The Hubble Constant

The Hubble Constant has its origins in the coming together of its principle members in 2003. Having come from diverse musical backgrounds Charlie Butler, Tom Haworth, Bruce Goodenough and Ben Washbrook started playing together through their shared love of musical and scientific experimentation. Butler (Mothertrucker, Fat Pigeon and others) being a mainstay of the Birmingham metal scene for years brought strong rhythmic power, a keen ear for a riff as well as his pagent for the experimental extremes of the genre. Goodenough (Nanook, L=Cyde, Shoguns Decapitator) spearheaded many musical outfits in his native Stourbridge, and still produces and plays session in the area. Goodenough has a pragmatic sense of sound sculpture and is the pivotal player in bringing together the ideas of the individual members of the band. Washbrook (Distophia, Machine Called Z), having playing with Birmingham's indie/post-rock band DIstophia, was keen to work in a more creatively free environments where new ways of writing could be explored without restrictions of genre. Haworth (Kenschair) comes from a long folk music tradition, classically trained on the violin he excelled exhibiting a phenomenal ear for pitch and natural sight-reading abilities. However he turned his back and joined the local ska/punk movement which was strong in the late 1990s and which his sister is still a leading part of today with her band Skankt. Coming to Birmingham to study physics his horizons were broadened and his sense of precision and intricate craftsmanship is a keystone of The Hubble Constant's rhythmic character and Alex Dean with his passion for poetry added a different feel to the heavy music by utilizing spoken word instead of more conventional methods.In 2007 the band went through many changes. At the start of 2007, Nathan Coyle who was ever present on the Black Country DIY music scene with death metal band Panzer Attack and hardcore outfit Raise The Flag, was brought into the fold, wanting to spread his wings in more experimental areas and a chance meeting with would be band member Goodenough at a mutual friend's he was asked to join the group bringing a more aggressive vocal style pushing the sound to a more hardcore feel and cementing their position in the mathcore genre they are now commonly referred to. 2007 also brought one more addition and a member leaving; Dean left the band and in late 2007 The Hubble Constant completed the line-up as it is now by adding local avant-garde noise manipulator and Mothertrucker bassist Tom Moffat on samples producing live noise and drone. The band will release its debut full length in 2008.(All that shizzle taken from Wikipedia)

12/4/2008 UPDATE! Easy mother fuckers, you may have noticed we have not been around as much as usual, here are the reasons and a little bit of news. Bruce is in LA at the moment so we have been unable to play live so things on the Hubble front has gone abit quite but don't worry this is just the calm before the storm, come June we're be back out on the road playing a town near you with a new release in tow, the album is coming closer too and trust me its sounding very special so we are all really looking forward to showing people that.We have a new Remix up made by the uber talents of Please Will, get yourself onto his myspace and give them a listen, he also has a tape out so make sure you get on that shizzle!Thats it for now, we're be booking up some shows very soon so make sure you keep on top of that as we all want to see you there!!Peace x6/1/08 Happy new year! We are writing a new album at the mo so we wont be playing any shows till mid to late 2008 apart from a one off show in May for Nathan's birthday. Promoters you are welcome to mail us with show offers but please take note of above, the best we can do is take you're details and contact you near the time we are ready to book shows again but I promise everybody this album is going to be worth the wait. In other news the i sin + cos Ep shall be out very soon on Third Arm Records. shine on you shiny diamonds. x18/9/07 New song up "Joan Rivers" check that out home slice x28/8/07 There has not been an update for a while so I thought I'd let you know what is going on in The Hubble camp, for everybody who keeps asking us about the CD sit tight its being mixed as we speak just got get the artwork sorted and maybe some distribution/label talk then we're away, there will be two new songs up from it soon! also more news on two splits that will be out out very soon.We have quite afew shows coming up soon, two of which you can get tickets from us, the first is with Eternal Lord and Wish for Wings at the Wolverhampton Canal Club on the 3rd of November and the second is with The Plight and D Rail at the Stourbridge Rock Cafe 2000 on the 4th of November, check our webstore for detailsStay sexy x7/6/07 The other week we re recorded the "i sin + cos" ep, it is coming very very soon, so far it sounds awesome, hopefully you will able to buy it at the chaos ball show on the 22nd of june with our good mates Errander, we're going to be playing less shows now as we need to work on our full length but we will still be playing, if you want us to play your town let us know and I promise we're do our best. x10/4/07 SPLIT EP'S Yup!, two releases coming out in the summer first release is a split with Elephantoms from Canada (sound abit Pig Destroyer on acid) and Charlie Uniform November Tango who are from Eastbourne, fucking awesome girl fronted spazzcore bit like daughters CUNT are my new fav band. They shall be out on POST COLLAPSE RECORDS...yay x28/3/07 NEW SONG UP! "you're not the man, you're the SCRAM" check it out on our player and tell us what you think. It shall be the last song Alex will appear on due to him leaving the band, bye deany nobody out there can do the whispering like you and I am sure we're be seeing you in a new project soon, all the best and good luck. Nath x10/3/07 Hello, just a little update, we're still waiting to get the new tune mixed and what not so it will be up soon I promise, we are also going to be releasing a tape, bootlegs a go go x26/2/07 YO!, recorded a new track yesterday, its alot different from what we've done the past but still hubble if that makes any sense, it will be up in afew days straight after its been mixed and what not, stay tuned.16/2/07 Just a little one we have put a copy of our press pack in our blog if you would like to know a little of what we're about and we are recording a new track on the 25th of Feb oooooo x15/2/07 Hello there, first off please dont ask us to play shows the end of May to mid June due to exams also you can now buy our last two E.P's through the store link below, you can get the first E.P "auto : reverse : silence" for under 3 pounds...bargin Nath x

