Waylayers unveil new track "Pharaoh"

The East-London based Electro-Pop trio are back with a stunning new track, "Pharaoh", the track is taken from their forthcoming EP "Re:Verse". Having refined their sound for the past 3 or so years, this new cut is their most ambitious yet, with the track being titled after the ancient Egyptians the track keeps true to them, with some Arabic licks of sitars, futuristic spacey sounds and some pulsating synth lead beats. Their new EP is going to be huge!

The EP is released 8th June on Alcopop Records. 

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Waylayers share new track "Footsie"

East London's finest electronic trio - Waylayers - are currently planning to take over the other side of the pond after playing a few big shows in the UK, notably KOKO. "Footsie" is one half of a new single that's out 15th of September via the legendary Alcopop! Records.

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Waylayers unveil new single "Take Hold"

The new single from the London trio is out the 15th of September via Alcopop! The AA-single which also features the new song "Footsie" is going to be out all over the world, and more importantly that means they're going to be in the American charts once more! The band who have played a live show for us back in 2012 have grown and grown since!

Check out the song below! Their sound borderlines Metronomy and Is Tropical with some delicious 80's sounds. Check out our 'Sounds of 2014' article on them, they were #6 on our list.

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Sounds of 2014 - #6 - Waylayers

Having worked their way steadily climbing up the billing of festivals in recent years, playing bigger venues and releasing their first proper EP - "Fault Lines" - the East London band Waylayers are on to something special after a very succesful 2013 which saw them enter the Billboard Top 100 chart in America.

It's no lie that we've been loving their work from the beginning, ever since we heard "Fires" and the first demo of "Magnets" we knew that they were on to something! After touring Europe too this year they've picked up some big fans along the way too, Steve Lamacq and Dermot O'Leary amongst the many. The year was rounded off by them doing over 20 festivals in one season racking up a massive 2000+ miles in the process.

The band have perfected their live show and studio material which now means they're in business to play with the big boys in 2014. Hopefully another EP will give them the push they really need to get the break, they've appeared on the legendary Kitsune Compilation already, the next step is getting an album out. Be sure to keep an eye out for exciting releases from them and live shows in the coming 365 days.

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Waylayers unveil new track "S.O.S"

Waylayers are big favourites with us here, and today they've uploaded their latest track "S.O.S", which is taken from their forthcoming EP "Fault Lines" which is due out June 2013.

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Daily Download... Waylayers - Magnets (Strangers Remix)

We're big fans of Waylayers and we're equally big fans of Strangers, so when we saw this song come through our Soundcloud stream we knew we had to post about it!

So here it is, download it and get your booty shakin'!

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Track of the year - 2012 - Vote here!

You can now vote for one of 12 tracks to be crowned as 'Track of 2012', the vote will close 7th Jan at 12:00noon GMT.

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The options are...

Swim Deep - King City

Moats - Toothache

In Golden Tears - Underneath The Balance

Ego Trip - Running Out

Eliza and the Bear - Trees

Gentlemen's Club - Accents

Moats - Skin

Bordeauxxx - The Beach Girls and the Monster

These Brittle Bones - Anchor Bleed

The New Union - Without You

Waylayers - Magnets

Port Isla - Tower Breakers

Waylayers win 'Track of November' poll

The East London electronic-rock band has won a slot in the final for 'Track of 2012'. Their song 'Magnets' had it's release earlier that month and when they played for our début London gig we knew that they'd be in our final.

You can watch their video for the song below!

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Daily Download... Waylayers - Love Locked

After touring around Europe, releasing a song on a Kitsune album and playing our show a few weeks back, Waylayers have another new song for you. This time it's the B-Side to 'Magnets', you can download 'Love Locked' for free too, how nice of them!

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Track of the week... Waylayers - Magnets

Waylayers are back, and with a new version of 'Magnets' now doing the rounds they're setting their guns to stun! The band have been hiding away in their studio creating some amazing new songs, we we found out when they played our show a week ago.

'Magnets' is a track the band will always be associated with, it's exactly everything they're about. Danceable Electronic Rock that makes you want to get down and boogie to the beat. As I said back in 2011, "With a new era of Dance-Rock beckoning in 2012 Waylayers are going to be at the forefront of the revolution" - They're still up there and with 'Magnets' they'll be there for a long time!

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Waylayers are back with 'Magnets'

We've been fans of Waylayers for a while now and after a short period hidden in the dark they've returned with 'Magnets' and the song is released digitally on 26th November. The video, which is directed by Alex Brown (best known for his work with James Blake). You can watch it here!

