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THE CAB - BAD Images courtesy of Digital Rebel PR

T he Cab is anAmerican band formed in LasVegas in 2005, and consists of lead singer Alex DeLeon, guitarist and keyboardist Alex Marshall, bass guitarist Joey Thunder, and drummer Dave Briggs. It was the band’s move to California that got them on the road to a career in music. The band is getting ready to release their second album, Symphony Soldier in the UK, having already been released in the US back in August 2011. It has been produced by John Feldman, who has in the past produced for the likes of Good Charlotte, The Used, and Panic! at the Disco. Also making appearances on the album are artists such as Bruno Mars, Boy Like Girls’ Martin Johnson, and Maroon 5’ s Adam Levine. On the strength of its US release alone, the album has already reached the top ten of the iTunes chart, T he Struts are a band that formed in 2009 in the East Midlands city of Derby. The members consist of vocalist Luke Spiller, guitarist Adam Slack, bassist Jed Elliot, and drummer Gethin Davies. Their listed influences include sixties and seventies rock and roll, as well as Soul and Motown, and they themselves have been described as a blend between Hard-Fi and Primal Scream.They’ve already supported McFly on tour, and the music video to their song ‘ I Just Know’ has acquired, at the time of writing, over 11,000 views on YouTube, and mirroring that quantity, over 11,000 likes on Facebook. ‘ I Just Know’ is a gritty and intense two and a half minutes worth of an anthem, with a pleasantly surprising mix of contrasting vocals; Luke Spiller’s voice has a distinct 1970s rock vocalist sound, perhaps even sounding not at all out of place in an old episode of The Old Grey Whistle Test. Meanwhile, backing vocals

sound out of place in a sold-out stadium. Lyrically, the song tells of boredom with “ good girls”, and wanting the excitement that comes with “bad girls”. No doubt a tongue-in-cheek, poking fun set of lyrics, but not necessarily ones that will make so-called “good girls” feel good about themselves. Either way, the song has had over five million views on YouTube, and the band themselves have accumulated 200,000 followers onTwitter and 190,000 Facebook likes, so there is no doubt that the group will achieve greater success. The band made a visit to our shores in September to promote their new single and album, and probably had these same Twitter followers and Facebook fans dancing in the crowd. www.thecabrock.com Watch the ‘Bad’ video on: http://youtu.be/4UGSPx8nJ-U

peaking at number six. Preceding the UK release of Symphony Soldier, lead single‘Bad’ is due tobe released shortly.The song begins deceptively slow and sweet, before building up into a stomping,rhythmic anthem that would not

can be heard intertwining with Spiller as he growls his confidently masculine lead vocals, manipulated to sound soulful and ambiguous, coming across as neither entirely male nor female.Another contrast comes from the music itself, which has a very modern, 21 st Century rock vibe. The band Watch the ‘I Just Know’ video on: http://youtu.be/rLzuZpHtzD8 The Struts - I Just Know Saturday 29 th September.Their song,‘I Just Know’ is available to download for free from their Facebook page. www.thestruts.com

has played this year at the Und e r g rou nd Festival, Oxford Street’s famous 100 Club on We d n e s d a y 26 th September, and also at the G l o u c e s t e r Guildhall on

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