July 9th, 2010

‘Dark Indie’ News from Heist Towers

A wave of excitement flowed through the normally calm cavernous halls of Heist Towers today as time came to tell a drooling world of the newest member of the Heist family, Rapids! (And for once the exclamation mark at the end of a band’s name falls grammatically correctly at the end of our sentence)

Rapids! play ‘dark indie’ in their own unique style. Hailing from the perhaps un-indie town of Bournemouth, the band have quickly come to the notice of bands and radio alike. Opening shows for the likes of The Chapman Family and Errors, the band have a live show that transfixes audiences. Without any team around them in the early days, the band impressed by gaining notice from Steve Lamacq, John Kennedy and Tom Robinson with Steve Lamacq interviewing Matt Holliday on air on his 6Music show. Expect the first release from the band in September 2010, in the meantime listen to them on http://www.myspace.com/listentorapids Heist expects great things from Rapids! even if the exclamation mark does make a mockery of Heist’s previously perfect grammar.

Rumours that Heist signed a band from Bournemouth in the height of Summer just for the free holidays on the south coast are completely unfounded.