Strawberry Story are back! The band whose brand of fuzzy guitar pop and female vocals saw them compared to the likes of The Darling Buds and The Primitives are all set to support Bunnygrunt at London's Horse & Groom on September 21st. The band played a comeback gig last month and this seems to have wetted their appetite for some more appearances.
I never caught them the first time round so I am looking forward to the gig. I will post further details when the tickets go on sale.
Strawberry Story - Ashlands Road
Strawberry Story - Gone Like Summer
There are two more songs to download via My Space.
EDIT: See the comments for ticket details etc.
It's all happening!
Fortuna POP! and Spiral Scratch present
Bunnygrunt + Strawberry Story + Cooties Attack! + The Cut-Outs
Friday 21st September 8:00pm
The Horse and Groom, 26 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3NZ
Nearest tubes: Old Street or Liverpool Street
Tel : 020 7247 9291
£4 adv from www.wegottickets.com/event/20755
Bunnygrunt (USA)
All American indie-pop legends Bunnygrunt bring their twisted two-minute bubblegum pop gems to the UK for the very first time. Formed way back in 1993 and with a mountain of rapturously received albums, singles and popfest appearances to their name tonight see the launch of a new single on WeePOP! Records. If you like your pop loud, fast and sweet then this one off chance to catch Bunnygrunt is a must.
"The world's cutest band" All Music Guide
www.myspace.com/therealbunnygrunt
Strawberry Story (UK)
Forged from candyfloss and mint cracknel in the late 1980s, Strawberry Story was a heady mix of fuzzed out guitars, dense bass lines and joyously girly singing. They had a few plays by the late great John Peel, got single of the week in the NME for "The man with the stereo hands" and went on to tour Japan. They recently reformed for charity and the gig went so well they’ve decided to play some more – we’re glad they did. For fans of Talulah Gosh, Shop Assistants and the Primitives.
www.myspace.com/strawberrystory
Cooties Attack! (UK)
Cooties Attack are Holly and Huw, a bedroom disco punk band formed in Manchester. They write songs about superheroes, crushes, fragile egos, Harry Potter, discos, queer scenes, and other such nonsense in a disco punk style. Think early Bis and Helen Love and you'll be halfway there.
www.myspace.com/cootiesattack
The Cut-Outs (UK)
The Cut-Outs feature members of Airport Girl and The Fat Tulips and play garage rock for pop kids with short, daft guitar solos and an unerring ear for a tune (often their own!).
"Popkids bringing us old-school thrills aplenty in the form of shamble beat with scritchy scratchy guitars, tootling fake-fur clad keyboards and fab rat-a-tat drums. Think Beat Happening or The Pastels in the olden days before they got all sophisticated like." Kittenpainting
www.myspace.com/heyheywerethecutouts
Fortuna POP! www.fortunapop.com
Spiral Scratch www.spiralscratchpop.com
...oh my god!!! yeah!!
..they're back!!!
..i hope they visit the u.s.
whoa! this is craaazy. But just like kurt, I hope they come to the U.S., though they prolly won't =(
that's ok though. most of all, I'm happy for them!
yay!