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Introducing… Fiction

• 23rd Mar 2010

Fiction are a quartet from London. James Howard and brothers Mike and Nick Barrett have played music together for years. Daniel Djan joined in early 2009 to complete the line-up.

Fiction ignore the rules of a “regular” set up: with the absence of a conventional drummer, Mike and James switch and swap between a stand-up drum setup, lead vocal duties, and their own instruments, keys and guitar respectively. Nick's guitar work combines an intensely oblique approach with a respect and excitement for pop melody, and Daniel's solid, Weymouth-esque bass provides the glue that keeps their songs from falling apart as their arrangements often hint at doing.

Their startlingly idiosyncratic approach to music makes for a hugely energetic live experience, with melodies surfacing and diving around pounding drumbeats, building up into little moments of perfect joy.

Releasing their debut single 'Curiosity' with Offset Festival's new label Offset Recordings on 10th May 2010. The 7″ will be backed with the awesome 'Zebra Crossing'.

LIVE:
April:
01 – Fabric
May:
14/15 – Release Party (Location TBC)
21 – Stag and Dagger
29 – Dot to Dot Bristol
30 – Dot to Dot Nottingham
31 – Dot to Dot Manchester
June:
24-28 – Spirit of Eden Festival
September:
4-5 – Offset Festival