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Ten City Nation

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AT THE STILL POINT

CD / download album available 3rd August 2009

SILENT DISCO/FLASHING LIGHTS

7" / download single available 29th June 2009
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TEN CITY NATION

11-track album available COMPLETELY FREE from www.tencitynation.com
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EXHIBITION TIME AGAIN

3-track single available in all good digital stores
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LIVE ON VINYL

7-track live album available COMPLETELY FREE from www.tencitynation.com
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Limited-edition, handmade CD versions of Ten City Nation releases are available exclusively from R*E*P*E*A*T Records:
Formed in their hometown of Bury St Edmunds in 2007, Ten City Nation wasted no time in gigging like madmen – by November of that year, they were supporting NME darlings We Start Fires on a UK tour. Releasing their debut single and album to some acclaim in early 2008 (both are available as free downloads from the band’s official website), a sold-out single launch party at London’s Islington Bar Academy led to high-profile supports for Artrocker favourites Untitled Musical Project and Popular Workshop, which in turn led to an appearance at the Offset Festival alongside Wire, Future Of The Left and Blood Red Shoes. Ten City Nation also won the affections of BBC Radio Suffolk, who put the band forward to represent the station at the 2008 Reading & Leeds Festivals. The band also helped put together (and appeared on) a compilation in aid of Love Music Hate Racism, and embarked on a Summer 2008 Love Music Hate Racism tour with Popular Workshop, Nebraska, Kunk and hotly-tipped fellow Bury boys Thee Vicars. A song from the debut album, ‘TDK 90’, will be featured on the new Suicide Girls movie, due for release in 2009.
Ten City Nation's self-titled debut album is currently available as a free download from TenCityNation.com
"Ten City Nation manage to create a mood of their own, which is uncommon enough for a first album to be notable. Their moth-eaten darkness, their quest for disharmony, are evidence not only of their deep musical culture, but also of their radical talent." – This Is Fake DIY
"It's loud, melodic, passionate and everything that most bands these days aren't; Ten City Nation (both the band and the album) demands to be heard, and you'd be a fool to ignore it..." – Kiss Me I’ve Quit Smoking
"Ten City Nation are an intriguing prospect... By the time they’ve finished their opening song, ‘prospect’ is meaningless - smashed apart by the imposing edifice of vehement rock and roll; forgotten in the hazy memory of a thrashing three-chord punk rock explosion. Like The Stooges before them, Ten City Nation have amazing presence... flailing around and dancing to a Mclusky-like noise... with the intent of a band that have been together for years." - Drownedinsound.com
"This is a brilliant album... Ten City Nation propels itself with an eclectic relentlessness. (Album of the Week)” – Treblezine
"A treat from start to finish, this eponymous masterpiece proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that Ten City Nation are a politically conscious, morally astute and musically gifted band that cannot be ignored." – Screaming Tarts
"Cried-out Stooges-style vocals, energetic jagged riffs, and a taut QOTSA-style bass and drum section that thunders like bison’s hoofs across abandoned deserts... atmospheric guitar patterns hove into view above night skies, before being interjected by urgent, stabbing, early Nirvana-esque guitars, drum rolls and Seymour’s frantically emotional vocals... an act that’s clearly looking to push into vital punk rock terrains." - God Is In The TV
"...on quality of songs alone, I am positive that "Ten City Nation" is streets ahead of 90% of underground music." – Subba-Cultcha
"I can’t say enough good things about this band, they deserve to be huge." - RoomThirteen.com

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Member Since: 12/04/2007
Band Website: www.tencitynation.com
Band Members:
Mike Smith
bass/guitar/electric piano/vocals

Neil Baldwin
drums/vocals

Seymour Patrick
guitar/electric piano/vocals

Contact the band: tencitynation (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) uk

