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"The walls have ears, The walls have ears..."
Thundering across the stars, to save the universe from the Monster Minds! - No hang on, that was someone else's biog.
Cable Street Spy Club are four boys, Gary, Jon, Leon and Martin, the products of two seaside towns and a diet of shoegazing indie, pop, disco and good ol' fashioned rock 'n' roll. In true modern spirit they blend stabby guitar hooks, rug-cutting rhythms, uplifting melodies and desperate lyricism in a cocktail of perfect indie-disco pop - yet rather than borrowing heavily from the eighties like their contemporaries choose to bypass the 80s almost entirely, instead gunning straight for the electricity of 70s disco and the pathos of 90s new wave, and borrowing only the rolled-up t-shirt sleeves, tight jeans and questionably affluent haircuts.
These young protégés of a certain James Robert Morrison of the infamous Carter USM are set to tear it up from London to the South Coast and beyond - have axe, will travel. Batten down the hatches - Cable Street Spy Club are gonna bang in your face. Or something.
Incidentally, Cable Street Spy Club are so-called because they are each trained government 'spooks' from separate independent agencies who met in 2004 after being handcuffed to adjacent radiators as POWs following a failed rescue mission in Beirut. There were five of them; one, sadly, did not make it back to Blighty. He was to be the keyboardist. Applicants apply within.
Cable Street Spy Club
Listen To Me Carefully I Shall Say This Only Once
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Member Since: 6/29/2005
Band Members: Gary Yay - Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Jon Ollington - Drums
Leon Earp - Lead Guitar
Martin Barr - Bass Guitar
Influences: These Animal Men
New Order
Oasis
The Smiths
Carter USM
Sounds Like: Accomplished debut single from this seaside foursome (members are from Brighton and Southend). Co-produced by Jim Bob (Carter USM fame) and released on his own label too.
Splashings of Bloc Party and The Futureheads though singer Gary Yay sings with a Morrissey twang. B-side 'Tenderly Talking' is by far the most superior song and shows promise of more to come.
John Earls - Teletext review from Channel Four

Shit band that have happened to have read a history book.
Playlouder.com

und dem dazugehörigen song 'spies, spies everywhere' einen tollen neo wave hit rausgehauen...
Revolver-club.de

Ready for the next big thing? Cable Street Spy Club open up their 3 track debut single ‘Listen To Me Carefully I Shall Say This Only Once’ with ‘Spies Spies Everywhere’, sounding like ‘Lovesong’ by The Cure but twice as fast. Later still the excellent B-Sides make it clear these Brits are capable of keeping up with the hottest bands of the hour with ease.
These guys have every chance to hit the big time with their first big push in their home country with the backing of producer/label boss Jim Bob (formerly of Carter USM).
Bloom.de

Cable Street Spy Club followed playing their clever nu-gaze, emo, indie-pop tracks and none better than 'Spies Spies Everywhere' which has more catchy hooks in it than a catchy hook convention.
With an obsession for conspiracy and 'spooks' the only undercover mission this four piece could perform would be getting drunk and playing great gigs, which is lucky as that's exactly what they did at FarmFest. 'Tenderly Talking' flowed around the appreciative crowd mixing Panic@ the Discos' emo (which seems to be popular with the kids) sound with a distinctly British slant which makes their songs pretty damn ace and memorable.
Like the Killers sped up and easier to dance to and without annoying facial hair CSSC banged through the 45 minute set.
FarmFest 2007
Record Label: The Ten Forty Sound
Type of Label: Indie

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Hey there lovely friends of the Spy Club. Just to let everyone know what we're currently up to - trying desperately to get everything ready for the release of our debut single which should be happenin...
Posted by Cable Street Spy Club on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:48:00 PST