BUY OUR E.P. - 'THE RISE AND FALL OF OVER THE WALL' - AT http://www.motivesounds.com/shop/ NOW!
WE GAVE AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRACK 'A HISTORY OF BRITISH WELFARISM 1945-1984' TO THE LIMBO LIVE COMPILATION, WHICH YOU CAN BUY HERE - http://www.limbolive.co.uk/
AND THERE'S A COMMANDER KEEN REMIX OF 'THURSO' HERE - http://www.tentracks.co.uk/artist/over-the-wall
Over The Wall is Gav Prentice of old steel town Bathgate and Ben Hillman of old seaside town Bridlington, who met in Glasgow in 2002 and have been inflicting their relationship on others through the medium of euphoric pop music since 2006. Originally a ‘collective’ of various musicians making various sounds at the Over the Wall night in the old Stereo in Glasgow, the pair use keyboards, laptop beats, guitars, mandolins, trumpets, cowbells, harmonicas, hurdy gurdys and kazoos in their shambolic live setup.
The last two years has seen them play here and there in Scotland and England, most notably in 2007 when they were selected from 1200 unsigned entrants to play at T in the Park's 'T Break' stage and in 2008 from 800 entrants to play at The End of The Road Festival in Dorset. November of that year marked the release of their debut E.P. 'The Rise and Fall of Over The Wall' on Motive Sounds Recordings, bringing with it national radio airplay from the likes of Radio 1, 6Music (with Steve Lamacq championing on daytime and Tom Robinson twice forced to apologise for the language on ‘Thurso’) Xfm, Radio Yorkshire and best of all Sunny Govan. The EP was also made the highest rated indie release of the month in Rock Sound Magazine and earned rave reviews on numerous music sites and blogs online. Odd seeing as it's not really rave music, but rave reviews they were nonetheless.
In January 2009 The Skinny named them as one of the 10 acts “…on whom to put your house on†this year. April sees the band’s first substantial tour of the U.K. and a second run made of the ‘The Rise and Fall…’ (following the unexpected response to what was initially intended to be a limited release) before the planned summer of more festival fun and eventually, they hope, an album.
“Thrilling.†– The Fly
“This is electro pop with reflective neutrality and bite – 9/10†– Rock Sound
“One of the most likeable live bands you can witness in Scotland at the moment, their touching lo-fi electronic nuances give us all a reason to look to the future with a glint in our eyes.†– The Herald
“…There are rare occasions when something truly great stops you in your tracks. And Over The Wall have done just that… A superb mix of clashing styles… there’s also an urgency and honesty to their music that’s rare in a band so new.†– The Line of Best Fit
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Here is a video we made right before going on stage at T in the Park last year, in which we thank our sponsor for giving us such a great career and such a refreshing beverage!
But Tennents forced us to censor it under the threat of legal action, and below is the slightly altered version. They said that if we left it the way it was they would refuse to give us the fame and fortune that they gave to previous t break bands such as biffy clyro and 3 style. We thought you should see both
