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London, England, United Kingdom | INDIE

London, England, United Kingdom | INDIE
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"Toodar Red EP Review"

Toodar’s ‘Red’ EP is a multi-layered massage to the ear drums. They succeed where a lot of others fail with their soothing slow build up technique by not trying to force anything and other than Tom Grundy’s haunting vocals, the focus is very much evenly spread across an extremely wide range of instruments, which allows the listener the chance to appreciate all the lovely little touches that are present. This is a sign of some serious musicians, people! Does the EP hold up though? Yeah, it does; strong song-writing + sweeping melodies + clever use of lots of lovely instruments by talented folk = Good things. If this is what Toodar are capable of at this early stage then it’ll be very interesting to see what they’re coming out with in a year’s time. What they do need to be wary of however, is that they don’t lose the imagination they clearly have in spades by dumbing themselves down and becoming chart fodder. There’s enough intrigue surrounding these guys for them to leave people wondering what else they’re capable of. - Shout For Music


"That Amazing Toy Video"

I've been raving on air for several weeks about this video - by London five-piece Toodar for their song "Toy" - that they made with nothing but a security camera and a plastic train set. Though of course it wouldn't be interesting at all if the song itself wasn't drop-dead gorgeous... Frontman Tom Grundy has just emailed through a bit more background info...

"It's an idea I'd wanted to do for ages" he says "to make instruments and people look like giant builings moving passed outside a window. It's literally a Hornby Railway set with a camera as one of the carriages. Given the song is called 'toy' it seemed like the right theme. We very nearly pulled the project as it's so low-fi. It's filmed at Goldtop Studio which was a beatuful vintage studio full of old instruments until it recently closed - which is why the video is an honage to the place. The drum kit in the video was one of Ringo's."

"Toy" was Toodar's debut single from last year. This dense, beautiful new version was recorded at Goldtop, co-produced with Isabel Seeliger-Morley who then joined the band as a result. They're launching the song, together with some other newly recorded songs in London at the Bull and Gate on Sunday 26 September. - BBC Online


"The Panel"

Toodar are the latest indie kids to get toes tapping, turning disco dreams into modern electronic bliss alongside some rather enchanting, and quite literal, vocal highs. The latest track, Ten Paces, from the quartet is a surprisingly sweet and compelling affair, heading towards a peaceful Passion Pit Vibe.
-Adam Parker
(This Is Fake DIY) - Music Week: Intent Media


"The Panel"

Toodar's gorgeous lo-fi electro (and semi-acoustic) pop first popped onto our radar via a quirky home-made YouTube video for Toy that Tom Robinson enthused about on his 6Music show. The accompanying music is just as delightful, of course. Their new EP has a cracking Jme.D remix of Toy which just embellishes Toodar's keen, if wonderfully understated, ear for melody.
James Foley
(Record of the Day) - Music Week: Intent Media


Discography

2010- White Elephant EP (BBC6Music play for all tracks)
2011- Red EP (Rash Records) BBC6Music Lauren Laverne feature for 'Toy', XFM play for 'Toy', BBC6Music Tom Robinson play for 'Toy' and 'Ten Paces'.
2011- Ten Paces Single (Rash Records) BBC1xtra play for 'Ten Paces (True Tiger Remix).
Other airplay for 'Toy' and 'Ten Paces'- Amazing Radio, Xtreme East Radio, West Virginia Radio.

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"Fronted by boy/girl production duo Tom Grundy and Isabel Morley, Toodar (short for too-darn-lazy) emerged as a bloggers' favourite in 2011, the melancholic/euphoric electro of debut EP Red drawing comparisons with Passion Pit with the vocals of Guy Garvey. With two quirky self-produced videos for Toy and Ten Paces scoring features by Guardian Guide and BBC6 Music, and broad UK airplay, the east London four-piece will spend the next year touring the UK extensively. Tom's gorgeous vocals and a sound that will resonate with a late night buzzing crowd makes Toodar an intense and compelling live act for 2012.
-Music Week Presents

"* Tom Robinson says they are 'dense and beautiful'. No argument there
* toodar shot the dizzying video for Toy themselves by strapping a mobile phone to a Hornby train set centred around their drum kit - so simple, so genius
* New song Ten Paces is currently being remixed by 1extra DJ and dub-step star Stanza True Tiger
* Are they electronica? Are they indie? We don't know, but that doesn't really matter. They're just rather good
* Tracks like We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea make the perfect brooding soundtrack to life. Stick Toodar in to your ears while you are out and about and you will surely agree..."
-Virgin Red Room

"...the rather creative video for their track Toy, the entire thing is shot having stuck a camera to a Hornby toy train. We applaud this creative expression of word play into video form. “This is OLD NEWS!”, we hear the Bloggerati cry, “YOUR POWERS ARE WEAK, OLD MEN!”. “Yeah, whatever”, says we, for our subject of today’s illustrious TOTD is, in fact, the second single, Ten Paces, lifted from the band’s Red EP. An emotive piece of musical art, the track combines the vocal talents of frontman Tom Grundy, striking a similar chord to that of Elbow‘s Guy Garvey combined with the softer touches of Biffy Clyro‘s Simon Neil, with a rhythm section that would make you think this is Three Trapped Tigers taking a more contemporary direction. It’s an absolute pleasure to listen to, more to the point."
-Killing Moon Limited

"Toodar’s ‘Red’ EP is a multi-layered massage to the ear drums. They succeed where a lot of others fail with their soothing slow build up technique by not trying to force anything and other than Tom Grundy’s haunting vocals, the focus is very much evenly spread across an extremely wide range of instruments, which allows the listener the chance to appreciate all the lovely little touches that are present. This is a sign of some serious musicians, people! Does the EP hold up though? Yeah, it does; strong song-writing + sweeping melodies + clever use of lots of lovely instruments by talented folk = Good things."

-Shout4Music.com