Track Listing:
1. Trash
2. Trash (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
3. Frustration
4. Frustration (Dave P. and Adam Sparkles Remix)

Stream the EP here:

Tour: SxSW dates TBA!

Contact

Press: Tell All Your Friends PR
Kip AT TellAllYourFriendsPR.com

US Booking/Management: Al Farquhar
Al.Farquhar AT btopenworld.com

Label: Kanine Records
Lio AT KanineRecords.com

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Other Upcoming Releases
Shock Cinema "Our Way is Revenge" (8/21/07)
The Rumble Strips "Alarm Clock" EP (11/27/07)
The Whip "Trash & Frustration" (2/5/08)
Chairlift "Evident Utensil" 7 inch single (1/8/08)

"A nugget. Early New Order meets Psychedelic Furs' new wave cool." Mixmag

"A brilliant slab of 1983 meets just-been-clubbing" The Fly

"Those blokes muttering 'New Order' at the bar must somehow be aurally squinting at the electro Kaleidoscope of The Whip. They've missed the Numan, Klaxons, Rapture, Kraftwerk and Joy Division bits that make them the best thing to happen to dance music since James Murphy's delusions of time travel." NMW Camden Crawl Review (2007)

BIO: It all began November 2004. Salford, England. Two young men are busy at work in the cellar of a local pub. They're there every night.

It's not the best of rehearsal spaces. Lit by two knackered old strip lights, it's dark, damp and dismally dreary. Occasionally, lumps of plaster fall from the ceiling and explode on the keyboards. And the barmaids won't come down here anymore, because they're convinced that it's haunted. But Bruce Carter and Danny Saville are oblivious to all this. In fact, perversely, they're loving this lonely, spartan existence, stuck down in the bowels of the city, making a noise. Right now, they need this time to renew themselves.

A few months earlier, their previous band, Nylon Pylon, had imploded. After surfing a wave of positive press and signing to a major label, Oldham's electronic rockers had slowly, quietly unravelled. Their debut album, fraught with comprises and the input of one too many producers, would never see the light of day.

Lesser folk would have slunk away to lick their wounds and cultivate a sense of injustice. Bruce and Danny, however, were completely fired-up. "That period was like boot camp," laughs Bruce. "No distractions, no mates, just me and him, every night for six months, melting our heads, writing tunes. It was just what we needed to get focused."

There was no room for self-pity. "We were never bitter," insists Bruce. "It's pointless getting cynical about the industry. It is what it is. We were totally optimistic about carrying on."

Moreover, these two best mates, who had always worked so well together ("there's no egos..."), were totally determined to do their own thing. More than ever, Bruce and Danny were convinced that what they wanted, what they needed, to do was fuse rock and dance music and make leftfield dance floor bangers. Inspired by endless nights out, lapping up open-minded electro sets by DJs like Erol Alkan, Justice and Felix Da Housecat, they renewed their efforts to refine their synthesis of guitars and computers, live drums and electronics into a perfect futurist pop.

Fast forward to January 2007, and The Whip are very much part of it. Whatever it is. In 2006, the indie-electro/ new rave/ disco-punk (delete according to taste) underground exploded, with The Whip at the epicenter of the excitement. The last six months have seen them racing around the country, with drummer Little Fi and bassist Nathan Sudders, bringing the noise to equally enthusiastic crowds of clubbers and newly up-for-it indie kids.