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Sound of Guns, as I read in an interview on this very site, are one of the most hard-working and dedicated bands to come out of Britain in the last few years. It shows on their debut album ‘What Came From Fire’…

Whilst a number of our nations “sporting heroes” have not been busting their balls for our approval *cough * the England football team *cough*, rising Liverpudlian rock band Sound of Guns most definitely are. As the band arrive at Coventry’s famous Kasbah venue – after making an appearance on Sky and getting “ spray painted in make-up” according to vocalist Andy Metcalfe, before having to travel in a somewhat decrepit van up to Coventry during rush hour – it is arguable that other, more pretentious bands would cancel the gig due to exhaustion, not Sound of Guns…

THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND – Flagships tsdole.com Magisterial, strangely timeless, this track from TSDOLE comes on like the national anthem of a small but very cool country that you’ve not come across before. As always Adam Woolway’s unique vocal is right up front, but there’s instrumentation aplenty, before the track breaks down into [...]

   “Liverpool’s Sound Of Guns…”, that first word alone can send shivers down a mans spine as he hears the jangly guitars, the Scouse ‘charm’, the innumerable nods to the Beatles. Thankfully, Sound Of Guns didn’t get the memo, instead crafting a sound that brings to mind the unabashed rock of the seventies, not least [...]