The Tapestry

Following from the success of debut single ‘Rode Your Luck’ in April, Manchester's The Tapestry are back with a second release 'Take Turns', and bring their Single Release Party to the Water Rats for their very first London show. Rapidly becoming one of the few unsigned bands who are a force to be reckoned with, they have gained a fanatical following without any management or hype in the press. With an impressive list of successful live performances around the UK to date, main stage appearances at festivals and main support to Pete Doherty in August, The Tapestry rely on their DIY ethic to bring a mesmerising live show, infectious songs, rebel rousing group vocals and rip-roaring guitar riffs.Manchester Music.co.uk describe them as ‘most definitely convincing contenders for a record contract’. Catch them while you can. - The Monto

Following from the success of debut single ‘Rode Your Luck’ in April, Manchester's The Tapestry are back with a second release 'Take Turns', and bring their Single Release Party to the Water Rats for their very first London show. Rapidly becoming one of the few unsigned bands who are a force to be reckoned with, they have gained a fanatical following without any management or hype in the press. With an impressive list of successful live performances around the UK to date, main stage appearances at festivals and main support to Pete Doherty in August, The Tapestry rely on their DIY ethic to bring a mesmerising live show, infectious songs, rebel rousing group vocals and rip-roaring guitar riffs.Manchester Music.co.uk describe them as ‘most definitely convincing contenders for a record contract’. Catch them while you can. - The Monto

The Tapestry are a new band from Manchester who release their debut single on the 22nd of April.
Rode Your Luck (Tapestry records 001) , comes on all Suzy Quattro glam rock drums with impossibly catchy guitars before smashing into a huge boy/girl sing a long, terrace chant of a chorus.
The band have sold out Night and Day in Manchester , have a front man called Liam, and name Pixies, Pavement, The Clash and Television as influences…got your attention yet ?
Rumour has it that the band sold a photo of Dick, of Dick and Dom fame, to a major tabloid newspaper showing him off his nut in a Manchester club and spent the money on new guitars and amps.
The single is available for download from all the usual places and is available on cd from Piccadilly Records or from the band through their facebook. - Louder Than War

Manchester’s The Tapestry are a band that grabs you on first listen, possessing things we all love about indie music; whether it’s the melodies or the choruses, The Tapestry do their stuff in their own edgy but charming way. At such an early stage they are confidently writing hugely popular songs, no more apparent than on new single ‘Take Turns‘. Here frontman and guitarist Liam tells the Live4ever Ezine of the story so far…


Are you all happy with new single ‘Take Turns’?

We are over the moon with it. We all have worked really hard on it, with the writing, recording and saving up money from gigs to record it in a top studio. The progression from our demo to our first self release single, ‘Rode Your Luck’, to this single within a year makes us quite proud.

It’s an instantly likable tune and I love your choruses, with the backing vocals etc. What’s been the biggest influence in terms of sound on you and the band?

It’s a difficult one really. We never think we want to sound like a certain band, our manifesto at the start was to write simple pop songs with great melody. Intertwined with that, we like to put interesting things into the songs, whether it be group vocals, different dynamics or interesting drum patterns etc. The aim is to write great alternative songs, so in that respect we always look to bands such as The Clash, The Smiths, Pixies…the list could go on.

I’ve seen a few clips of the band in the studio recording, are you all pretty comfortable in the studio?

Yeah, we could live in there. Producer Marc Joy had heard our demo ‘My Phoney War’ and rang me to ask if we fancied going to Aerial Studios in North Wales to record a couple of tracks. This was the first time we have ever been in a studio and we took it pretty well. We were professional and worked hard. With this single we went back to Aerial and have struck up a great relationship with the producer and experimented with a few things and batted ideas back and forth. Being away from the world in a nuclear bunker studio in the middle of nowhere working on our music was completely comfortable and natural for us.

The first time I got the chance to see you was in Blackburn a few weeks back – great show. What makes a good gig for you and the band?

Thanks mate. A good show for us is for everyone enjoying it, and having a good time. We have had some great away days in differnt cities. Our gigs are just a small part of the best nights out you will have. We have a growing, loyal following who make a massive effort for us. Then again with the Doherty gig it was great to play to people who have never heard us and take to us so well. The diehard Pete fans at the front were there for him only and seeing them enjoy it and winning them round by the end of the set felt like an achievement.

Would you say it’s a good time to be a young up coming band from Manchester?

I think it’s difficult being in an up and coming band from anywhere really. There is a lot of hard work involved, and getting attention is no easy feat. Especially in Manchester, there is a lot of pretensiousness and I feel we don’t have the recognition we deserve because we don’t conform to certain sounds that are kitsch right now. There is a lack of honest promoters and good nights, which is a shame given the city’s musical heritage. However, there are some positives; meeting some good people who are getting involved, whether it be our fans who make a big effort for us, or to working with brilliant, creative minds such as legendary photographer Ian Tilton, Mike Hartley who designs our artwork and Chris Wrench who has made our videos. The ‘Take Turns’ video and single sleeve are beautiful works of art by themselves, and to work with talented people such as these is exciting.

In the short time you’ve been together you’ve achieved some great reviews and comments in and around Manchester. What’s the next level for the band to reach?

Definitely some other shows in the UK, London definitely. Some more support slots with big artists would be nice also and be a great introduction for people to hear our music. To have the chance to work on the music full time and do it for a living would be a dream come true. However, we have no delusions of grandeur, we will keep working hard, and enjoy writing, playing music and having a good time along the way whatever happens in the future.

Where are we right now then Liam, in terms of British music and new bands. What do you like?

I like to hear new music and listen to a lot of bands, but nothing really excites me to be honest. Everything seems disposable. Us, on the other hand are a band to believe in!

…and finally, if you and the band had to all take part in a Come Dine With Me episode with each other, who would win and why?

It would be guitarist Dyna because his girlfriend and fifth band member Sophie looks after us all and is a great cook.

(Carl Stanley)


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:: The Tapestry ::



30 April 2011 / No Label Required / Tapestry Records / 2 trk CD



By Jon Ashley




Late last year we tipped The Tapestry as ‘ones to watch’ and just a few months later, they’ve responded with a single that deserves to knock any well read but unsuspecting listener off their feet. With some good production credits on the sleeve, “Rode Your Luck” is a brand new Mancunian teen anthem, fuelled by enormous indie guitars and an angry pop sensibility. It’s superbly crafted and will appeal to gig goers who aren’t prepared to just stand still at the back of the venue. “Another Century” is equally powerful, the energetic pile driving backed by compelling performances and the poetic taglines of Liam Faherty. Most definitely convincing contenders for a record contract...

MMMM ½

- Manchester Music - www.music-dash.co.uk

:: The Tapestry ::



31 October 2011 / Tapestry Records / 2 Trk CD & Download



By JA




It's obvious that The Tapestry have something of a fan base in Manchester, but I still get the feeling that this band remain something of a best kept secret for the rest of us. If their Easter single “Rode Your Luck” didn’t turn ears, heads and hearts then “Take Turns” surely must. Their convincing mountains of jangled rock and hook based tunes can’t ring any truer than they do on this single. Simple post-Clash guitar chops and anthems to kill for, are the building blocks of greatness and I suspect that this is so towering that those with their noses and haircuts too close to the ground are missing out. It’s backed with “The Boy Will Not Return”, which doubles the band's odds with yet another splendid indie classic that refuses to dwell on four chords, by instead inserting a middle eight excursion that verges on the epic . An astounding, outstanding call to arms from the Manchester underground.

MMMMM

- Manchester Music - www.music-dash.co.uk