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Artist
The Woe Betides
12+ albums
GrungerockfolkpopCrunk
about
http://www.myspace.com/thewoebetides http://www.twitter.com/thewoebetides http://www.facebook.com/thewoebetides http://www.thewoebetides.tumblr.com One dark night in the dingy upstairs of a London pub, Grundy le Zimbra and Simon Mastrantone conducted an experiment in harmony, handclaps and distortion. By flickering candlelight something melodious and monstrous was created, a handful of spectators the only witnesses to the birth of the beast. With the echoes of that sinister evening still in the air, the pair stomped and clapped their way around the country, bonding over a love of grunge and ghosts. The pair poured their hearts and limited resources into the Play Dead EP: a collection of four ‘ramshackle tidbits’, wrapped in hand-made sleeves, showcasing their trademark blend of lo-fi experimentalism and pop sensibility. It soon sold out, garnering a wealth of praise and attracting – siren-like – the attentions of the feral Colonel Sexlife. With him, the band metamorphosed. Now a three-piece, The Woe Betides tripled their touring efforts and unleashed an instrument-swapping, energy-soaked mixture of crunch, pop and electronica at whichever haunted house they lighted upon. Along the way, the band were embraced by the House of Strange: a collective, a band and most importantly a recording studio. It was there they began to piece together their first album, co-producing with Head of the Household, Ash Gardner, whose experience behind the desk with everyone from Three Trapped
