Band Biog / 'The First Two Years' 18/01/2011

Solutions are a progressive post hardcore band from Cardiff, South Wales. Formed in the Summer of 2008, the band take inspiration in both method and aesthetic from their forward thinking punk and post-punk forefathers, with the spirit and visceral intelligence of bands like Fugazi, These Arms Are Snakes, Manic Street Preachers, Hot Water Music, Kubichek and Husker Du unmistakably apparent in Solutions artistic endeavours to date. A resolute persistence and a strong DIY approach has already seen Solutions share the stage with established acts such as HOT WATER MUSIC, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, PAINT IT BLACK, THE MISFITS, SHARKS, STRIKE ANYWHERE, LEATHERFACE, PULLED APART BY HORSES and more.

As well as playing their part in some incredible live shows, Solutions have also received regular airplay on BBC Radio Wales thanks to some heavy support in the form of Adam Walton, whom the band recorded a studio session for in January 2009, and also from Bethan Elfyn, whom the band recorded a live session for as part of a BBC Introducing show.

In December 2009, the band self released their debut album, ‘Before The Roars’, to widespread critical acclaim, garnering particularly high praise in Rock Sound magazine, earning the band a ‘Hot New Music’ feature in the same issue. In June 2010, the band recorded and released four brand new tracks for a split EP with Cardiff post-hardcore quintet Goodtime Boys.

March 2011 will see the physical and digital release of a seventeen track retrospective record entitled 'The First Two Years' via Seven Records. The track listing for the release is as follows...

1) Fighting Tigers
2) The Rest Will Follow
3) I Turned To Knife Crime
4) You Can’t Outnumber A Mathematician
5) A Devil Among The Dancers
6) Where The Good Ships Go To Sink
7) Sons Of Daughters
8) Mary Anne, Come Out Tonight
9) Young Loins
10) Ghost Writers
11) Mexican Waves
12) In Threes
13) Apparatus Separator
14) A Devil Among The Dancers
15) Young Hearts
16) To Die A Pioneer!
17) Stone Cobras

Tracks 1 – 9 taken from the ‘Before The Roars’ LP, self-released in December 2009
Tracks 10 – 13 taken from Solutions/Goodtime Boys Split EP, self-released in April 2010
Tracks 14, 15 & 16 taken from the BBC Wales Introducing sessions for Adam Walton, recorded in February 2009.
Track 17 is an unreleased track from the ‘Fighting Tigers’ promo sessions, recorded in July 2009.
Tracks 1 – 13 & 17 recorded with Todd Campbell @ Skwad HQ.
Tracks 14, 15 & 16 recorded with Carl Bevan @ The Shed.