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About Me

We recently parted ways with orginal bass player Joe Morris and have now enlisted new recruit James Mckeown. We're currently working on material for our debut album and are planning some gigs for later this year.
For bookings and any further information e-mail nathan_loughran at hotmail.com
Our debut EP, "A Clean Incision", was released in 2006 on fledgling indie Run Out. The follow up, "Shutterspeed" came out in 2007 and the last "My Lifelong Psychological Experiment" in 2008. Copies are available from
Rough Trade , Norman , Run Out
Some quotes...
"It is very much not shit" - Robots & Electronic Brains
"It's like re-discovering love after you never thought you could feel again" - A Cool Noise"If you like Amusement Parks On Fire, Boards Of Canada or Explosions In The Sky, The Reverse may just be your new favourite band" - Leeds Music Scene
"The Reverse make a big 'noise' in a very controlled and expressive manner- at times they are remarkably exquisite, at others they are just plain brilliant" - ToxicPete
EPs also available as download only from...
http://www.tunetribe.com
and
"My Lifelong Psychological Experiment" EP also available from Brighton's Corporation Records Visit Our Shop
Also available directly from Run Out Records .
The Reverse - EP - My Lifelong Psychological Experiment (www.thereverse.co.uk)
£2.50 UK £4.00 everywhere elseAll EPs were recorded and mixed by Graham Dominy (The Rifles, Razorlight, Ray Davies, Supergrass).
Visit thereverse.co.uk for more info, mp3s, photos etc
video for "My Lifelong Psychological Experiment"
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Here's a little Pop Promo of 'The Reverse' playing a live acoustic version of "Other Boys", filmed while in the studio October 2006 recording their 3rd EP. The music is actually from the video recording - Joe, Jason & I practising the song. If you look closely you'll see Sam was trying to read the paper.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/10/2005
Band Website: www.thereverse.co.uk
Band Members: sam, nathan, jason & james
Influences: bright eyes, pavement, the house of love, ride, bob dylan, leonard cohen, the pixies, belle & sebastian, my bloody valentine, hefner, mogwai, the stone roses, moose, velvet underground, lee scratch perry, radiohead, jeffrey lewis, massive attack, the beatles, the stones, love, stevie wonder, the arcade fire, bloc party, joni mitchell, patti smith, rem, portishead, iron & wine, the kinks, billy bragg, spiritualized, elliot smith, van morrison, bert jansch, nina simone, dj shadow, atmosphere, the smiths, pulp, nick cave, pj harvey, the verve, smog, jim o'rourke, de la soul, sonic youth, jane's addiction, yo la tengo, the cure, david bowie, neil young...and so on and so on
Sounds Like: Yo La Tengo meet Bloc Party and have a slightly awkward conversation about their favourite Smiths songs.

Some have said...

"...genius, haunting and at the same time uplifting." - Manilla Magazine

"...cushioned, delicately histrionic indie-rock that tenderly coats and protects."- Vanity Project

"beautifully sculptured indie pop." - Plan B

"Melancholic, beautiful and uplifting"- Claire Sturgess, XFM
Record Label: www.runoutrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Reverse EP launch 2007-8

To celebrate the release of our third ep, "My Lifelong Psychological Experiment", we curated our own night of live music in Dec 2007 which was a huge success! It was our last ever gig with Joe, and fe...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:31:00 GMT

"My Lifelong Psychological Experiment" review

Well, I have to say that I really enjoy listening to The Reverse; they sorta remind me of a cross between The Grateful Dead, The Doors and Pulp. Now, that may sound like a bridge too far when it comes...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:25:00 GMT

Supporting Carina Round, Lupen Crook at Waterrats

17th December 2007   5 o’clock in the afternoon, Lupen Crook has just finished sound checking and we’re ushered on stage for ours. We’re just nervously finding our way throu...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:38:00 GMT

How it began...

The Reverse began with Nathan and Jason in around 2002, growing out of pub conversations, late night recording sessions and the cold rehearsal rooms of Crouch End. Sam began engineering for ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:37:00 GMT