Normanton Street formed in September 2011. Four long term close friends Bukky Fehintola, Ned Archibong, Jack Butterworth and Nicholson Davids reconvened in Brighton, rented a house and began to attend just about every open mic the city had to offer. Since the band's formation, three additions have been made; Elliot Tomas on drums, Hannah Lynn on saxophone and Phoebe Freya adding to the variety of vocals the band has to offer. The band has been building a following in Brighton and London from their live shows plus online and physical releases.
Live
Normanton Street are renowned for their live performances. The band played over 60 shows in 2013. Normanton Street host nights to promote their recent EPs and support well known bands in order to build their fan base. The band has hosted two EP launches @ The Green Door Store in Brighton with over 100 attendees at each event; MOVES EP (August 17) and THE PHOEBE FREYA EP (December 6th). The Band hosted a gig at the Slaughtered Lamb music venue in Clerkenwell in October to showcase some talented Brighton based bands to their growing London Audience.
In October Normanton Street supported VV Brown at Coalition on the Brighton leg of her most recent tour. More recently in November the band supported The Mouse Outfit at the Brixton Hootannany. The band also went on a tour of 4 cities’ in the North of England playing gigs at Carpe Dieum in Leeds, Thirsty Scholar in Manchester, Ate Days A Week in Liverpool and The RS Bar in Sheffield.
EPs
Normanton Street released two EPs in 2012; The Normanton Street EP (July) and All For You EP (September). The first was a local success establishing the band on the local scene gaining radio play on local stations such as Juice FM, Radio Reverb and Radio Free Brighton respectively. The All For You EP (an online only release) built on the momentum established by the first release and helped cement a solid fan base in Brighton.
April 2013 saw the band release a free Mix-Tape called Table Top as another online release. This was also well received as it was the first time the band worked in collaboration with other local acts whilst temporarily branching out into more electronically produced music and beats as oppose to live instruments.
In August 2013 Normanton Street released MOVES the first single from this project was 'The News’ this song quickly became popular with fans and attracted attention from radio stations and various music blogs. The second single was 'Empty Space (Mud Riddim)' which caught the attention of a talented videographer named Alexander Chai who then shot, edited and published a video for this song, thus becoming another popular single for the band. The band also shot videos for ‘Wednesday Night Champions League’ and ‘Another 1’ from MOVES.
December 6th saw Normanton Street release an EP called THE PHOEBE FREYA EP, named after their new singer. It has been well received by the fans and continues to broaden the band's popularity.
The Future
Normanton Street now set their sights on summer 2014 festivals along with building fan bases and playing more events in different parts of the country.
Tiffany Ansari
QM Records
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