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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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Ninja1980 wrote:
Awesome band.... come to Canada.
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Lewis_7 wrote:
If this is an outtake from their upcoming album, then the keepers must be amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Bi7FDbTXE And fuck, Sam's voice heartbreaking here
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LiquidSheep wrote:
It confuses me that Future Wife is nowhere to be found in the top 15. One of their best sons imo.
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EFCfan2007 wrote:
Everything Is = perfect album. I like every song on it.
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danielbrittain9 wrote:
www.unionuk.bandcamp.com cool
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NESkimoFan12 wrote:
Someone provide a link to the album, I heard it was free.
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TeHEnigma wrote:
Pissed off with myself for turning down going to see these with a mate before I'd listened to them :(
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thefadedlinex wrote:
@Newborn_Bantam: whoa whoa whoa, they released a third? when? they kept that one quiet.
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Newborn_Bantam wrote:
Their debut is a really great album - never bothered with the second though cos I wasnt that impressed with the singles, and I didnt even know they'd released a third. Might have to do a bit of catching up
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energis wrote:
shot down
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msuk wrote:
Yeh, but it was released- unlike the first two albums -without major label support, so it was always going to get less exposure. I'd love a new album though.
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NESkimoFan12 wrote:
I'm surprised 'Buy Nothing' is where it is on the list, it's an incredible song...
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modernenglish wrote:
Aw I used to love this band! <3
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KoPeK_17 wrote:
Sounds nice.
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unseen123 wrote:
Unsatisfied и Pocket full of stars - клевые, остальные песни - довольно посредственные=/
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Tagak wrote:
Ваще закотировал ) Ае =) respect from Russia !
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Clad51 wrote:
Unsatisfied ヅ
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OldschoolSmurf wrote:
great band, really like the mix of indie and some parts of grunge music
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foodos wrote:
New Demo Up!!! http://ww w.myspace.com/nineblackalps
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CyrielleNathaly wrote:
<3
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Final Sounds Recorded
25 Sep 2011 | from www.nineblackalps.com/news.php
The final recording session for our next album has just been
completed. Acoustics were plucked, shakers were shaken and
tambourines rattled throughout the day. We are now putting these
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Album IV
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Milk Maid debut out soon
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Back int' studio
8 May 2011 | from www.nineblackalps.com/news.php
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