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"Personal Space Invaders - What You Want"

WHAT YOU WANT Mini-album available soon
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Angular guitar, compulsive bass, eething electronics, forceful vocals coupled with a storming backbeat – this is the sound of a young, modern and international London, captured brilliantly by Personal Space Invaders.

Formed in 2006 in that melting pot, Personal Space Invaders brought together Wix on guitars and vocals, classically trained Adam Liston on bass and vox, and former turntablist Timothy Walters on percussion and vox.

Their debut five-song mini-album, What You Want, released early 2008, is high energy and captures the electro-acoustic vibe of dance floors and pint glasses - think The Rapture mixed with a heady dose of CSS and Gang of Four. PSI want you to dance and sweat and leave with their hooks invading your head – so far in 2007, they have successfully pursued these aims, earning support slots with Alabama 3, Simple Kid, So So Modern and The Heavy.

‘Pictures in Black and White’ is a twisting, turning groove-rider bubbling along behind dark, brooding vocals. Personal Space Invaders come into their own however with ‘Song for Rebels’, surely Heaven 17 for 2008. Think ‘Fascist Groove Thang’ with a twist, effortless dance and funk on the surface, but rotten to the core. Taste the sweetness then choke on the bitterness pop kids. Comparisons to The Rapture are inevitable, but the London edge makes the band wholly more relevant to Euro-listeners. ‘Blame’ has the kind of mid-period Talking Heads feel to it that will guarantee the band a longer trip on the road to nowhere, Gargantuan funked-up beats but with loads of street, check ‘Attention’ for some serious attitude and ‘Settle’ for sheer verve. Personal Space Invaders are part of the zeitgeist for sure, there’s an Editors or Interpol quality about the songs bit with a massive, overdose-inducing jab of pure groove that will get in many faces.
- Fuse Magazine


"Personal Space Invaders - What You Want"

When you hear a band like Personal Space Invaders, you first off, question the stupidity and arrogance of their band title and then decide that in this day and age it’s irrelevant. Musically, you crave, need and demand their live performance. Almost immediately- the venue, colour and the word eccentric spring to mind.

This debut five track mini album “What you want”, due for release early 2008, should please pretty much everybody. The retro ‘Pictures in black and white’ and more mellow track ‘song for rebels’ start us off well, bursting with funk and feist, tackling any indie repetition issues with quirky electronics and ambitious compulsive riffs.

Compare them to Klaxons, Infadels and The Anniversary (if only vocally), and I would struggle to disagree with you. It’s spunky, yet chilled, made to fit any mood, scenario or get together. See- the beauty of these guys is simple. Personal Space Invaders are gonna struggle to offend wherever they trespass- unless of course public humiliation and unfortunate nakedness occur.

A really quirky three piece, topped off with a fashionable, stylish album cover and sexy, catchy choruses. They border on turning into a typical indie band but manage to go one better than that and allow the 80’s child in them seep through.

Yes- perhaps at times it is too easy listening, a tad repetitive and lacking the Klaxon’s intensity. Yet It’s absolutely fantastic in its own right- and I say that very rarely. Almost bursting into Girls Aloud tracks at times, Personal Space Invaders really have looked at ticking all the boxes.

‘Attention’ is my least favourite, unfortunately pretentious and Franz Ferdinand like, however ‘Settle’ which follows is by far the best track- linking neurotic bass and compelling vocals.

Its music you could dance to on a Saturday night yet appreciate at 11 at night when tucked up reading your latest novel. I think I love them already and hope that “what you want”, set for release in the next coming months- does as well as it deserves to.
by Mel Lewis
- ROOMTHIRTEEN - Web Mag


Discography

Blame - single 2007
played on some UK regional radios and student radios.
What You Want - 5 songs mini album out March 3rd 2008

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Angular guitar, compulsive bass, seething electronics, forceful vocals coupled with a storming backbeat-this is the sound of a young, modern and international London, captured brilliantly by Personal Space Invaders.Formed in 2006 in that melting pot, Personal Space Invaders brought together William "Wix" (IT) on vocals, guitars and synth, classically trained Adam Liston ( N.I.) on vocals, bass guitar and synth and former turntablist Timotei (AUS) on percussion, synth and vocals. Their debut five-song mini-album, What You Want, released early 2008, is high energy and captures the electro-acoustic vibe of dance floors and pint glasses - think The Rapture mixed with a heady dose of CSS, The Police, and Gang of Four. PSI want you to dance and sweat and leave with their hooks invading your head - so far in 2007, they have successfully pursued these aims, earning support slots with Alabama 3, Simple Kid, So So Modern and The Heavy.