After spending the summer of 2009 playing festivals up and down the UK, including support slots for Alabama 3 and Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), The Blind Hearts disappeared into a London recording studio to record their debut single and emerged with 2 EPs worth of material..
The young London hillbillies, all veterans of several signed acts, are seasoned festival & tour performers who’ve shared bills with the likes of Brakes, Foals, Garth Hudson (The Band), Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Danny & The Champions of the World, Idlewild, The Lemonheads and many, many more.
Their distinctive yet accessible sound is a rich gumbo of American country, blues, soul and folk elements with the spicy energy of contemporary British guitar bands – as you’d expect from a group of lads who count JJ Cale, Little Feat, Muddy Waters, BB King, Kasabian, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin and The Charlatans amongst their electic list of influences.
Singer Andy Gyves’ instantly recognisable voice has drawn comparisons with artists as diverse as Richard Ashcroft, PJ Harvey, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Patti Smith, Ian Brown and Jim Morrison. At the heart of the band is his songwriting partnership with Dan Clark, whose guitar playing and harmony vocals, along with Simon Julian’s nimble, Motown influenced bass grooves and J Hirano’s muscular yet infectiously danceable drumming, form an intrinsic part of the band’s unique sound.