We're No Heroes new EP 'Quiet Colours' gains attention of BBC Wales, Tom Robinson & Topshop!

We're No Heroes

South Wales math-pop three piece We're No Heroes released their new EP 'Quiet Colours' on June 15th 2011, in association with At Your Own Risk Events. Their well received EP launch at Gwdihw bar in Cardiff attracted a packed out crowd, as they performed alongside other hotly tipped local acts Oui Messy & Vvolves. Since the EP's release they've racked up column inches in local newspaper The Western Mail, their music writer David Owens calling WNH's sound “a particular funky take on angular 80's indie and zeitgeist-snaring math rock'' while also praising them for their enthusiasm, productivity and hugely energetic live shows. They've gained airplay on Bethan Elfyn's BBC Radio Wales show and were also picked by her as a act to listen out for on Tom Robinson's BBC 6 Music show. The EP track 'Empty Beat' has just been playlisted by Topman Radio in stores accross the country! They also popped into the GTFM studios for a discuss their new EP release. Meanwhile, respected online blog titles like Room Thirteen, The Whiteboard Project have written positive words and a feature in Gold Flake Paint detailed WNH's own heroes!

We're No Heroes- Empty Beat by Soundandvisionpr

Perfecting songs written over a six-month period through live performances and rigorous jam sessions, WNH’s hit Ripefruit Recordings studio in Cardiff with respected producer Jordan Andrews. The band set about condensing and refining their sound still further, whittling their initial eight demo tracks down to the four strongest songs in the set, piecing them together the finished results sounded more fluid, hanging together as a record, and the best thing the fledgling group have released thus far. 'Quiet Colours’ EP features four tracks 'Atlantic Hearts', 'Empty Beat', 'Tigers' and 'Latitude' and was released digitally worldwide on the 15th of June, whilst simultaneously getting a limited physical release in the UK.

We're No Heroes note that 'each of their songs has its own personality and story, coming together to create one whole.' Some have pointed out that the title of their new EP 'Quiet Colours' is a reflection of the personality of each band member, their meek and geeky image offstage contrasted by their addictively tuneful, powerhouse live sound.

The band formed transatlantically in the summer of 2009 when a practice in a downtown Chicago studio led the Welsh lads to lay down the basic concepts of what would be their sound. It may have been the influence of the big city or big dreams but each member became ever more excited and focused upon creating something fun and original. The outcome, disco flecked math pop with insatiable four to the floor rhythms, precise guitar riffs and addictive vocal refrains that weave their way into your head and wont let go for days! On their return to the UK the band have progressed rapidly, moving to Cardiff and establishing themselves in the local scene, releasing their debut EP 'Crossing Over' in February 2010, attracting over 2000 online downloads.

Website - http://www.werenoheroes.com/

Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/werenoheroes
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"Shwmae Butt" Gets Its Own Dictionary Definition

This week, Monday 2 June, in the company of humourist David Jandrell, author of such bestselling local titles as Welsh Valleys Humour, a packed audience listened to homely examples of the Valleys dialect being elevated to dictionary definition. English terms familiar to us all, like “bopa”, “cwtch”, “butt”, “jiw!” and “come by ‘ere” are included in a new book by Cardiff author Robert Lewis: Wenglish, The Dialect of the South Wales Valleys. Published by Y Lolfa in dictionary-format, this title combines the practical qualities of a reference book – alphabetical glossary, dialogue examples, grammar, exercises and all – with a general introduction to the social and geographical context of how we speak across the south Wales Valleys. And it’s not just those familiar terms that are explored here. Alongside oddities like “icelider” for a “custard slice” are loans from Welsh like “dirân” for “past its best”, and geographically-isolated strange pronunciations such as “hool” for “whole”. Fans of writer Rachel Trezise’s literary codifications of Valleys’ underlife speech will also be happy to discover her coining of “gorrw”, “gerrin!” and “egsackly” have been approved by linguistic specialists.