies, sonic youth, snot, scorpions, pantera, earthtone 9, queen adreena, unearth, motley crue, melvins, the cure.....
Sounds Like: hey guys! these djs have played us in the past, click on the link and request more of us!!!:)

steve lamaq

zane lowe

vic galloway

mike davies

daniel p carter

johnny doom

loz





Record Label: fortune and glory
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Indigo Flow - Album Review

Harpies - Lily Wry Posted by: Andy on Monday, 11th June, 2007 In the three years since the release of their debut album, Bleed Believe, Harpies have gone through a fairly drastic programme of restr...
Posted by harpies on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:35:00 PST

*** Updated 12/06/07 *** -- Reviews For 'Lily Wry'

TRACKS Sea Song, Come Closer, Echoes, Favour This, Left of Me, I Know I Think I Can, Believer, Man in Walls, Seahorses, Waitless, How Can I Profess?, Bitterslave, Sway.ROCKSOMETHING.COMReviewed by ...
Posted by harpies on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:03:00 PST

** Harpies remix track for new RSJ album **

back in january of this year we were asked by RSJ to remix/rework a track from their debut album 'Relections in B-Minor' to be used as bonus material for their forthcoming second album 'Gain To Nothin...
Posted by harpies on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:07:00 PST

***new blog 16/04/07 NEW PHOTOS!****

BRAND NEW PHOTOS FROM TAMMWORTH 'THE PALACE' BY GEORGE [email protected]
Posted by harpies on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:33:00 PST

**new blog 10/04/07** PRE ORDER ALBUM NOW

HEY!!!! YOU CAN NOW PRE ORDER ALBUM!!!!! OUT ON THE 28TH MAY!!!!PRE ORDER ALBUMOR YOU CAN PURCHASE ONE FROM US PERSONALLY ON THE 11TH MAY AT THE SANCTUARY BIRMINGHAM...
Posted by harpies on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:04:00 PST

Interview On Kerrang Radio!

Hey, a couple of weeks ago kieran, nicky and i[john], were invited down to kerrang radio for a quick chat about the album and the chance to play a couple of songs for the full metal racket show&...
Posted by harpies on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:27:00 PST

*** 22/03/07*** New track for your listening pleasure!

How Can I Profess? hey all!  as the lovely myspace people now let you have an extra track on your profile we thought we would stick up another 3 mins of our new album 'Lily Wry' for your wo...
Posted by harpies on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:01:00 PST

Album Release Date!!!!

Lily Wry - May 28th! Finally, after far more fucking about than i ever thought possible we have a release date for our second album "Lily Wry". Its almost a whole year since it was finished and we hon...
Posted by harpies on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:10:00 PST

**new blog' 05/03/07***new pics

hey guys!!! brand new pics up taken at the harlequin theatre by the lovely dijana capan!!check em [email protected] om/divisionimageswww.myspace.com/planetlou...
Posted by harpies on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:39:00 PST

Echoes Reviews

Room Thirteen Angry, female-led, grindcore band Harpies start of this double A-side with 'Echoes', a song that starts off gently leading you away from your comfort zone until you are all alone. I...
Posted by harpies on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:58:00 PST