Hooton Tennis Club - P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E.

Article by KevW

Later this week, Liverpudlian quartet Hooton Tennis Club will be releasing their anticipated debut album, 'Highest Point In Cliff Town'. The following week sees their new single 'P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E.' being given a 7" and download release. The third track to be lifted from the album is perhaps their most conventional to date, but that's not to say it's in any way inferior, in fact, it shows that the group are perhaps a little more diverse than many people have thought. Recalling mid-period Blur at their grittiest, it should go down just as well with their ever-growing fanbase as past singles.

For several months now, these guys have been considered one of the UK's most promising indie/alternative type bands, and they're yet to put a foot wrong. Also, people should know by now that Heavenly Records don't sign anyone they don't fully believe in, so that's another sign that they'll deliver the goods. Slightly bouncy with wandering guitar that soon forms itself into the kind of scuzzy Britpop riff that the best bands of that era used, when you add a dose of US college-rock into the mix then it all comes together nicely. If you're thinking that the video looks a bit familiar, then you won't be surprised to learn that it was based on Hanna Barbera cartoons of the '60s. Hooten Tennis Club are shaping up to become a pretty big deal.





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Catch them live:

AUGUST

31^st Liverpool - LIMF 

SEPTEMBER

5^th Larmer Tree Gardens - End of the Road Festival

6^th Portmerion - Festival No.6

12^th London - On Blackheath Festival

OCTOBER

19^th Bristol - Louisiana

20^th Guildford - Boiler Room

21^st Bedford - Esquires

22^nd Stoke - Sugarmill

23^rd Newcastle - Think Tank

24^th Nottingham - Chameleon

25^th Tunbridge Wells - Forum

26^th Southampton - Joiners

27^th Brighton - Green Door

28^th Birmingham - Hare & Hounds

29^th London - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

30^th Manchester - Soup Kitchen

31^st Glasgow - The Glad Café

NOVEMBER

1^st Leeds - Brudenell Games Room

2^nd York - Duchess

3^rd Hull - Adelphi

4^th Sheffield - Harley

7^th Cardiff - SWN 

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