{"id":2525,"date":"2013-03-26T22:19:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T22:19:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-03-26T22:19:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T22:19:33","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=2525","title":{"rendered":"Vienna Ditto release EP on 22 April 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F3567393\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recorded in a chilly boat, a dank basement and an old temperance hall, Vienna Ditto\u2019s debut EP, Liar Liar, is a DIY diary of their first, turbulent, two years. Recorded and produced by the band themselves, the tapes were then rescued and mixed by Umair Chaudhry at Silver St Studios. The result is intelligent yet<br \/>\nmemorable, spooky but accessible electronica mixed with dirty guitar riffs \u2013 or,<br \/>\nas Radio 1\u2019s Huw Stephens puts it, \u2018Portishead doing a Tarantino Soundtrack\u2019.<br \/>\nThe band \u2013 comprising vocalist Hatty Taylor and guitarist Nigel Firth \u2013 jerked into life in April 2009 when a hastily-recorded demo from their second rehearsal was played on Huw Stephen\u2019s Radio One show. An appearance on the BBC Introducing<br \/>\nstage at Glastonbury 2009 followed, as did a Maida Vale session for Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music and an appearance on Channel 4\u2019s Hollyoaks Music Show.<br \/>\nReleased in November 2009, their debut single Long Way Down gained airplay on<br \/>\nRadio One, BBC6 Music and XFM, and was given glowing reviews in Q Magazine,<br \/>\nArtrocker and The Fly. The band are currently working on their debut album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPortishead doing a Tarantino soundtrack\u201d<br \/>\nHuw Stephens, Radio 1<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Smoky-voiced femme fatale Hatty Taylor on vocals, London-based three piece<br \/>\nVienna Ditto mix wild-eyed rockabilly riffs with sparse, atmospheric electronica.\u201d<br \/>\nQ<br \/>\nMagazine<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFantastically dirty&#8230; one of the catchiest choruses l\u2019ve ever heard&#8230; made me want to dance round my bedroom with my hairbrush\u201d<br \/>\nEsther Press, The Fly Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recorded in a chilly boat, a dank basement and an old temperance hall, Vienna Ditto\u2019s debut EP, Liar Liar, is a DIY diary of their first, turbulent, two years. Recorded and produced by the band themselves, the tapes were then rescued and mixed by Umair Chaudhry at Silver St Studios. The result is intelligent yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":295,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press_releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}