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"Amoriste"

Definitely worthy winners, keep an eye on these!
- John Kennedy, XFM, when the band were crowned XFM unsigned band of the week

The parallels in style with acts such as The Feeling and Keane are obvious, and with every passing song, their ‘built-for radio’ songwriting and musicianship is further reinforced. Songs such as ‘Turn Out Their Lights’ and ‘This Park is Mine’ are piano-driven pop songs which are one appearance on Orange Unsigned Act away from Music TV and Radio 1…but all of this is done with a level of class and an air of genuine passion from the band.
- Kenny Bates, Is This Music? Magazine, review of performance at The Box, Glasgow, 22nd October 2009

Anthemic indie tunes.
- NME, September 2009 “New & Unsigned”

While's there's nothing wrong with a band not being famous, in the case of Amoriste it genuinely saddens me. Perfect poppy riffs, brilliant harmonies and, in vocalist Liam Tolan, a singer and frontman who seemed born for the role. Amoriste are a definitively English band with the potential to really explode into the mainstream. Opening track Secrets is one of the most radio friendly tracks I've heard all summer!
- Simon Webbon, Friend Rock Magazine (Manchester), October 2009

What can I say about Amoriste that you haven't heard from us before? We keep ending up at gigs they seem to be on the bill at, and it is only by coincidence. But these guys really are some of the best performers and songwriters known to grow up in Essex, and bound to join the line of legends gone before them at some point. Every song in their set is a potential hit.
- DJ Mike Bromfield, BBC, from Chinnery’s gig, Southend

The soundtrack shows promise and will surely not fail to please fans of “big sounding” bands like Snow Patrol, The Script, et al. and with a burgeoning fan base of squeaky clean teens following them around the circuit, Amoriste are going to be a tough bunch to shake off come 2010.
- Construction House Webzine, EP review, November 2009

Amoriste are a phenomenally energetic unsigned group whose melodic bouncy pop-rock could act as the soundtrack to their own efforts. A seriously cheerful and dogged song, 'Dirty Tricks' recalls Hefner in their prime, with literary lyrical flourish and an odd juxtaposition of bitter reflection and indomitable cheeriness.
- Last Broadcast Webzine, Review

The Amoriste gig was watched by only about two hundred 'early risers'. Such a pity, because these British youngsters stepped on the main stage and fully justified the confidence the organizers put on them, with the set of the festival. Indie mixed with arty Brit pop, with a dose of poetry and catchy melodies could not leave you indifferent. The colored whistles they used and the guitar player who runs around the stage. No wonder that after the show the queue for the autographs by the fence was huge. I can say that Amoriste definitely were the most pleasant surprise of the whole Rokaj festival.
- Rokaj Festival (Zagreb, Croatia), Review

Young British gentlemen making classic, timeless Britpop. They produce songs that Chris Martin or Morrissey would be proud of!
- Angelo Jurkas, VIP music/Rhythm/DOP Magazine, Croatia

One of Essex’s most prized assets. Amazing songs, thrilling live performances and great haircuts to boot.
- Panic Magazine, feature on the band following awarding the band with best newcomer at the Panic Awards

Their live set is strong and accomplished Pop with substance!
- Darryl Webber, GO! Mag

The best unsigned band that I’ve seen for a long time.
- Danger Mag, Norwich
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Discography

THE MASCOT (SINGLE) - 28th MARCH 2010 (digital release only)

UNDER THE HOURS OF SATELLITE TOURS - EP - JULY 2010

AMORISTE DEMO EP (2009)

SOPRANO EP (2008)

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"Anthemic indie tunes" - NME

If you combined the quintessential British flavour of Blur with the melodic indie of Athlete and Elbow, throwing in a small dose of Keane-like pop hooks along the way, you might have something close to describing what Amoriste is all about. Pigeonholing the exact genre would prove a trivial task, so let’s leave their description simply as three Essex lads (and one random Scot thrown in the mix) making contagious melodies and hooks that cater to music lovers everywhere.

To the rest of the world, the band seems to have politely wandered from their converted studio barn in the village of Nine Ashes into the bustling spotlight of London’s indie scene, almost like they took a lost turn on their way to the pub. But in reality, their travels to this point are anything but simple and sudden. The band have been honing their musical craft endlessly since 2007, working up from continual Essex pub gigs to endless UK small club tours, leading to gigs and festivals as far as Croatia and recent indie signing.

The band’s first single, The Mascot, is set for release in March 2011. The track, produced by Richard McNamara of Embrace, has already made buzz thanks to support from some unlikely sources, including Crystal Palace Football Club (supplying a unique venue for a music video) and from their ever-enthusiastic BBC commentator James Alexander Gordon.