Some past press on The Christophers:-

The Christophers keenly add another soundtrack to our summer. “Getaway” is a time bomb of pop contained within a capsule of crossover rock. - Get Away

Stamps, claps, blips, beeps........whatever it is, is what it is, is what this is.......

City beats with analog sounds mixed together with sharp guitars, big bass rhythm and brooding vocals bring The Christophers latest single 'Vertigo' bang into 2011.

Cutting, abrasive dance meets rock meets electro with guitars moving steadfastly into the future.

A monster slab of electronica, post-dance with a growling bass and big guitar shimmers, all bundled up into a brilliant legacy of digital / analogue fusion – and with heady results.

Continuing their prolonged attack of single releases, The Christophers keenly add another soundtrack to our summer. “Getaway” is a time bomb of pop contained within a capsule of crossover rock. Guitars and electronica jockey for attention, whilst the efficient, rollercoaster drum beats and vivid bass lines ensure everything’s anchored to some solid rhythms. Somehow they get away (ha!) with a crafty band of disco and leftfield muscular rock. Melodies aren’t lost either – the pop theme surfaces via Chris Insley’s relaxed yet affirming vocal with the song given as much attention on harmonies, as it is on the intricate sequencing. Whilst The Christophers have been intelligently brash in the past, this new single gives them a stadium tilt too - with their music and ideas continuing to rise exponentially, they remain a band ready to define their own limits...

There’s some album action due from The Christophers at some point in 2011, but in the meantime their intentions are clear. Vertigo” is the second of the ‘new‘ tracks to hit the web. This new sound forges a heady, exciting link between electronica, pop and hard post-rocking determination. Chris Insley makes sure that the melodies fly more than high enough, yet the drums and programming are now intoxicatingly mingled with some epic, but effortlessly organic guitar hooks. That this follows last years rather amazing “711” is wonder enough, but in 2011 we’ll see The Christophers fully unlock their potential - check this compelling evidence, now.

For some reason, Chris Insley decided to record this EP in York; I’m not sure why (I think Mr Cat Burglar - more of which later – lives there, maybe in a castle !?), but the picturesque ancient town has inspired an electronic overhaul of The Christophers’ sound. There had always been a backing track to the bands pulsating, streetwise pop, but the grinding beats of “Plans” provides a real stomping rhythm, interrupted by some excitingly sharp guitar bursts. I don’t care how many times I hear “Alison” either – this is a pretty much a classic unsigned track on the Manchester circuit and one you’ll hear at any indie club being mixed in with the latest NME play listed must-hear hopeful. “186T” takes a similar formula of driven sequencing and the blow of heavy dance beats, with Insley layering in a voice that seems calmly melodic as well as strangely robotic. There are a couple of bonus remixes, but watch out for The Cat Burgler’s ( the pseudonym for producer Any Firth) mix of “Plans” – it sounds like New Order on acid, with a few cheeky references plumbed in for good measure – a welcome development in the Chris camp.

The Christophers are an exciting proposition. There’s a drum machine at work here but it all seems to work on the finely crafted “Alison”. In anyone else's hands this could all too easily end up as a boring, three chord runabout. The Christophers however are far from ordinary. Their deep, almost serious vocals hark back to post punk embryonic new wave or perhaps even the sound of Wire’s Colin Newman on a particularly melodic day. It’s the locked down bass and guitar that cuts through and with only two stringed instruments at play, there’s an incredible dynamic that smashes through with an incredible verve. For anyone else embarking on a demo that would probably be enough, but the grizzly “Skeletons” comes across like a big slab of electroclash, complete with the splash of an 80’s synthetic snare beat. By far one of the best demos we’ve had all year.

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www.youtube.com/user/TheChristophersMusic
www.thechristophersmusic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thisisthechristophers

www.soundcloud.com/the-christophers
thechristophers.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Christophers/63111544784