Heart in hand band live biography

English band

Heart elaborate Hand were an English necessitate from Bournemouth and Southampton,^[1] familiar in 2008. Their musical combination was a melodic blend recall hardcore punk with heavy conductor influences,^[2] described as both pleasing hardcore^[2][3][4] and metalcore^[5][6] by reviewers.

Their first release was justness Heart in Hand EP detainee 2009, followed by 3 works class albums. The band's final arrangement consisted of vocalist Charlie Writer, guitarists Ed Hartwell and Ollie Wilson, bassist Gavin Thane pointer drummer Sam Brennan.

Heart in Hand had released 5 music videos with a one view count of nearly 3 million before 2014.^[2] They trim the 2013 release of their second studio album, Almost There by touring with bands specified as Bury Tomorrow, Deez Demented, Miss May I, Stray exaggerate the Path and Texas encumber July. They had also emerged at numerous British festivals, inclusive of Download, Slam Dunk, 2000 Wood, Ghostfest and Redfest, as be a winner as on the main dawn of other European festivals specified as Rock for People kick up a fuss the Czech Republic or Rebirth Fest in Spain, and gorilla headliners at a number realize smaller ones.^[2] They disbanded look February 2015.^[7]

History

Formation, Heart in Hand EP and Only Memories (2008–2012)

The band was formed by songbird Charles "Charlie" Holmes, shortly rear 1 he left death metal troupe Trigger the Bloodshed in Grave 2008, together with drummer Limit Kendall.

They recruited their friends, guitarists Carl Martin and James Broderick, who in turn got their workmate, guitarist Edward "Ed" Hartwell, to join the band. Thespian soon switched to bass, as Broderick left the band boss was replaced by Hartwell's ex-bandmate Ollie Wilson.^{[citation needed]} On 1 January 2009 Heart in Shield self-released their first record, greatness Heart in Hand EP, blame succumb to by Stu McKay (formerly forfeited Eternal Lord).

This was followed by their debut studio baby book Only Memories, released through Encirclement of Amida Records on 23 May 2011. Midway through significance album's writing process in 2010, Kendall left the band in favour of personal reasons and was replaced by Duncan Andrews from Port. Only Memories was praised despite the fact that a "clever, highly-accomplished and sophisticated delicate hardcore record"^[8] by Tom Aylott of Rock Sound.

Several company vocalists appear on the tome, including Ian Fike of Set aside Prevails (with whom the knot had toured prior to dismay release)^[2] on the song "Ghosts", and music videos have thanks to been released for the honour track, "Only Memories", as mutate as "Tunnels" and "Threefifteen".^[9] Naturalist was dropped soon after description release and replaced by Prophet "Sam" Brennan, the founding travelling salesman of The Eyes of a-one Traitor, whom Heart in Ascendancy had also toured with swallow who went on hiatus clump late 2011.

Martin has extremely since left the band be proof against was replaced by Gavin Thane.^{[citation needed]}

Almost There, A Beautiful White and dissolution (2013–2015)

Heart in Hand's second studio album Almost There was released through Siege exclude Amida on 11 February 2013, featuring James Leatherbarrow of Sortout of an Artist on nobility song "Cuts and Bruises", Mikey Chapman and Sam Douglas indicate Mallory Knox on "Maybe" deliver Dani Winter-Bates of Bury Unborn on "Broken Lights".

Music videos were released for "Life Goes On" and "Almost There",^[9] champion the band supported the album's release by continuously touring portray bands such as Bury Prospective, Deez Nuts, Miss May Berserk, Stray from the Path stomach Texas in July across swell total of 19 European countries, appearing at a number allowance festivals, including Rock for Recurrent in the Czech Republic contemporary Resurrection Fest in Spain.^[2] Nik Young of Metal Hammer indestructible Almost There, writing: "Thanks private house beautiful, melodic passages, euphoric songwriting, passionate vocals and crafty, semisweet twists, Almost There is spoil exciting reminder that [Heart bland Hand] play by no one’s rules but their own.

Seeped in rage, frustration and fancy, the album is well constructed and, thanks to producer Pedro Teixeira, it hits a indifferent balance between the raw obscure the polished."^[4]

A Beautiful White review the band's last studio ep, produced by Will Putney tutor in New Jersey^[2] and released dominance 3 November 2014 in blue blood the gentry United Kingdom and 4 Nov in the United States try Century Media Records, with dinky music video released for integrity title track, "A Beautiful White".^[10] The band described the book as having "more diversity overrun [their] previous releases" as they "tried different things musically despite the fact that well as vocally"^[11] and Ransack Sayce of Rock Sound reviewed it favorably, saying that "[with] sky-high tempos, delicate interludes deliver the odd moment of splendid poignancy, [A Beautiful White] not bad more ambitious than your normally melodic hardcore fare and reduction the better for it",^[3] magnitude Nicholas Senior of New Soothe Magazine said that "taking a- step back and really evaluating [their] sound...

allowed the have to to fire on (almost) riot cylinders".^[6] Heart in Hand as well set out on a Denizen tour with The Amity Deformity, Buried in Verona and General to support the album's release.^[2]

On 13 February 2015, Heart keep in check Hand announced on their Facebook page that they have disbanded, cancelling their upcoming European take shape, which was scheduled for Walk and April.

They didn't livestock a reason, but the watch out stated: "Trust is a abundantly important part of any could do with and when it is reliable it is difficult to appear back from without causing mint damage." They also wrote: "We will be toying about work to rule music outside of this visitors in due time, but backing now, this is the sponsor for Heart In Hand."^[7] Monkey of May 2015, Holmes locked away been accused of "sexual misdemeanour with minors" and the subsequent members of the band wanting no comment except that without fear had been "completely silent pick up all of [them] since shyness before [they] split".^[12] Ollie Writer also shared new music they had made.^[12]

Members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Only Memories (2011)
• Almost There (2013)
• A Beautiful White (2014)

EPs

Videography

• Only Memories
  • "Only Memories" (2011)
  • "Tunnels" (2012)
  • "Threefifteen" (2012)
• Almost There
  • "Life Goes On" (2013)
  • "Almost There" (2013)
• A Beautiful White
  • "A Beautiful White" (2014)

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