Bitter Ruin

Bitter Ruin
Origin Brighton, East Sussex, England
Genres Alternative, Pop
Years active 2007—present
Website www.bitterruin.com
Members Ben Richards
Georgia Train

Bitter Ruin are an English "experimental pop" duo from Brighton, UK, formed in 2007 by Georgia Train (lead vocals, backing vocals, piano) and Ben Richards (lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano, bass).[1][2][3]

Biography

Richards and Train met in 2007 as music students at Brighton Institute of Modern Music, and performed, mostly in Brighton and London, and recorded a few EPs.[3] In 2010 they played a short tour supporting Evelyn Evelyn. Matt Lucas helped manage the band,[2] as well as performing with the band at several of their shows.

The band's 2011 single, "Bitter Ruin song", was placed at no 19 in the UK Independent Singles Breakers Chart on Sunday 16 October.[4]

In October 2012 the band recorded The Rocket Sessions EP at Rocket Studios in London. The band raised £33,000 in 2013 on Kickstarter to build a home studio for the recording of their second album Waves.[5] They were invited by Kickstarter to talk about their experience at an industry conference at Somerset House, London on 22 October 2013.[6] The band supported Ben Folds Five on their European reunion tour in December.

The band released another single in January 2014, "Diggers".[7] It was reviewed by Q,[8] Clash[1] and the French Les InRocks,[9] and ayed was played on BBC Introducing and from the independent station Xfm.[10][11]

Discography

Singles
  • "Trust" (2011)
  • "Diggers" (2013)
EPs
  • Bitter Ruin (2007)
  • We're Not Dancing (2008)
  • The Rocket Sessions (2012)
Albums
  • Hung, Drawn & Quartered (2010)
  • Waves (2014)[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Clash - Next Wave 26/02/2014" clashmusic.com Retrieved 13 March 2014
  2. 1 2 "The Guardian, Band Of The Day 19/012/2013" theguardian.com Retrieved 13 January 2014
  3. 1 2 "The Sun, live review 25/05/2010" thesun.co.uk Retrieved 1 November 2013
  4. ↑ "UK Official Charts 15/10/2011" officialcharts.com Retrieved 1 November 2013
  5. ↑ "Bitter Ruin – Waves | Album review". The Upcoming.
  6. ↑ "Bitter Ruin speak at Music Tank Conference" musictank.co.uk Retrieved 24 November 2013
  7. ↑ "Diggers - Review" musiciantakeheed.com Retrieved 13 March 2014
  8. ↑ "Q - Track Of The Day 18/01/2014" qthemusic.com Retrieved 13 March 2014
  9. ↑ LesInRocks - Merceau De Jour 17/01/2014 lesinrocks.com Retrieved 13 March 2014
  10. ↑ "Bitter Ruin BBC Profile" bbc.co.uk Retrieved 13 January 2014
  11. ↑ "Xfm Playlist Update" localuknews.co.uk Retrieved 13 January 2014
  12. ↑ "Album Review: Bitter Ruin – Waves.". Figure 8 Magazine. Paula McGeever 4 May 2014.
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