18 Jan 2012 - 2012 Has Started! Having spent a month away, Run Don't Walk have got together to start working on some new songs! As we finish them off we'll put up rehearsal clips to give you an idea of some of the new tracks you'll be able to hear at our up-coming gigs. I hope you enjoyed our gigs and recordings in 2011 and will carry on supporting us this year too. See you soon!
We're currently booking new shows. Watch this space!
Run Don't Walk's rocky, poppy, indie, guitary, synthy awesomeness have made them favourites on the London club circuit. Self-released EPs and a single on Organic records, along with gigs around the UK and Europe, radio sessions and promotional interviews with magazines such as Performing Musician have been raising the band's profile. Blistering sets at venues such as The Rhythm Factory, the Borderline, Cargo and Proud Galleries have also helped their cause!
The line-up has evolved into a five-piece consisting of Kabir, Malcolm, Rob, Tim and Warren. The band mark as many gigs as possible with limited edition CDs that are only available on the night of the gig, allowing them provide a near-constant stream of new or re-worked material in electric or acoustic formats.
We now have 10
galleries online! Select one to view from the combo box below:
And so to business... we'd love for you to get hold of our songs and T-shirts and get our name about. Check this stuff out and click the "Buy" links to buy via PayPal. When buying downloads online, you'll be sent a link with a user id and password via email - so check you're spam/junk folder just in case our email ends up there!
"Stammer" Single (b/w "The Monkey Song")
£1.00
"Not About You" Download
70p
"This Is What We Do" EP Four-song download (Not About You, Inside Out, Naive, Taste of Brine)
Here are some of the things others have said about us:
"Run Don't Walk have kicked themselves full-steam ahead onto Londond's club circuit, enjoying the occasional road trip to other corners of the UK and Europe. With a powerful and energetic live show, it's no surprise that record labels soon came a-calling." - Performing Musician magazine
"Impressive amounts of bombast being lobbed around by an over-qualified youth club sensation. It is, of course, seven kinds of wonderful that Run Don't Walk are the genuinely sharp, gosh-golly pop-rocksters that sometimes spring up naturally. [They] are, unaided, writing, recording and releasing seriously superior material." - Unpeeled
"[Run Don't Walk] have made a catchy tune that measures up to their peers. The real treat is the chorus which is incredibly memorable and could easily bring even the most cynical of listeners to sing along... I have heard very few catchier musical moments in recent memory. The lads should be proud of themselves." - NoiseAddiction review of the "Need Some Time" single.
"A full on power rock band, bringing great melody and immense guitar riffs and solos together for an impressive solution. Banging out anthem after anthem, these boys are sure to please." - Flat Pak Yak Promotions
Here is a collection of videos featuring the band from promos, radio sessions, gigs. If you have any RDW footage, let us know and we'll add a link here.
"Inside Out", recorded live at the Comedy Bar in London and featuring stand-in drummer Marc Ros. This clip was recorded by Jude from Hampshire-based electro-rockers Hybrid 6.0. Thanks for sharing this link with us!
"Laughing", taken from an acoustic radio session for BlastFM in Ealing. It was a great day out and the guys at the station were brilliant. Thank you to Emma for recording this so well.
"The Monkey Song", from a gig at the Bowery in September 2011. We were without Rob, so I just turned up my guitar to compensate! Great turnout that night and some really cool bands too.
"Taste of Brine" was the closing song from our set and I'd blown my voice out during an impromptu cover of Drain You by Nirvana. Still gave it a good crack though!
This was the promo we put together from gig clips for the "Need Some Time" single released on Organic Records with the original line-up: Fraser on bass, Neil on drums, Danny and me on guitars and vocals.
We played "Drain You" on 24 September 2011 at the Bowery to mark the 20th aniversary of the release of Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album. That record still sounds amazing after all this time!
