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GIGS
Saturday 3rd March 2012 - The Queen of Hoxton - London
Wednesday 7th March 2012 - The Joiners w/ Theme Park and Cast of Cheers - Southampton
Saturday 5th May 2012 - Dumbfest - Hampshire
Sunday 3rd June 2012 - Rock & Bowl Festival - Shropshire
Weekend 29th June 2012 - Blissfields - Hampshire
Weekend 12th July 2012 - FIB Festival - Benicassim, Spain
CONTACT
Email the band - arpattack@ymail.com
"Arp Attack create a brooding and atmospheric sound that has you captivated from the start."
Spoonfed
"Frankie displays a wild-child persona which is brilliantly bonkers in a very English way".
Artrocker shock of the new
"Arp Attack will offer up edgy electro and synths with soul, presided over by super-cool frontwoman Frankie Murdoch."
T in the Park 2010
"It is ARP ATTACK's songs that lead the way. It is so easy in this digital age to let the technology define the sound and lead composition, but with the fusion of organic performance and electronic injection, one really gets the feeling that ARP ATTACK could perform these songs armed only with Acoustic guitars and a Glockenspiel and they'd still hold weight which in my humble opinion is what separates a good song from a pleasing sonic. "Follow The Rhythm" is the stand out track tonight and we are told that will be coming out as a single this year: FURIOUS KNIGHTS are there with bells on!!"
FuriousKnights
"The smouldering vocals and soaring synths of Frankie alongside quick-fingered multi-instrumentalist Chris create this rather interesting intermingling of electronic influences. Both with bags of contrasting eccentricities, they battle it out to be the bigger presence as their melodies fold together into an irresistibly rich sound. Not afraid to use distorted guitars and backed by full drums, they push past simple electronica into the realms of rock."
BBC Introducing
"Inviting like Friendly Fires, sexy as Metric, distinct as Guillemots, and yet savvier than the average band cause they can generate a unique sound."
Slow Dive Blog
"Elements of The Postal Service with The Cooper Temple Clause delivered with the kind of rich vocal we would normally associate normally as the exclusive preserve of Rubicks and New Young Pony Club."
No Fiction
“A fantastically hooky piece of quirky electro pop that never fails to get my head bobbing up and down in a fashion that's unseemly for a man of my age"
Phil Jackson at BBC South Live
After an impressive string of performances that had seen this talented trio perform alongside the likes of Delphic, Chew Lips, Two Door Cinema Club, Everything Everything and Your Twenties (to name a few), you are sure to hear more from the Southern threesome with their combination of smoldering vocals, soaring synths and quick fire, and no-holds-barred guitar licks.
Arp Attack recently recorded their debut EP at Dean Street Studios in London after being spotted performing a support slot for Graffiti 6 in Portsmouth. Follow the Rhythm and Illusions in their demo form were championed by Phil Jackson on BBC South Live who regularly featured them on his show. A live session led them to play T in the Park Festival 2010. The BBC continues to support their work with airplay on Radio 1, 6music and BBC Southern Counties.
They were finalists of Road to V 2009 under their previous name Jazica. They changed their name to react to the sharp transition from their original acoustic sound into this dynamic electronic pop.
Arp Attack is fronted by Frankie Murdoch who grew up in Hammersmith, West London. She met Chris and Kev while studying music and video technology at University in Southampton. They started writing together aiming to create music which challenges genre barriers, to create something new, fun, emotive and energetic. Taking influence from Metric, Blondie, Music, Radiohead, Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Phoenix, TheCooper Temple Claus, Bjork, Friendly Fires, The Chemical Brothers....
Many thanks to
Angus McCrum for the photography - www.angusmccrum.com
Kevia Levitas for the dolls - www.kezialevitas.com
Roya Fraser for the capes - www.key-lime-pie.com
Neil for the live photography - www.wildblanket.com
Southampton University for the help filming the videos for Crocodile Tears and Follow the Rhythm.
And everyone who comes to our gigs and treasures our music.