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Bittersweet

About Me


BITTERSWEET PLAYERS:
Karl Ficarotta - Vocals, Backing Vocals
Roly Bailey - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocals
Robin Guy - Drums
Olly Owen - Piano, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Ben Modley - Congas, Bongos, Percussion
Juliet McCarthy - 'Cello
Ros Stephen - Violin
CD SINGLE 'WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE' OUT NOW
'When Push Comes to Shove'
'Ode to Kenley Road (Liquid Cool Remix)'
'Roll Again'
Buy now for £4 at Paypal: Digital downloads available at
iTunes
napster
Sony Connect
Emusic
MusicNet
Rhapsody
Tracks taken from the forthcoming album, 'Postcard From Nowhere'
Recorded by Olly Owen at Beehive Studios
Mastered by Sam John at Precise Mastering, Streatham, London
LYING, DRINKING AND LOSING album credits
Roly Bailey - Bass, Guitars, Harmonica, Keyboards, Samples, Noises
Molly Briton - Piano
Sam Guest - Cello
Robin Guy - Drums
Mick Heath - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Samples, Noises
Olly Owen - Keyboards and Percussion
Recorded by Olly Owen at Beehive Studios, Middlezoy, Somerset
Additonal recording by Josh Guest at Liquid Cool, Kenley, Surrey
Produced by Olly Owen and Bittersweet
Mastered at the Soundmasters International, Notting Hill, London
Booklet design by Roo Gotto at DSN Graphics
Cover photo by Brian Sims
Inlay photos by by Roly Bailey, Roo Gotto, Mick Heath
Dedicated to all those who were forced to take second place
CD Album available on Realesque Records at
www.bittersweet.org.uk
Digital downloads available at
iTunes
napster
Sony Connect
Emusic
MusicNet
Rhapsody

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/10/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/bittersweetuk
Influences: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Liars, Drinkers, Losers
Sounds Like: Bittersweet - one word, two moods. No symphony, no me, no pretence. Real songs combining melody, harmony and honesty with an edge. Bitter words. sweet sounds. All that you hear has happened, is happening now or will happen.
Bittersweet released the debut album, 'Lying, Drinking and Losing' on their own Realesque Records label in June 2005. A startling collection of 11 songs that combined a black and white truth with technicolour brilliance, the album had a shade for every mood. Moments of euphoria, depression, fear, doubt, hate and triumph all seamlessly merged into forty-five minutes of aural pleasure.
But every action screams out for a reaction and Mick Heath, one half of the original songwriting team left shortly before release to pursue his own goals. Roly Bailey hit a rich songwriting vein, recruited new vocalist Karl Ficarotta and headed back into the studio to commence work on the follow-up album, tentatively entitled 'Postcard from Nowhere'. And then became now...
Record Label: Realesque Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

FIVE DOLLAR FREEBIE AT AMIE STREET!

The latest Bittersweet single, 'When Push Comes to Shove' backed with 'Ode to Kenley Road (Liquid Cool Remix) and 'Roll Again' is now available to download from a new US site, Amie Street. Amie Street...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:35:00 GMT

THE FIG FACTOR

It's that time of year again when the X Factor rears its ugly head, accompanied by its poisonous sibling, the Xtra Factor and we all get an opportunity to rue what is now seen as an acceptable ro...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:17:00 GMT

COCKSTOCK THANKS!

Thanks to everyone who came down to the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone and supported all three bands at last Wednesday's Cockstock festival.  Bittersweet appeared as a three piece for the fir...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:55:00 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Yeah, bit of a cliche really but Happy New Year to all Bittersweet's friends, fans and listeners!  You'll notice that the New Year greetings are slightly delayed due to a little over-indulgence o...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:31:00 GMT

BORDERLINE GIG, CDs AND Ts

Thanks to everyone who made it along to a very successful Borderline gig last Friday.  Despite an earlier start than originally anticipated, all who came to see us managed to catch the whole of t...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:40:00 GMT

'WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE' - NEW SINGLE OUT NOW!

Bittersweet release their long-awaited second single, 'When Push Comes to Shove' on the 4th April 2007.  This is the first release to feature the amazing vocals of new singer Karl Ficarotta,...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:38:00 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Seasons Greetings to all Bittersweet's friends and passers-by - thank you for your interest and support over the last year and best wishes for 2007.New Years resolutions include the release of a new s...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:35:00 GMT

KICK BACK AND GET 'AIMLESS' THIS SUMMER!

Up on site now for your listening pleasure is a brand new track, 'Aimless' - the latest song to emerge from Beehive Studios and the perfect accompaniment to the balmy summer evenings that we've been h...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:36:00 GMT

'LYING, DRINKING AND LOSING' NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES!

For those of you who haven't yet taken the plunge and added 'Lying, Drinking and Losing' to your CD collection, I'm pleased to announce that the album is now available to download in it's entirety (or...
Posted by on Mon, 22 May 2006 16:25:00 GMT

TECHNICAL TOMFOOLERY - MAIN WEBSITE DOWN!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the main band website at www.bittersweet.org.uk is offline at the moment and cannot be accessed.  Measures are being taken to return the site to live status as so...
Posted by on Mon, 22 May 2006 16:10:00 GMT