Press Releases
Manilla PR - 23rd April 2007
Sharp Practise formed in 1999. Their debut album ‘Hiya’ was released in 2000
to good reviews, leading to an appearance on Ground Zero TV in Australia,
playlisting around the world. One song from ‘Hiya’ was featured on a DVD by
Japanese TV star Chieko Mitsui, another on the “Rock For Athletes” CD produced
for Italian sportswear company Fila.
Latest album “Radiocity” is available worldwide on the Rising Records
label, with songs from it winning Track of The Day and Listener’s Picks awards
on garageband.com. The album has won a Kweevak Award 2006, with radio airplay
across the globe including US college, Australian indie networks and numerous
internet stations. Bed of Rhythm spent 11 weeks on the World Underground Chart
in Australia, peaking at #3 and has been on the tourdates.co.uk Top 40 mp3s for
ten weeks.
Over 200,000 copies of Sharp Practise’s music were distributed in France in
late 2005. Radiocity was released under licence to Whiterock Records in Germany
in January 2006. The CD became available in Canada in May 2006, where has
already been a featured album on Ben T Music’s website. In April 2007 Morgan’s
Creek reached no. 4 in the Bandit online chart.
“We are a rock band that can play with influences from folk to dance yet
still create a sound that is recognised as Sharp Practise and no other band,”
frontman Nigel Clothier explains.
“Radiocity” is essentially an album about travel - in both the literal and
emotional sense – and is a pure delight in a music world where style is often
preferable to substance and should go down well with fans of the Counting Crows
and Big Country and many others.
“We’re trying to put some good playing together with some strong words and
picking up on things from everyday life as if we were peeking into your diary
and singing your life back to you,” Nigel says.
Gorillaz producer Fran Ashcroft has confirmed he will produce the next studio
album.
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Sharp Practise today made the following worldwide press release:
11th January 2006
BRITISH CLASSIC ROCK BAND RELEASES NEW CD IN GERMANY
Sharp Practise, a classic rock band from the United Kingdom, has today
released their new album "Radiocity" in Germany. Described as a cross between
the Counting Crows and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'Sharp Practise are a classic
rock band but not an over the top screaming yelling rock n' roll monster, this
is the sound of a band who like to keep things quiet and wouldn't say no to an
acoustic set, but not tonight: tonight they wanna rock. And rock they do,' as
the Dukester Magazine writes.
Sharp Practise started in 1999. Debut album Hiya was released in 2000 to good
reviews, leading to appearance on Ground Zero TV in Australia, playlisting
around the world and an audience in Costa Rica of one third of the country's
population. One song from "Hiya" was featured on a DVD by Japanese TV star
Chieko Mitsui, another on the "Rock For Athletes" CD produced for Italian
sportswear company Fila. The band's British tour in 2005 was highlighted by an
appearance at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. "Radiocity" is now available
worldwide, with songs from the CD previewed via garageband.com already winning
Track of The Day and Listener's Picks awards.
"We are a rock band that can play with influences from folk to dance yet
still create a sound that is recognized as Sharp Practise and no other band,"
frontman Nigel Clothier says. "We're fighting a crusade to get well-played,
proper songs back into the charts around the world. I want to have written as
many standards as Neil Finn of Crowded House - songs that fix moments in
people's memories. I'd like to be signing loads of autographs because people
have recognized Sharp Practise as being a hard-working band with honest songs."
"Radiocity" is essentially an album about travel - in both the literal and
emotional sense - and is a pure delight in a music world where style is often
preferable to substance and should go down well with fans of the Counting Crows
and Big Country and many others. "We trying to put some good playing together
with some strong words and picking up on things from everyday life as if we were
peeking into your diary and singing your life back to you," Nigel says.
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