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Booking: Selloweg 29 a D-26384 Wilhelmshaven Phone: +49-(0)4421-996573 FAX +49- (0)3222-240 3993 [email protected] www.truemmerpromotion.de They make you dance, they make you smile ! The Cubical are based in Liverpool/UK and have spent the last few years building up an amazing reputation as one of Europe's best live bands and have an ever growing cult following. The Cubical sound is one that is essentially based in the blues, but like Captain Beefheart, Zappa and Tom Waits before them they twist it around and shake it up and inevitably end up with something altogether a little weirder. A Cubical live performance has been likened to a “rock n roll medicine show,” an assault on the senses. Not only are your eyes glued to the chaotic dancing of the 6 foot five singer Dan Wilson, indefatigable Gavaghan and charismatic hard man Green but the interwoven Telecaster twang, wailing harmonica, incessant pounding bass and drums, are all topped off by one of the gruffest and most distinctive blues howls since the Wolf himself. All of this ensures that audiences are drawn into the hypnotic swamp blues intensity that is so central to The Cubical experience. Front man Dan Wilson is a captivating and natural performer and surely one of the more interesting lyricists around today. Their debut album Come Sing These Crippled Tunes was recorded at Sunset Sound Studio, Hollywood and produced by the Grammy award winning Dave Sardy (Oasis, Johnny Cash, Primal Scream, Marilyn Manson), an early admirer of the band. The album was lapped up by the critics (see press below) and their highly anticipated follow up It Ain't Human was released in Nov 2011. On its week of release It Ain’t Human was made album of the month in the highly influential Spanish magazine Ruta 66 and the critical response to the album was just as impressive as their debut. Not ones to hang around, the band released their third album, Arise Conglomerate, in November 2012. The album was recorded in a grand total of 16 hours on reel to reel 4 tracks in Berlin and Liverpool and captures the contrasting sides to The Cubical: Raucous garage, irrepressibly catchy singles, gentle ballads and eerie swamp blues; it’s all in there and it sounds great. Mojo magazine described the lead single, On The Weekend, as “The greatest Liverpudlian confluence of soul and brass beat action since The Teardrop Explodes’ Reward” and in their 4/5 review of the album headed “Beefheartian Scouse Genius” affirmed that “If the world were a better place, The Cubical would have number 1 hits all the way.” In 2013 they released a live album “live in Oslo”. 2017: New album Blood Moonis out ! The Cubical have toured all over the world taking in the USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Norway, France, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, Czech Republic along the way playing alongside the likes of Bob Dylan, Mark Lanegan, Kiss, The Black Lips, Blondie, Chris Isaak and The Magic Band to name but a few. Catch them in a town near you soon, you won’t be disappointed. Listen : www.thecubical.bandcamp.com Join them on facebook: www.facebook.com/the.cubical.liverpool “If the world were a better place, The Cubical would have number 1 hits all the way. Genius!” MOJO "The Cubical are simply not your average band." Q MAGAZINE "Wilson makes Waits sound like Tiny Tim.” THE GUARDIAN Videos: The Cubical live at Azkena Rock Festival: http://tinyurl.com/6aj9hme 30 min live special on The Cubical on National Spanish TV: http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20110308/conciertos-radio-the- cubical/1039369.shtml Video for On The Weekend single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wygDRVeSmOs Video for Dirty Shame single : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ik4avmcnzY Video for Like Me I'm A Peacock single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7ZPBTayl4&feature=related

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Page 1: They make you dance, they make you smile ! The … · They make you dance, they make you smile ! The Cubical are based in Liverpool/UK and have spent the ... Captain Beefheart, Zappa

Booking:

Selloweg 29 a D-26384 Wilhelmshaven

Phone: +49-(0)4421-996573 FAX +49- (0)3222-240 3993

[email protected] www.truemmerpromotion.de

They make you dance, they make you smile !

