FOR THE GIRL – Kick It EP

KICK ITFor The Girl are a five piece indie-rock band from Nottinghamshire.  As part of the promotion for their self-released EP ‘Kick It’ (their second of 2014), the band received good exposure supporting UK pop-punk/emo act Orchard Hill on a short tour of academy venues.  Since each night of the tour was free entry, the four night stint showed a rare generosity, most welcome in the times of hardship facing chunks of the UK during the end of the year.

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ORCHARD HILL – Make It Out Alive

orchard hillA self-released EP, Orchard Hill’s ‘Make It Out Alive’ comes with a surprisingly American sound for a quartet from Oxfordshire.  With some tough pop-punk/emo chops and a first rate production job from Ben Humphries [Maximo Park] and John Mitchell [You Me At Six], this debut is incredibly professional.  For the genre, you’d be hard pushed to find a better sounding release from bands with ten times the budget at their disposal.

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