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Influences: Queens Of The Stone Age, dEUS, Doors, Verve, Sonics, McLusky, Jacob's Mouse, Black Keys, Sufjan Stevens, Grand Funk Railroad, We Start Fires, Popular Workshop, Raconteurs, PJ Harvey, Zombies, Kinks, Sugar, Small Faces, Graham Coxon, The Fall, Muse, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Fiery Furnaces, Soundgarden, Syd Barrett, Bullet Union, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, At The Drive-In, The Clash, Julian Cope, Nirvana, Thee Vicars, Dandy Warhols, Indelicates, Th' Faith Healers, Autolux, Warlocks, Blur, Pavement, Screaming Tea Party, Creedence Clearwater Revival, AC Acoustics, Pixies, Stooges, Shooting At Unarmed Men, Libertines, MC5, Jesus & Mary Chain, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Liars, Infants, Sonic Youth, Le Tigre, Siamese Sluts, William, Primal Scream, Seafood, Die! Die! Die!, Mudhoney, Elastica, Fight Like Apes, Charlatans, Untitled Musical Project, Reuben, KunK, Warlocks, Future Of The Left, Blood Red Shoes
Sounds Like: we're all going straight to hell.
Record Label: R*E*P*E*A*T
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Silent Disco/Flashing Lights - 7" & download single, Monday 1st June PLUS single launch party!

Hi everyone We're releasing a brand new single (on lovely 7" vinyl) in a couple of weeks' time, and to mark the occasion we'll be throwing a launch party at the Dublin Castle - full details are b...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 07:59:00 GMT

More free downloads, some new live dates, and a rather pressing matter.

Hi everyone, Happy New Year and all that.Work on our not-very-long-awaited 2nd album proceeds apace, but as you're all waiting so patiently and in the interests of being bloody good chaps, we've put s...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:50:00 GMT

In with the old, in with the new.

Good morning Campers.  Rock 'n' roll is a very exciting sport, but even more excitingly, I've done all my Christmas shopping already and it's only 17th November.  Ha!  In your FACE, Cre...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:36:00 GMT

Last gig of 2008 - R*E*P*E*A*T Hallowe’en Party, Saturday 1st November

Hello everybodyThis Saturday we're playing the R*E*P*E*A*T Records Hallowe'en Party at Cambridge Man on the Moon - it's going to be our last gig for quite some time as we're about to start making our ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:30:00 GMT

Offset Festival this Sunday, 31st August - a last-minute surprise...

Hi everyoneJust to let you know, we've been offered a slot at the Offset Festival in Hainault Country Park this Sunday, 31st August.  Also playing on the Sunday are Gang Of Four, Future Of The Le...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:16:00 GMT

Ten City Nation on new Love Music Hate Racism compilation CD

Ten City Nation join other indie stars in waiting on new 23 track Love Music Hate Racism compilation CD KEEP BRITAIN TIDY - A Public Service Announcement With Guitarsfeaturing William, We Star...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:44:00 GMT

UK gigs, Free album, Love Music Hate Racism CD

***UPDATE - we've unforunately had to pull out of the gigs we had booked in Holland on 1st/2nd August.  It's doubtful they'll be rescheduled.  Sorry!*** Hi everyoneLots to tell you about, it...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:00 GMT

GIG AT CAMDEN PURPLE TURTLE, THIS THURSDAY!

We're finishing off a month of quality gigging with a big shindig at the Purple Turtle in Camden (which is in LONDON) this Thursday, 29th May. Also playing are Operation, Strawhouses and The National ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:41:00 GMT

NEW ALBUM - FREE DOWNLOAD!

Our debut album is all finished off and is now available to download COMPLETELY FREE from our brand new website: www.TenCityNation.comAs of Monday 2nd June 2008, there'll be a CD copy with a handmade ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:23:00 GMT

New single out now! And work begins on our album (so no gigs)...

Hey gang Our new 3-track single, 'Exhibition Time Again', is out now to download - see below for details of where to get stuck in.  You can also buy a limited edition CD version from www.repeatfa...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:23:00 GMT