The Cubical are based in Liverpool/UK and have spent the

last few years building up an amazing reputation as one of Europe's

best live bands and have an ever growing cult following.

The Cubical sound is one that is essentially based in the blues, but like

Captain Beefheart, Zappa and Tom Waits before them they twist it

around and shake it up and inevitably end up with something

altogether a little weirder.

A Cubical live performance has been likened to a “rock n roll

medicine show,” an assault on the senses. Not only are your eyes glued to the chaotic

dancing of the 6 foot five singer Dan Wilson, indefatigable Gavaghan and charismatic hard

man Green but the interwoven Telecaster twang, wailing harmonica, incessant pounding

bass and drums, are all topped off by one of the gruffest and most distinctive blues howls

since the Wolf himself. All of this ensures that audiences are drawn into the hypnotic swamp blues

intensity that is so central to The Cubical experience. Front man Dan Wilson is a captivating and

natural performer and surely one of the more interesting lyricists around today. Their debut album

Come Sing These Crippled Tunes was recorded at Sunset Sound Studio, Hollywood and produced

by the Grammy award winning Dave Sardy (Oasis, Johnny Cash, Primal Scream, Marilyn Manson),

an early admirer of the band. The album was lapped up by the critics (see press below) and their

highly anticipated follow up It Ain't Human was released in Nov 2011. On its week of release It Ain’t

Human was made album of the month in the highly influential Spanish magazine Ruta 66 and the

critical response to the album was just as impressive as their debut. Not ones to hang around, the

band released their third album, Arise Conglomerate, in November 2012. The album was recorded

in a grand total of 16 hours on reel to reel 4 tracks in Berlin and Liverpool and captures the

contrasting sides to The Cubical: Raucous garage, irrepressibly catchy singles, gentle ballads and

eerie swamp blues; it’s all in there and it sounds great. Mojo magazine described the lead single,

On The Weekend, as “The greatest Liverpudlian confluence of soul and brass beat action since The

Teardrop Explodes’ Reward” and in their 4/5 review of the album headed “Beefheartian Scouse

Genius” affirmed that “If the world were a better place, The Cubical would have number 1 hits

all the way.” In 2013 they released a live album “live in Oslo”.

2017: New album “Blood Moon” is out ! The Cubical have toured all over the world taking in the USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Norway, France,

Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, Czech Republic along the way playing alongside the likes of Bob

Dylan, Mark Lanegan, Kiss, The Black Lips, Blondie, Chris Isaak and The Magic Band to name but a few.

Catch them in a town near you soon, you won’t be disappointed.

Listen : www.thecubical.bandcamp.com Join them on facebook: www.facebook.com/the.cubical.liverpool

“If the world were a better place, The Cubical would have number 1 hits all the way. Genius!” MOJO

"The Cubical are simply not your average band." Q MAGAZINE

"Wilson makes Waits sound like Tiny Tim.” THE GUARDIAN

Videos: The Cubical live at Azkena Rock Festival: http://tinyurl.com/6aj9hme

30 min live special on The Cubical on National Spanish TV:

http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20110308/conciertos-radio-the-

cubical/1039369.shtml

Video for On The Weekend single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wygDRVeSmOs Video for Dirty Shame single : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ik4avmcnzY

Video for Like Me I'm A Peacock single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd7ZPBTayl4&feature=related

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They make you dance, they make you smile !

The Cubical aus Liverpool/UK haben sich in den

letzten Jahren einen verdammt guten Ruf als eine der interessantesten Live-Bands in Europa erspielt. Die musikalische Basis besteht hauptsächlich auf eine eher untypische Art des Blues und Soul, der im weitesten Sinne an das anknüpft, was solche Ikonen wie Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa oder Tom Waits vorgelegt haben, was wiederum von deren gemeinsamen Vorbild HOWLIN WOLF geprägt wurde.

