Smash Robots

"SMASH ROBOTS are the best new power pop band in town..." was the claim made by Velocity Recordings after hearing the band's debut tracks, and who are we to argue with them! The town they are referring to is Reading in Berkshire where this high-energy three piece band converge to make their own particular brand of British Pop-Rock. The first thing that hits you is their sense of fun and and the second thing is that they sound so fresh. Imagine putting The Fratelli's, Vampire Weekend and ...

"SMASH ROBOTS are the best new power pop band in town..." was the claim made by Velocity Recordings after hearing the band's debut tracks, and who are we to argue with them! The town they are referring to is Reading in Berkshire where this high-energy three piece band converge to make their own particular brand of British Pop-Rock. The first thing that hits you is their sense of fun and and the second thing is that they sound so fresh. Imagine putting The Fratelli's, Vampire Weekend and Elvis Costello into an ice cream van and driving it full throttle off the white cliffs of Dover..." Juicy guitar riffs, strong vocal melodies and songs so infectious you'll be humming them for days after a single play. Consisting of Rafael Aldon on guitars/keyboard and vocals, Richard Paine on bass and vocals and Eric Ogley on drums (and occasionally flute) the band first formed in February 2006. "We just wanted to make bloody good music" explains Raf who writes a lot of their material. Two years on, and only after a 'Rocky' style video montage later, our protagonists have broken free from the confines of their locked rehersal rooms, hardened and ready, wielding sticks and guitars. You find them on the run, suffering from amnesia, and with a point to prove that they just cant remember. So If you have a problem and nobody else can solve it.... maybe....just maybe...its time you rocked out with SMASH ROBOTS!