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Over The Wall

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General Info

  • Genre: Electronica / Folk / Pop

    Location Glasgow, Please select your region., Un

    Profile Views: 158987

    Last Login: 1/7/2012

    Member Since 7/25/2005

    Website www.weareoverthewall.com

    Record Label Motive Sounds

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. ...... .... OUR DEBUT ALBUM 'TREACHEROUS' IS OUT NOW AND AVAILABLE TO BUY IN GOOD RECORD SHOPS, iTUNES ETC. BUT BEST OF ALL www.motivesounds.com .... VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT ..weareoverthewall.com.. .... BUY OUR SINGLE - 'SETTLE DOWN' - RIGHT HERE - WWW.MOTIVESOUNDS.COM .... OUR E.P. - 'THE RISE AND FALL OF OVER THE WALL' - IS NOW SOLD OUT FROM THE MOTIVE SOUNDS SHOP - BUT YOU CAN STILL BUY IT ON iTUNES! .... WE GAVE AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE TRACK 'A HISTORY OF BRITISH WELFARISM 1945-1984' TO THE LIMBO LIVE COMPILATION, WHICH YOU CAN BUY HERE - http://www.limbolive.co.uk/ .... AND THERE'S A COMMANDER KEEN REMIX OF 'THURSO' AS WELL AS A SNEAK TRACK OFF OF OUR FORTHCOMING ALBUM HERE - http://www.tentracks.co.uk/artist/over-the-wall .... Over The Wall is Gav Prentice of old steel town Bathgate and Ben Hillman of old seaside town Bridlington, who met in Glasgow in 2002 and have been inflicting their relationship on others through the medium of euphoric pop music since 2006. Originally a ‘collective’ of various musicians making various sounds at the Over the Wall night in the old Stereo in Glasgow, the pair use keyboards, laptop beats, guitars, mandolins, trumpets, cowbells, harmonicas, hurdy gurdys and kazoos in their shambolic live setup. ....The last few years has seen them play here and there in Scotland and England, most notably in 2007 when they were selected from 1200 unsigned entrants to play at T in the Park's 'T Break' stage and in 2008 from 800 entrants to play at The End of The Road Festival in Dorset. November of that year marked the release of their debut E.P. 'The Rise and Fall of Over The Wall' on Motive Sounds Recordings, bringing with it national radio airplay from the likes of Radio 1, 6Music (with Steve Lamacq championing on daytime and Tom Robinson twice forced to apologise for the language on ‘Thurso’) Xfm, Radio Yorkshire and best of all Sunny Govan. The EP was also made the highest rated indie release of the month in Rock Sound Magazine and earned rave reviews on numerous music sites and blogs online. ....In January 2009 The Skinny named them as one of the 10 acts “…on whom to put your house on” this year. April saw the band’s first substantial tour of the U.K. and a second run made of the ‘The Rise and Fall…’ following the unexpected response to what was initially intended to be a limited release. After collaborating with Kieran Hurley on critically acclaimed theatre project 'Hitch', involving performing live onstage while Hurley told the story of his journey to L'Aquila for that summer's G8 demonstrations, the remainder of the year saw the painstaking production of the debut album in a disused youth boxing club in Auchtermuchty. Single 'Settle Down', also from the album, is released on 7 inch and available to download from Monday 5th April 2010, again on Motive Sounds, with the album and nation-wide touring following in the summer. ....“Thrilling.” – The Fly ....“Amid ubiquitous, skinny-jeaned guitar squall and countless electro-pop revivalists, Over The Wall’s strangely euphoric post-folk feels like a blessed relief." - The Metro ....“This is electro pop with reflective neutrality and bite – 9/10” – Rock Sound .... “One of the most likeable live bands you can witness in Scotland at the moment, their touching lo-fi electronic nuances give us all a reason to look to the future with a glint in our eyes.” – The Herald .... “…There are rare occasions when something truly great stops you in your tracks. And Over The Wall have done just that… A superb mix of clashing styles… there’s also an urgency and honesty to their music that’s rare in a band so new.” – The Line of Best Fit .... For bookings please e-mail itsbiggerthanusall@hotmail.co.uk - please do not use myspace for booking enquiries. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... OVER THE WALL is also the name of a fantastic charity providing residential activity camps for children and young people affected by serious and life limiting illnesses, basically a fun place for sick kids. It's not connected to Over the Wall the band in any way but by all means check them out here: http://www.otw.org.uk/

  • Members

    Ben Hillman and Gav Prentice.

  • Influences

    Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, The Beatles, George Harrison solo, Paul McCartney solo, Journey, Bogdan Raczynski, Elton John, Eno, Morello's kebabs, early Genesis, Peter Gabriel solo, Rainbow (with Dio), Bread, The Blue Nile, Zappa, Arab Strap, 3 Of A Kind, Sparks, Derek and Clive, Metallica, John Williams scores, Hardcore compilations, Trance compilations, Cameron Crowe films and the Attlee government.

  • Sounds Like

    .. Euphoric pop music.

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  1. Over The Wall

    We've simplified the website a fair bit, but watch that space for some new sounds in the close future:... http://t.co/ydpi42C3NQ

  2. Over The Wall

    Event page now, hit attend and it's on your calendar, plus all the info you need. http://t.co/zukql8bu6x

  3. Over The Wall

    All these song titles and more on forthcoming album "It must be they tablets."

  4. Over The Wall

    "Aw the alkies up the back eh!? Ah mean nuhin by that hen, ah've ma problems tae y'know."

  5. Over The Wall

    From really camp wee quite portly guy: "If she see anyhin aboot Caitlin though, I will destroy her."

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