Cat No:
AT001LP
Release Date: 18 May 2015
Label: The Orchard (basick) / Basick
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0885150340172
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Description
From promising beginnings - playing festivals such as Reading & Leeds, touring and sharing stages with groups such as Enter Shikari, Mallory Knox, Deaf Havana and Neck Deep - the most recent Attention Thieves release, the 'Hard Truths' EP, received rave reviews and was championed by many radio/TV stations, magazines and online media.
How was it then that the band, tipped by many as the next UK rock act to break through, disappeared quietly into the background?
The truth is a week before the release of 'Hard Truths', the band's label went bust on them and they were promptly dropped by their management, due to the massive campaign debt the label had left them with. Finally and perhaps most importantly, the band had also been dealing with their own demons.
The four piece found the chain of events difficult to deal with, working so hard for so many years to get within spitting distance of their dreams, only for them to spiral away and out of control. To be capable of touring whilst shouldering a slipped disc, singer/guitarist Alex Green had become increasingly reliant on self-medication to deal with the pain which resulted in addiction. It all came to a boiling point when he had a heart attack, aged 27, during the recording of their debut album, 'Year of the Jackal'. A complete lifestyle alteration was needed, and fast… for some members it would prove lifesaving.
The new look Attention Thieves completed the album that almost never saw the light of day and it is by a country mile their strongest material to date. 'Year of the Jackal' is a genuine triumph, both musically and subject-matter wise, littered with passion and irresistible hook-laden choruses.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Crooked Teeth
- 2. Coins
- 3. Tell Me (What Are You Scared Of?)
- 4. Hangnail
- 5. If You're Not With Us
- 6. You'll Never Learn
- 7. Doubts
- 8. Culture Of Fear
- 9. Sleepyear
- 10. The Jackal
- 11. Actors Cast As Heroes
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Attention Thieves
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No Consequence
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Thrones
Alaya
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Echoes
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The Arusha Accord
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Dissipate
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Take Courage
The First
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Attention Thieves
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