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An Axe

About Me

An Axe are a melancholy mix of Nick Cave melodrama, Shadows twang and Roy Orbison croon.

Weaving dense tapestries with sparse arrangements.

Do join us.

Buy a digital download of our EP "Some, When Alone, Cease To Exist" from iTunes.

Buy a digital download of our EP "Some, When Alone, Cease To Exist" from Amazon.

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For bookings & information: bookings at anaxe dot co dot uk

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Member Since: 07/03/2008
Influences: Charles Waterton, William Bligh, Frederick Sellous, Mortimer Wheeler, Charles Bronson, Stu Ungar, Colonel Custer, James Strang, Robert Mitchum, John Franklin, Klaus Kinski, Timothy Treadwell, Sam Peckinpah...
Sounds Like: "That man is a head taller than me. That may change."
Record Label: Decorum Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

With Heavy Black Hearts You Come...

... to our first show of 2010 on Thursday 14th January at The Junction in Bristol with Toyface for Ms Breeze's Blackheart Sessions.The second EP is now at an advanced mixing stage.A whole avalanche of...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:06:00 GMT

The Northwestern - An Axe's Only November Bristol Show

Thursday 19th November at The Louisiana we'll be playing our only show in Bristol this month supporting The Northwestern (The new band featuring ex-members of Hope Of The States)We have a £5 cheaplist...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:09:00 GMT

Drunken Werewolf Interview & Review

You can now order issue 9 of Drunken Werewolf. It features an interview with me & Chris and also a cool review of our EP Some, When Alone, Cease To Exist. You can order an issue from...http://drunkenw...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:05:00 GMT

An Axe In London - Friday 16th October

Please do come down to this!It should be a blast.Friday 16th OctoberPeace In The City presents a night of leftfield pop niceties. Think melodrama, dark pop, light pop and imaginative instrumentation ....
Posted by on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:57:00 GMT

Skeletons & Artscare

A great review of your debut EP is up on The Skeleton Crew Quarterly.A track from our crypt sessions in December that did not make the EP, "Day Of Dead", is due to appear on a compilation by Artscare ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:51:00 GMT

Axe Crime

Cecilia from I Am The Crime has written a very lovely article/review for our debut EP, 'Some, When Alone, Cease To Exist'.You should all go and check it out and take in the other articles on there too...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:59:00 GMT

Ruined Mother's Axe

We ended up headlining the Mother's Ruin show on Wednesday, it was a really great show. It's a fun little venue.On 27th August me and Fever will be playing a two man show testing out some material for...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:11:00 GMT

Buy our debut EP from Amazon

Hi all, our debut EP, "Some, When Alone, Cease To Exist" is available for digital download from Amazon from today! [Click here] It was recorded in a church crypt in the middle of winter by James A Hol...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:26:00 GMT

Tuesday 28th July: The Louisiana with Hjaltalin

This Tuesday An Axe return to The Louisiana, Bristol. We're playing with the rather good Hjaltalin.A touch Arcade fire but more interesting, vocals are stunning, instrumentation is awesome. Joyous an...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:15:00 GMT

An Axe return to the Thekla!

Tuesday 7th July 2009 (Today!) 7:30pmWhite Denim, The Soundcarriers & An Axe.Bristol Thekla£9 adv
Posted by on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:48:00 GMT