GuilFest 2006. The 3 Day Guildford Music Festival on 14th, 15th and 16th July 2006

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Artist: The Subways
Genre: Rock
Performing: 16th July 2005 / The BBC Radio 2 Mainstage
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Billy Lunn – guitar/vocals, Charlotte Cooper – bass/vocals, Josh Morgan – drums
The Subways are living every kid’s dream. Already praised by the NME, The Fly and Q and tipped by Zane Lowe to be the definitive new band of the year, the trio made phenomenal strides throughout 2004 towards fulfilling that destiny. Not only did they support a veritable who’s who of the alternative music scene – Graham Coxon, The Von Bondies, The Datsuns, Charlotte Hatherley, The (International) Noise Conspiracy and a phenomenally confident display at The Tears debut at Heaven – but they were also handpicked by Michael Eavis to perform on The Other Stage at Glastonbury and also played at the Reading and Leeds festivals. Needless to say, Infectious were suitably impressed and snapped them up, giving them their own City Pavement imprint. Not bad going for any band, let alone one with an average age of eighteen emerging from the suburbia of Welwyn Garden City.

Such achievements are beyond that of chance; The Subways have built a cult following with the simple formula of writing material of the quality you’d expect from seasoned songwriters but performing it with the kind of reckless abandon that crackles with the intensity, soul and sexuality that only the exuberance of youth can truly provide.

The trio bonded on a love of Nirvana, Oasis and The Prodigy like any kids of their age. However Billy professes to have a fond passion for Tamla Motown and Charles Bukowski.

Now signed to City Pavement/Infectious Records, The Subways have been hard at work recording their debut album in Liverpool with producer Ian Broudie (The Zutons, The Coral, Echo & The Bunnymen). They hope to deliver a work that bursts with their trademark energy and yet also captures their phenomenal song-writing ability.

The first City Pavement/Infectious single, ‘Oh Yeah’ (out in March), was a dirty hybrid of punk, rock and true soul. Second single Rock and Roll Queen (Due June 20th) promises to propel The Subways high up the charts and make the band a household name. By the time their debut album is launched in July, The Subways will be the name on the lips of every music lover and also one of the most hotly tipped names on the festival circuit