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Track of the year is ... New Ivory - A Knight

New Ivory have smashed their way to the top spot on our 'Track of the year' for 2011. They first caught our eyes way back in early June, here is the original post.



They won with 345 votes out of the 1045 cast. A close second place is the best performing international act for the second year running, and third was a close battle between two bands that are very close to each others hearts, Safari and VOWS.

Here is a run down of the top 5:
2nd - In Golden Tears - Urban Emotions
3rd - Safari - So I See
4th - VOWS - Colours
5th - Films Of Colour - Actions

The rest (in no particular order)
The Spires - Fireworks
Is Tropical - South Pacific
Peace - Bblood
Rapids! - Littleblood
Waylayers - Hear No Lies
I Heart Sharks - Neuzeit
Hey Sholay - Wishbone

This has been a fantastic year for me and all of my contributors.

We all wish you a very happy new year and have a great 2012, I know I will.

Fred Bambridge (Editor, Founder, Admin, Promoter and all round good-guy)

New Ivory - A Knight With A Sword Killed His Own Son by DimMakRecords

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New Ivory - A Knight (Audionite Remix)

It's All Indie #4

Our 4th instalment of the finest music to fall under the tag 'Indie', all music that was not initially free to share has been given consent by each and every one of the bands and or their management.



1) Pilots - Let The Light In
2) Films Of Colour - Slow Burn
3) Fixers - Trans Love
4) Elephant - Ants
5) Smith & Burrows - Funny Looking Angels
6) Dog Is Dead - River Jordan (Acoustic)
7) Futures - Islands In The Sea
8) Waylayers - Magnets
9) Chapel Club - Waterlight Park (Demo)
10) We Are Tokyo - Magnetic
11) Trophy Wife - Canopy Shade (Acoustic)

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If you have any problems about the mixtape please email us at bambridge@hotmail.co.uk before taking action as I can take out any tracks if need be.

News: Waylayers finish pledge

after 2 months Waylayers have now completed their Facebook pledge (writing, recording, mixing and posting a new track to their Facebook page every week) and have compiled all of these pledge tracks on to a session on Soundcloud for their fans to enjoy.



As a bonus they have added a 9th track we have called 'Less No More'. The tracks wont be up for long, so enjoy.

Remaining tour dates:
09.12.2011: Dortmund FZW
10.12.2011: Magnet Club - Berlin
12.12.2011: Molotow - Hamburg
16.12.2011: Amp - Münster

8 New Waylayers Songs in 8 Weeks by waylayers

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Track of the week... Waylayers - Hear No Lies

Fusing elements of Electronica and Indie-Rock with epic and melodious vocal lines and stunning hooks. They instantaneously caught the attention of the legendary Steve Lamacq who has already touted them as ‘unsigned band of the week’ on his 6music show.



No track sums up Waylayers’ huge ability more than début single ‘Hear No Lies’; its haunting, layered synths and driving melody make it a reflective and powerful statement of intent for a band who look set to do big things fast. Considering this is their début single they seem to be really great at projecting their musical abilities. With a new era of Dance-Rock beckoning in 2012 Waylayers are going to be at the forefront of the revolution judging by this track.

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Single Review... Waylayers - Hear No Lies

Formed in mid-2010, London-based trio Waylayers immediately set about crafting stunning atmospheric pop, fusing elements of Electronica and Indie-Rock with epic and melodious vocal lines and stunning hooks. They instantaneously caught the attention of the legendary Steve Lamacq who has already touted them as ‘unsigned band of the week’ on his 6music show. This buzz led them to the door of producer Ewan Pearson (Delphic) who straight away saw the band’s ability to create songs shot through with an effortless pop-nous.



Hear No Lies:
No track sums up Waylayers’ huge ability more than début single ‘Hear No Lies’; its haunting, layered synths and driving melody make it a reflective and powerful statement of intent for a band who look set to do big things fast. Considering this is their début single they seem to be really great at projecting their musical abilities. With a new era of Dance-Rock beckoning in 2012 Waylayers are going to be at the forefront of the revolution judging by this track.
Out of 10: 9/10

Fires:
The stunning B-Side to 'Hear No Lies' was originally featured on the world famous Kitsune album, specifically Kitsune Maison 10: The Fireworks Issue. This racey Indie-Dance track has great synths picking away at the riffs and very very fast drumming. This is one of those tracks of the Kitsune album that I always play. Why? Because it's so good!
Out of 10: 8.5/10

Waylayers - Hear No Lies
Out of 10: 8.8/10

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