THE CUBICAL drehen und schütteln diese Vorgaben aus Blues und Garage-Rock und Soul zu einem eigenen, gewaltigen Cocktail der einem ohne Umwege direkt ins Blut geht und zum Fan werden lässt. Ihre Konzerte sind wie eine „Rock’n’Roll Medicine Show“ mit einem direkten Angriff auf die Sinne. Sobald der charismatische Sänger Dan Wilson die Bühne betritt, bleiben die Augen an dem 2-Meter Mann kleben und man verliert sich unweigerlich in dem Twang der Telecaster Gitarren, den schweren Basslinien und den treibenden, auf den Punkt schlagenden Drums. Irgendwie hypnotisch, irgendwie bekannt und doch so unverwechselbar. THE CUBICAL treiben mit cleveren Melodien und einer großen Portion Soul, den 60’s Beat durch die Garage und haben dabei auch noch klasse Texte zum Zeitgeschehen auf Lager. Die Band, die Songs, Alles in Allem sehr intensiv ! Ihr Debut Album Come Sing These Crippled Tunes wurde im Sunset Sound Studio in Hollywood

aufgenommen, produziert von einem frühzen Bewunderer der Band: Grammy Award Gewinner

Dave Sardy (Oasis, Johnny Cash, Primal Scream, Marilyn Manson). Das Album wurde schnell mit

positiven Kritiken überschüttet. Das ersehnte 2.Album It Ain't Human wurde nur knapp ein Jahr

später, im November 2011 veröffentlicht und innerhalb weniger Tage u.a. vom Ruta 66, dem

einflussreichsten Musikmagazin Spaniens, zum Album des Monats gekürt. Die Band gönnte sich

darauf keine Pause und lieferte mit Arise Conglomerate, bereits im November 2012 ein drittes

Album, das live im Studio, insgesamt in kaum mehr als 16 Stunden und nur mit einen 4-Spur

Recorder in Berlin und Liverpool eingespielt wurde. Das Ergenbis zeigt beeindruckend, was die

Band wirklich kann: Rauhe Garage Rock Songs, melodische Single Hits, ergreifende Balladen und

tiefen, schmierigen Swamp Blues – Alles The Cubical und wieder alles super gut ! Das Mojo

Magazin beschrieb den massgeblichen Titeltrack “On The Weekend”, als “The greatest

Liverpudlian confluence of soul and brass beat action since The Teardrop Explodes’ Reward” und

bestätigen in ihrer 4 von 5 Punkten Rezenzion mit der Überschrift “Beefheartian Scouse Genius”,

was Fans bereits wussten: “If the world were a better place, The Cubical would have number

1 hits all the way.” 2013 wurde das live Album “live in Oslo” veröffentlicht.

Mit „Blood Moon“ wurde 2017 endlich wieder ein Studio-Album veröffentlicht

Schon mit den ersten Alben im Gepäck, spielten The Cubical u.a. in den USA, Großbritannien, Australien,

Deutschland, Norwegen, Frankreich, Belgien, Spanien, Irland, den Niederlanden, wie auch in Dänemark und

der Tschechischen Republik. U.a. teilte man sich die Bühnen mit Bob Dylan, Mark Landgang, Kiss, The

Black Lisp, Blondie, Chris Isaak an The Magic Band und einigen anderen.

„Eine Konzert von THE CUBICAL kann man bedenkenlos besuchen – man wird kaum enttäuscht werden.“

Join them on face book: www.facebook.com/the.cubical.liverpool

Booking / TourInfo:

Selloweg 29 a 26384 Wilhelmshaven

Phone: +49-(0)4421-996573 FAX +49- (0)3222-240 3993

[email protected]

www.truemmerpromotion.

