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The Favours

@ The Ramshackle, Fulham, London - 2nd July!!!!

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Above - Video for debut single 'Islands'.
Above - The 100% unofficial band shot and amateurishly edited promo for next single 'Left'.
Sara Sanchez – Lead Vocals/Guitar
Martin Knight – Bass/Backing Vocals
Chris Marsay – Guitar
Mister Nivelles – Drums
Please visit www.thefavours.co.uk for the bands biography.
"The Favours - 3 blokes and a lady rocking power punk pop gems. They've a sharp ear for a tune, too. Ace!"
NME
“The Favours have been the Fly writer’s band of choice to bug me about of late and their indelible power-pop anthems are maybe why”
The Fly
“Explosive guitars, a tight rhythm section, rowdy rock songs with pop melodies, and a singer who sounds like Debbie Harry-gone-grunge mark the four-piece out as the best female-fronted band to emerge from Britain in years.”
Lisa Verrico, The Times
“This band are so polished, so sharp, so blindingly brilliant that compared to them every other band here today are like kids playing in a dressing-up trunk.”
Artrocker
“Sara Sanchez is an absolute star – a teenage witch who grunges her guitar and sings feisty great dollops of tune. A scraggy looking punchy rock band keep the airbrush perfection and rock chick posing down at ground level (almost). I’m gibbering by the end and dollar signs are spinning in front of my eyes like those old Donald Duck cartoons when the rich Uncle turns up. I find myself texting an A&R contact. Crazy or what?”
whisperinandhollerin.com
“Guttural bass lines and searing guitar work, backed by a drummer who’s clearly mastered his art were all trumped by beautiful chanteuse/guitarist Sara. Her ebullient strumming to ‘Kill’ belied a delicate frame capable of generating the power of a wind farm in a blizzard. This lady has a beguiling stage presence.”
The Crack Magazine
“The Favours combine CBGB’s female vocals (ie. 1974) with a Pavement/Pixies punch in the groin. Hard to believe, yet they pull it off and crank it up 3 notches. They bring the culture and angst of a city and country exploding with talent the likes that haven’t been witnessed since the days of The Jam and The Buzzcocks.”
Newyorkhotlist.com
Reviews of debut single ‘Islands’:
“Islands rocks along with jagged guitars and a vast chorus and deserves widespread radio support”.
Music Week
“If this single is a true representation of their forthcoming album, The Favours could well have a classic on their hands, I can’t wait to hear more”.
Rhythm and Booze
“Blending Blondie-esque vocals and the kind of hook Elastica would have been proud of, there’s plenty to like about this single from The Favours. Picked to play at last year’s BBC Electric Proms, it won’t be long before they find a bigger audience”.
Press Association
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Member Since: 10/16/2005
Band Website: thefavours.co.uk
Band Members: Sara Sanchez - Lead Vocals and Guitar; Martin Knight - Bass and Backing Vocals; Mister Nivelles - Drums; Chris Marsay - Guitar
Influences: The Pixies, John Lennon, The Wrens, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Blondie, Smiths, Stone Roses, The Strokes, The Foo Fighters and The Housemartins.
Record Label: F.O.A.D.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Free London Gig - Wednesday 2nd July

Wednesday 2nd July The Favours @ The Ramshackle, 4 Fulham High Street, London, SW6 3QL Onstage at 8pm - FREEWe play The Ramshackle in Fulham tomorrow night (Wednesday). It's a new venue that was forma...
Posted by The Favours on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:14:00 PST

Hull, Hull and more Hull

We played our first home-town gig of the year last week. It was all-acoustic and new guitarist Chris's first outing with us. It's a bit mad that we managed to get all the way to June without playing H...
Posted by The Favours on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:12:00 PST

Links to Download New Single

So, the sun is finally shining in Hull and to celebrate, our new single 'One up on you' and b-side 'Bad intentions' are now available to download, here are a couple of places you can get hold of them:...
Posted by The Favours on Wed, 07 May 2008 03:54:00 PST

One up on Monday!

Our new single 'One up on you' and the b-side 'Bad intentions' are both available to download from Monday on all the usual sites. The cd's also available in certain HMV's, but if you can't find it, ju...
Posted by The Favours on Sat, 03 May 2008 10:01:00 PST

Steve Lamacq’s played us!

Great news, Steve Lamacq played us on his 6-Music show yesterday. He ended his show with 'One up on you' and you can listen again on the bbc i-player. In traditional Favours style, we're not shown on ...
Posted by The Favours on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:55:00 PST

One Up On You - Club Reactions

We've been getting some great reactions from the clubs to the new single. Here's a few of them:Club reactions "this just jumps straight out of the box and onto the stereo no matter where you ar...
Posted by The Favours on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:09:00 PST

BBC Radio Bristol

When we were in Bristol the other week, we popped into BBC Radio Bristol to record an acoustic set and interview with Andy Howard for his Morning Glory show. You can listen again to it until Saturday ...
Posted by The Favours on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:51:00 PST

One up on you Tour - April 2008

The van leaves Hull in 2 hours!Hosted By: The Favours When: 08 Apr 2008, 21:00Where: The GaffTayfen RoadBury St Edmunds, South|72 IP326DHUnited KingdomDescription:The Favours Click Here To View Event...
Posted by The Favours on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:08:00 PST

Were going on tour with The Talks and more....

Now then, it’s good to see that the sun’s finally arrived in Hull!Below is a poster showing all the dates for next weeks little tour with our mates The Talks. It’s been a really odd ...
Posted by The Favours on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:49:00 PST

Gig London - tomorrow night 12/03/08

After a drunken weekend in Germany The Favours return to the capital tomorrow night to play the Dublin Castle in Camden. We'll be onstage at 10.15pm and it costs £4/5. See you thereThe Favours x...
Posted by The Favours on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:11:00 PST