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Nephu Huzzband

'PAPERS' EP RELEASED 22/10/2007

About Me

We are a four-piece from Nottingham playing noisy, sonic indie music.
We've played with: The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Die! Die! Die!, The Blood Arm, Men, Women and Children, Notekillers and Fear of Flying.

For band queries or bookings please e-mail: [email protected]

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Member Since: 5/31/2005
Band Members: Tom Bentley -
Vocals/Guitar

Adam Popple -
Guitar/Vocals

Jamie Barrow -
Bass/Vocals

Rob Challinor -
Drums

Influences: …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Sonic Youth, At The Drive-in, Joy Division, Q and not U, DFA 1979 + more

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Sounds Like: "Catchy melodies and repetitive themes that sound very understated but manage to be irritatingly compelling...perhaps it's the mildly Franz Ferdinand-esque melodies - maybe it's the kick-ass nifty New Order/Monaco-esque bass lines - could it be the infectious percussion work - or is it the well proportioned voices that get the words across so well? I just don't know what it is!! But, it's more than just OK!" - ToxicPete.co.uk

"For a band that have only been playing live for under a year, Nephu Huzzband, a Nottingham based four piece, have got it going on!...Influences like Sonic Youth and Joy Division underpin every sound they stir up and rip through, tightly performing kick ass song after kick ass song. " - Sandman Magazine

"Nephu Huzzband's EP is a collection of very promising songs in a post-punk, slightly emo (I mean this in a good way relating to the genre's better output, no whiny American suburban teens in sight) vein, giving large nods to 80's alternative greats such as The Cure, Joy Division, The Smiths and maybe even a wee bit of Sonic Youth, while also maintaining quite a unique sound which is quite a rare thing amongst young guitar bands these days. It's hard to say exactly how I'd categorise it, post-something, but it has the potential to be right up my street in terms of "alternative"- how I hate that word - guitar music" - Subcity.org

"Their riffs are well written and interlock well mixing a weird indie rock sound with a very progressive edge, imagine a tug of war between Franz Ferdinand and At The Drive-in with The Pixies cutting the rope and it all ending in a huge messy pile" - Saggy Pants Magazine
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

EP Reviews

The first line of the press release for Nephu Huzzband's EP reads thus: "Nephu Huzzband are a young four piece from Nottingham. They make noisy sonic indie using two vocals/guitars, bass, and drums...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST

Radio Play

On Thursday (1/11) Gideon Coe played Papers on his 6music show.You can listen to it again by going here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/gideon_coe/tracklisti ng.shtml?y=2007&d=20071101then choosi...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:34:00 PST

Sandman Live Review

We managed to miss this, which was bad play on our part. But anyway, from August's issue of Sandman: Nephu Huzzband @ Nottingham Junktion 7 For a band that have...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:25:00 PST

PAPERS EP RELEASED 22/10/2007!

Our debut EP 'Papers' is due for official release on the 22nd of October via Indiestore.com (indiestore.com/nephuhuzzband).Also, if you go there before the release date, there's two extra tracks avail...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:32:00 PST

Glasswerk Article

Take a look. The picture's a bit old, but the article is good.http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/index2.php?db=nottingham& ;page=news,article&id=2807&title=Nephu+Huzzband
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:18:00 PST

The Vic Inn Pictures

14.05.07 - Thanks to Gerard, Sophie and Imogen for the photos. ...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Mon, 21 May 2007 09:58:00 PST

Review in Sandman Magazine

Junktion 7 BOTB 16th August 2006 Suffering hardest of all, Nephu Huzzband are also troubled with tonights gremlins. Their bass' G-string breaks for an unhealthy delay before finding a replacement guit...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:01:00 PST

Junktion 7 Pictures

Thanks to everyone that came down and made this such a good night :)  ...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:53:00 PST

The Social - 3rd July

Great night, good to be playing our first full length gig in such a good venue. Roll on J7. Here's some pictures: ...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:37:00 PST

New Songs

Some new songs have been written, We'll be recording one of them, "Destroy Mona Lisa", fairly soon. ...Two others, one doesn't have a name yet but is sounding a bit like a Plot to blow up the Eiffel t...
Posted by Nephu Huzzband on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:07:00 PST