Live review by Surge Music "The Birmingham Barfly is a big gig for any local band. The Hubble Constant were supporting An Albatross, an Electronic, Experimental, Progressive band from the USA. There was a fairly decent sized crowd in the room, enough to make most bands nervous. The stage became clouded with smoke and the background music faded out. Ambient samples filled the room as the band took to the stage. Then in the next minute came a full frontal assault going by the name of "You're not the man, you're the SCRAM". A wall of guitar distortion and pounding drums topped off by vocalist Nathan Coyles piercing scream. A few time signatures later and they're playing what seems like it should be a different song, although this was just the calm before the storm.The second song, "Sawn off Parker", boasted drawn out post rock verses reminiscent of Team Sleep, whilst the choruses ripped through your eardrums in the fashion of a Boeing 747 jet engine. The Hubble Constant set an excellent standard for the night. After a short instrumental interlude they kicked straight into the utterly brutal "Flip you for real" which broke down into a drawn out middle section where Nathan grabbed guitarist Bruce's microphone wrenching half of his pedals with it. This microphone, affected with delay, tremolo and various other effects gave the band a kind of Robert Smith/The Cure vibe.In the last song "Kleptograme Kleptograth" the band went all out. The song was spasmodic, with time signature changes that even the Blood Brothers would be proud of. Nathan half climbed half fell over the barrier and then proceeded to scream his lungs out as he lay on the floor in the middle of the crowd. The set ended much as it had began, with samples, ambient noise and delays to fade out. As I left, one thing was for certain, The Hubble Constant's own brand of avant-garde hardcore is sure to be influential in years to come."Live reveiw by Satellites Magazine "The hubble constant are a different story live to their recorded material due to adding a second vocalist after i sin + cos was released. The birmingham barfly was an appropriate setting to showcase a band firmly making a name for themselves with their live presence, watching as the two vocalists throw themselves around like rag dolls with one of them clearly having no regard for his own safety, this was going to be entertaining.
Unfortunately there was a down side to the show, the performance of the sound engineer left alot to be desired but I cant but this down to the group. Actually the band overcame the workmanship with a solid professional outing. They remind me of Dillinger Escape Plan with the percussion of Pelican, some times ambient but mostly manic and passionate in the best of ways. The best song of the night award went to "flip you for real" it gave me a small insight of what is to come from the band as it was the only song of the night off their forthcoming CD, even going as far as sparking a small moshpit. The Hubble Constant's career path will be an interesting and im sure a very eventful one."METAL HAMMER REVIEW auto:reverse:silence sounding not unlike the fall of troy, the hubble constant bring a number of influences to a great sound. Think Tool's mindset, the instrumental precision of opeth, the erratic energy of every time i die and a very LA garage-rock vocal run through an amp. With an abstract name like Hubble you get what you'd expect: strange music. Diverse sounds like reggae rhythms, crashing crescendos and whispered vocals make this a particularly eerie and intruiging CD"DIE, SHELLSUIT DIE! REVIEW i sin + cos it was a challenge listening to these boyos, but I am glad I did. Taking a progressive angle to most of the left-field art-rock stuff of late they throw in more discordance and tempo changes than the rest. Imagine if you will what the Murder Of Rosa Luxembourg would sound like if they had carried .. the first album and listened to more pg99.All four tracks have there own identity and show a different facet of the bands personality. My favourite is the final track “ Bringing Down The Telescope”. Starting with samples and ambient noise before letting rip with some Blood Brothers esque vocals and riffing before dropping into a Slint like middle and finally finishing with a extended melodic build up and samples.Hearing this CD makes me want to see the boys live and then I can imagine it will all fall into place.Live reveiw by the National Gig Guide "Birmingham band, The Hubble Constant, burst onto the stage. Their first impression told me these boys had energy, driving vocals with instrumentals which switched from an assault into mellow at all the right points. Something made me think of a mash up between at the drive in, deftones, hint of blood brothers and a mix of will haven. Definitely something that fits into a crowded local scene that can stand alone and after hearing the vocalist is a brand new addition can only prove how exciting and interesting the next few months will be for these guys I shall make a point of going to see them again."

An Albatross [USA] (Bloodlink records), Kylesa [USA] (Prosthetic Records), The Plight (Visible Noise Records), Errander (In At The Deep end Records), Rolo Tomassi (Holy Roar Records), D-Rail (30 Days Of Night Records), Lite [Japan] (Transduction Records), Taint (Rise Above Records), Maths (Holy Roar Records), Cinemechanica [USA] (Hello Sir Records) As Silence Falls (Sugar Shack Records), We Vs Death [Holland], The Arm (Transduction Records), Montana (Iapetus Recordings), Caster Troy (Calculon Records), Blakfish, io, Random Conflict, Mothertrucker (BH/BB Records), Una Corda, Burnst (Slow Riot Records), Great Eskimo Hoax (Rallye), Hips Unite, The Legion Of Doom (Calculon Records), They Died Too Young (Lockjaw Records), i spy strangers, neversaydie, Tubelord, Fume (The Devil Knows You're Dead Records), Ragni {Canada} (Seven Story Records), Rainbow Of Death [France] (Wee Wee Records), From The Carnival Of Horrors (30 Days of Night Records), A Switch Below [Belgium], Bring Out Your Dead, Mills and Boon (Bearos Records), Cornish Tin Mines plus many more (when I remember)