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Mutineers
12+ albums
HavenbritishindiealternativeBauer
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Manchester, UK’s epic, soulful pop craftsmen Mutineers proudly present their hotly anticipated debut album Friends, Lovers, Rivals, a breathtaking collection of infectious, colossal potential hits set to inspire a heart-stirring musical future. The band’s brief history has been spent building a glowing reputation and loyal fan base mostly by word of mouth, utilising the assets of internet, gigging and – fundamentally – the classic songwriting power of their music, slices of towering anthemic pop to match anything in the international armoury of The Killers or prime R.E.M.. The quartet’s story starts at the beginning of 2009, when four drinking mates with an already impressive history decided to pool their talents. Vocalist Nicholas James Mallins had previously fronted the hotly tipped Cardinals alongside bassist Iwan Gronow, who had also spent time in the revered ranks of Haven and Johnny Marr’s The Healers. Recruiting guitarist Michael Reed and former Haven drummer Jack Mitchell to the tight-knit fold, it then took mere months to craft an album of towering anthems, with results which recall the shimmering grandiosity of Echo and the Bunnymen or the aching simplicity of Lloyd Cole, channelling the genius of past greats and forging it into something very much of their own making. Recent support slots with the View, Wintersleep, Pete Doherty and Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant have opened the band up to a wider audience. Now, with the debut album recorded in the Welsh valley