de

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THE CUBICAL REVIEWS - BOOD MOON

http://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/108463/reviews.207.html

https://www.underdog-fanzine.de/2017/05/15/the-cubical-blood-moon/

http://www.westzeit.de/rezensionen/?id=18963

Artist: The Cubical Title: Blood Moon Catalogue Number: Blood Moon Review Format: Compact Disc Release Year: 2017 Another day another rock band and this time it is the turn of Liverpool’s The Cubical to launch a whisky soaked vocals and power chord attack on my, by now limited, attention span. Their album is called “Blood Moon” and the suggested volume level for proper appreciation, if such a thing were to be specified, would be stadium loud. Despite their very conventionality and consequent festival friendliness, there is actually much about The Cubical to interest the ears here and those with tastes that include max power cider in plastic bottles and punching the air will feel fully justified in their efforts as this is the kind of band that exudes conspiratorial confidence. You may, and probably will, have heard a band like this before but, this time around, you won’t be drawn inexorably to make comparisons for the real strength here is the songs that sweat beer and the great smell of Brut just as if the seventies had never died before embedding themselves in your memory. You could, for example, imagine yourself, especially if somewhat the worse for wear and well on the road to sleep deprivation, spinning like a dervish in some mud soaked field to “I Want Money” or “I Believe It When I Love You” with Dan Wilson playing the pied piper perfectly as he leads you off to hangover land. I really should hate an album like this but, with their combination of proper songs and focussed musical direction, The Cubical show just how it should be done. Pour yourself a beer, turn the volume up and see if you can agree with that. I reckon you will. www.facebook.com/the.cubical.liverpool Reviewer: Bluesbunny Review Date: May 30, 2017

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CDs/LPs/Singles - Reviews

CUBICAL Blood Moon Format: CD Label: Halfpenny Webseite Wertung:

Drei Alben mit bitterbösem Psychopathenblues direkt aus der schmutzigsten Lagerhalle Liverpools haben CIBICAL bereits unter „Haben“ verbucht. „Blood Moon“ setzt die Reihe in bewährter Manier fort. Dreh- und Angelpunkt ist auch hier wieder der exzentrische, gequäkte Gesang von Dan Wilson, der jederzeit in hysterisches Fauchen umzuschlagen droht. Wenn der Schalter dann umfällt, klingt hier einiges nach CAPTAIN BEEFHEART. Dieser ist, neben Tom Waits und Nick Cave einer der größten Einflüsse für das Quartett, das sich mit so ungewöhnlichem wie düsterem Songwriting eine Ausnahmestellung erarbeitet hat. „Conman 512“, einer der straightesten Songs, bringt dann beinahe unbeschwerte Garagebeat-Leichtigkeit, klingt ein wenig nach THEM bei „Gloria“, „In your eyes“, eine todtraurige Moll-Ballade steht an der anderen Seite des Spektrums einer emotionell volatilen Band zwischen Freude und Schmerz, zwischen Verzweiflung und Zuversicht. Ein ungewöhnliches Album, das wenig Anknüpfungspunkte mitbringt, und sich in einem längeren Prozess erschlossen werden muss. http://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/108463/reviews.207.html

CUBICAL (The) - Blood Moon / paru le 04-06-2017 /

Partant dans un univers vintage voir rock'n'roll, votre serviteur s'enfonce corps et âme dans un

labyrinthe construit à partir de rock-garage, de blues-rock et de rock'n'roll parallèle me

rappelant de grands souvenirs. Les labels français Closer ou New rose me reviennent en

mémoire au même titre que des groupes comme les Leroi Brothers, les Del Fuegos ou des

artistes mythiques comme Tav Falco ou Alex Chilton. Voguant sur la vague d'un blues-

rock'n'roll chargé des grands espaces américains, le groupe The Cubical pourtant originaire

de Liverpool, retranscrit bel et bien ces contrées mais aussi tout la scène parallèle qui sévit

dans les eighties jusqu'aux années 90.

