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Nine Black Alps
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Manchester, United Kingdom (2005 – present)
Nine Black Alps are a post-grunge/indie rock quartet from Manchester, England, named after a line in a Sylvia Plath poem and fronted by Sam Forrest.
From their inception in late 2003, the band’s energetic live performances earned them a hardcore fanbase after playing for only a few months on the Manchester music scene. In 2004 the band were signed to Island Records and spent the year touring the UK and recording their first studio album with producer Rob Schnapf in Los Angeles. In 2005 Nine Black Alps toured the UK extensively, promoting the release of their debut album, Everything Is on 13th June 2005. The band supported the Kaiser Chiefs for part of their UK tour in April 2005, and later Weezer in August. The band also performed at 2005’s Glastonbury festival, T in the Park and Reading and Leeds Festival. The same year Arctic Monkeys played a gig with the band for Radio 1 at Manchester Academy. Also in 2005 Nine Black Alps performed in Japan at the winter SonicMania Festival in February, and later that year returned to play the famous Club Quattro Venues in Tokyo and Osaka. The band also spent time touring northern Europe, including France, Holland and Germany and also supported the Kaiser Chiefs in Scandinavia. During February 2006 Nine Black Alps set off for a final Everything Is UK tour with their Manchester friends The Longcut as support. This was Nine Black Alps’ largest and most successful UK tour to date, and included sold-out headline shows at Manchester Academy and an NME Shockwaves Awards Show at Hammersmith Palais.
From their inception in late 2003, the band’s energetic live performances earned them a hardcore fanbase after playing for only a few months on the Manchester music scene. In 2004 the band were signed to Island Records and spent the year touring the UK and recording their first studio album with producer Rob Schnapf in Los Angeles. In 2005 Nine Black Alps toured the UK extensively, promoting the release of their debut album, Everything Is on 13th June 2005. The band supported the Kaiser Chiefs for part of their UK tour in April 2005, and later Weezer in August. The band also performed at 2005’s Glastonbury festival, T in the Park and Reading and Leeds Festival. The same year Arctic Monkeys played a gig with the band for Radio 1 at Manchester Academy. Also in 2005 Nine Black Alps performed in Japan at the winter SonicMania Festival in February, and later that year returned to play the famous Club Quattro Venues in Tokyo and Osaka. The band also spent time touring northern Europe, including France, Holland and Germany and also supported the Kaiser Chiefs in Scandinavia. During February 2006 Nine Black Alps set off for a final Everything Is UK tour with their Manchester friends The Longcut as support. This was Nine Black Alps’ largest and most successful UK tour to date, and included sold-out headline shows at Manchester Academy and an NME Shockwaves Awards Show at Hammersmith Palais.
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Everything Is
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Shoutbox
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infectedmodes wrote:
►We Love British Bands
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Boosh1988 wrote:
new album is FANTASTIC Salt Water <3
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RenanLousada wrote:
yeah,locked out from the inside :)
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GalaxiaRetro wrote:
there's a new album?
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LateOfThePier wrote:
seems like nobody is listening to the latest album
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ByRICHaRD wrote:
They were super superb on Monday in Brighton! Loved Love Loved it!!
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juizyyy wrote:
Everything Is is a damn good album
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magicksounds wrote:
Esta es una de las mejores bandas que andan fuera....
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yeahcheckme wrote:
Love/Hate for the win!
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Gripton wrote:
How long have this band been heavy as fuck? Awesome new album
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toddc2001 wrote:
Check out our interview with Nine Black Alps here: http://thedumbingofamerica.net/2009/08/13/your-new-favorite-band-nine-black-alps/
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Mikey126 wrote:
pretty kool new album, i loved Everything Is. I havent listened to love/hate but i think i might have to!
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ColeyMONSTER wrote:
love/hate's sikk, i think its the most individual album of theirs, new ones the first album where i can see the comparisons to nirvana
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IamSalvatore wrote:
Oh the puns. But yes, Love/Hate is my preferred album, too.
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Lewishalo wrote:
Yeah, me too...guess it's just a love/hate thing... *Groan*
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shazzeth wrote:
I don't understand why everyone hates Love/Hate so much...I absolutely love it
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EFCfan2007 wrote:
Just listening to the new album and I'm loving it. Easily better than Love/Hate and back to the sound of Everything Is.
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IamSalvatore wrote:
Don't like the new album at all.
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EFCfan2007 wrote:
I didn't even know they had a new album til just now, I'll definitely be getting it!
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pj_harvey wrote:
3rd record is better than 2nd, but 'Burn Faster' on 2nd record and still their best.
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