This Is Radio Freedom Release Debut EP

• 8th Dec 2008

This Is Radio Freedom released their debut EP 'Strike Sparks Anywhere' last Monday. A band dedicated in both name and spirit to action, movement and excitement. They named themselves after the ANC's pirate radio station, which was famous for subversive and inspiring broadcasts during the years of South African Apartheid. Many may also recognise this segueway which was famously used as the intro to the KLF’s 3 AM Eternal.

By chance rather than by design, TIRF made a huge leap from their roots in Wales with a growing fanbase throughout the rest of the UK, to making a name for themselves in the States when their songs were synched on nine U.S TV stations including MTV. They toured the United States and Canada, radio DJs fell for the band; they were picked up by over 280 college radio stations and they band; they were picked up by over 280 college radio stations and they headlined last year's closing party for North By North East which lead on to performances at this year’s CMJ conference.

Returning to Europe TIRF supported Echo and The Bunnymen and The Bees, were chosen for a UK academy tour with Alabama 3 and played this September in Valencia with Primal Scream.
The 'Strike Sparks Anywhere' EP is intended to reflect a movement of change, impetus, direction and drive – hence extracting its title from a section of Hunter S Thompson's finest work:

“Madness in any direction, at any hour… you could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right… that we were winning.”

The EP was recorded with acclaimed producer Junk Scientist and includes a remix of their first U.S TV success 'Family Man', by Dan Le Sac; the man behind the top hit Thou Shalt Always Kill with Scroobious Pip.