Composé de Dan Wilson (chant et guitare), Alex Gavaghan (guitare et orgue), John Paul

Green (guitare), Mark Percy (batterie et percussions) et Craig Bell (basse), le combo

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bénéficie aussi de l'aide d'autres comparses pour le son du saxophone, de la trompette ou du

violoncelle. Une voix grave et caverneuse s'accommode ici d'un rock pur jus sans concession,

qui fait honneur aux fondements du blues et du rock'n'roll. Quelque peu psychédélique et donc

vintage, l'atmosphère générale respire bon le pub crasseux, les motards ou les cowboys. Je

vois bien un concert donné dans une arrière-cour où les poules et les fûts de Guinness

s'entrecroisent à travers une cacophonie bon enfant. Même les instruments à vent apportent

un petit souffle à la fois jazzy et bluesy, qui se marie d'ailleurs à la perfection au rock bien

trempé de ce disque bien gras !

Que dire si ce n'est que le bon son rock'n'roll est ici retranscrit comme si on était au fin fond

de l'Amérique profonde écoutant un concert de blues garage de derrière les fagots ! Messieurs

les rockers, Mesdames les rockeuses à vos marques, car voilà un opus qui est fait pour vous.

Les santiags et le jeans sont bien sûr de mises, sans oublier le Stetson !

- The Cubical Le Bandcamp

Thirionet Philippe

Pays: GB

Halfpenny Records

Sortie: 2017/05/19

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https://www.indie-eye.it/recensore/reviews/the-cubical-blood-moon-la-recensione.html http://www.rockon.it/recensioni/the-cubical-blood-moon/ http://www.foutraque.com/chronique_disque.php?id=5005 http://www.westzeit.de/rezensionen/?id=18963 http://www.musicmap.it/recdischi/ordinaperr.asp?id=5400 https://opduvel.com/2017/05/16/the-cubical-blood-moon/ http://subjectivisten.nl/het-schaduwkabinet-week-20-2017/ https://www.underdog-fanzine.de/2017/05/15/the-cubical-blood-moon/ http://www.muzzart.fr/lezine/chronik/thecubicalbloodmoon.html

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THE CUBICAL - Some shouts from the press

“The Cubical are simply a sensational band.” (Popular 1 Mag – Spain)

‘A trembling and yet raucous collection of songs… Think Tom Waits mixed with Detroit Cobras into the heady cocktail. Lovely stuff.’ 4/5- (Big Cheese Mag ) “If the world were a better place, The Cubical would have number 1 hits all the way.Genius.4/5” – (Mojo)

“Wilson makes Waits sound like Tiny Tim” (The Guardian) “The Cubical are not your average band.” Q "Ever wondered what might happen if Tom Waits and The Rolling Stones got together for an old fashioned jam and Nick Cave stopped by to bum a cigarette? This is one of the most vital records of the year, The Cubical may just be your new favourite band. 4.5 /5″ (Sydney Morning Herald -Australia)

“Compared to other Liverpool bands, The Cubical stand out for a mile as the demented, disheveled, brilliant band they are. “ (THE FLY MAG)

“The rumble of Great White Lie is enough to make a listener fear divine retribution, hide the children and close the curtains.” (Spin magazine – USA) “Like Nick Cave but more intense, Tom Waits but more melodramatic, Beefheart but bluesier… the sound of a cataclysm!” Album of the month – (Ruta 66 Mag - Spain) ‘An amalgamation of blues, soul, garage, free jazz and psychedelia… A truly wonderful album and a highlight of the year so far’ – (Artrocker ) ‘If you like your rock’n'roll primal and pounding, and your vocals gritty and growly, then meet Liverpool’s answer to the Magic Band’ – (The Guardian ) “A frighteningly good album, if you dont like The Cubical you are stupid. Easy . 9/10.” (Music

News- Norway) “The Cubical are ready to drag rock n roll kicking and screaming back into the light. You have been warned” Bido Lito “Mind-warpin’ mutated blues. Don’t let it pass you by.” (Shindig)

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