The Rushing

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“Summon The Heroes' by The Rushing is right up there with the best of 'em - a real contender and a worthy addition to anyone's collection… the Rushing make rock music 'whole' again and very believable - excellent!”
Toxic Pete (toxicpete.co.uk)
"Right from the opening number Help! the band set their manifesto by laying down a tight and powerful rock anthem complete with a contagious holler along chorus and a hook big enough to ground the whole of the royal navy"9/10
Will Munn Rhythm and Booze (rhythm-and-booze.co.uk)
The Rushing - Step Inside
U.S. College Radio Update! 17-02-2009
So far, the response on U.S. College Radio has been fantastic! At present 'Summon the Heroes' is lurking just outside the CMJ Top 200 album chart with 14 CMJ stations charting the album in the top 30! We've had some key plays at CORE stations such as WMNF in Tampa Florida & KXLU in Los Angeles, CA and are continuing to get CMJ adds across the U.S.
Video Update - 17-02-2009
Shooting for the band's debut video for debut single 'Step Inside' has been completed. The video, which will receive it's debut airing on the bands website (www.therushing.com) on Monday 2nd March was directed by up & coming director Nick Bartleet, whose previous work includes; Pendulum - Showdown, McFly - The Heart Never Lies, Funeral For a Friend - Kicking and Screaming, and Brigade - Pilot. The band had the time of their lives on set and when it airs on the 2nd it'll be easy to see why!
Website Update - 15-02-2009
We now have a landing page! YAY! The full site should be online at the end of Feb - STAY TUNED!!
THE RUSHING
‘Summon the Heroes’ - Release Date: 13th April 2009:-
Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins and Queens of the Stoneage are just a few of the rock gods counted as influences on The Rushing’s classic edged debut album ‘Summon the Heroes.’ A youthful State-side influenced rock drama with a bit of stiff upper lip British heritage turns its back on the stringy guitars and fraying vocals of the “scene” and attempts to re-fuel a few forgotten memories of legends past. The amps just got turned back up to 11!
Their debut, which gets it’s name from those supernatural rock titans, was helmed by Russian producer Val Proletarski who is best known for his work with Zero 7 front man Mozez on his critically acclaimed solo project ‘So Still.’
The album was mixed by Mike Fraser whose work includes the likes of Aerosmith, ACDC and Metallica. His recent projects include Biffy Clyro / Puzzle, Franz Ferdinand / Tonight Franz Ferdinand and ACDC’s new album Black Ice.
From the opening, the album’s intentions are clear. An SOS kick starts The Beatles derived title ‘Help!’ leading into what can only be described as wall to wall U2 esq guitars before settling into a rock grove which definitely isn’t U2! Before you know it, the soaring Chasing After the Sun and classic rock inspired Fragile have passed you by and your on to No Regrets - a melodic number sung over a dirty rhythmic grove with a few electro beats thrown in for good measure. A quick breath and it’s the bands first single – ‘Step Inside’ a fast paced rocker with a spaced out hazy middle eight that makes you think of tepee’s and polar bears. The band’s second single Day 5 is an anthem in the making, a delicate, mourning vocal builds into a hugely uplifting chorus which resonates through your very soul and ends with an ever climbing rock-out that’s sure to be a live favourite. Then comes a wind of change, you can hear it in the way Night at the Theatre begins, as if chiming quietly to the end of your very existence. CRASH! In come the Led Zep guitars and then a few seconds later there gone again. Theatre is an epic! Next is what can only be described as a Mexican number with castanets, tambourines and snare beats ricocheting out of the speakers like an audio only spaghetti western and the trumpet finale has got to be heard to be believed! The album’s sober moments come in the wistful ‘Wishing Well’ and remind us that it can’t all be fun and horseback riding before the melodic, dramatic vocal on Unsung Hero follows in the slightly more chilled out vein. The last song ‘Mechanically Sound’ is another epic with its raw rock guitar riffs and crazy on beat and off beat drums.
In summary, ‘Summon the Heroes’ has a bit of everything. Not one song sounds like another and yet the band has managed to keep a true identity through out the album. It is original and yet sounds familiar. One thing’s for sure, it offers something completely different for those of us who have heard just about the last jingly, jangly indie track they can stomach! “The album definitely gets a bit of crazy from Val and the rock treatment from Mr. Fraser which is all good!”
It’s been a long year and the band can’t wait to get back on the road after taking time out to focus on the album. The U.S. and Middle Eastern Tours of 2007 are now just a distant memory and even their performance at SXSW, (under their then band name Asono) which is pretty special in anyone’s book, has been almost forgotten. “It’s taken a bit longer than we thought to get this album out there (try about 6 months longer) but we’ve had a blast with our Russian producer Val who made us ‘work like dogs’ (said in a slightly menacing, cold war Russian tone) and the legend that is Mike Fraser - who we managed to blag a pint off when he came over from Canada in November.”
“We hope that a few people out their like what we do. We make honest music and couldn’t be less interested in making a quick fiver and then disappearing off the face of the Earth like some bands do… It’s too easy for bands to try a little too hard to fit in, and we all know that when you fit in – you don’t stand out! The band is then dropped like a stone by their major, which is why we did this record ourselves. We’d rather play Call of Duty (look out for the poo crew! – we’re pretty decent) unless of course a few donuts are thrown onto the negotiating table that is – then we’ll talk!”
The band - now 21, have put their hearts and souls into making something of their music, there are NO plan B’s, no further education to fall back on and not much in the way of job prospects either – except a job at the petrol station perhaps? Their music is everything and until that Crispy Krème endorsement gets thrown their way – they just won’t stop!
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