Ones To Watch in 2008

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Archangel

The single 'Physical Energy/Drive', gives a brief glimpse of this Oxford/London based band.

It's a slice of wistful and angry melancholia, driven by hard pianos and unrelenting synth bass, though not without a sense of humour to boot. Its rakish, distorted vocals teamed up with glorious harmonies made people think of The Cure and Bowie after a heavy night and a punch up.

Following plays by Radio One’s Zane Lowe, who described it as one of his “new tracks of the year” and gaining plays from XFM & 6 Music, the band set about making a video, and guitarist Alex Morgan came up with a still frame animation that was quickly spotted and given the homepage seal of approval by both YouTube & DailyMotion.. this feature lead to it being spotted by MTV2 who duly requested a copy. The band have also recently been featured on the MySpace homepage – things are moving so fast, that its hard to believe they’ve only played 7 live shows...

WATCH 'Physical Energy' HERE

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