Our good friend and Satellite Radio Subscriber Andy Halford told Ted Kelly about a brilliant band from his family's home town. (Andy took all the photos for the 2008 WorldSpace Sessions@Abbey Road including those of Brigade...above!) During their performance in Studio 2, the band lived up to their European acclaim. Read what the biggest names in Brit Rock say about Brigade:
'...they're all about the songs. And the songs are uniformly good, shading to fucking great. Tonight they sound absolutely huge, the slivers of Placebo-esque pop genius still shining through but threatening to be over-whelmed by the sheer scale of the glacial riffs and devastatingly pinpoint rhythmic thrust. For an outfit still in its relative infancy they have an astounding grasp of dynamics - of what to put where for maximum effect. The result is a band who can rock like megalithic motherfuckers when called for but who also understand the concepts of taste and restraint...' KERRANG!
'...a towering beast of a rock band!' NME 8/10
'...'Lights' is simply a muscular, dynamic and genre-defying modern rock record, bristling with its own ideas and a strong sense of self.' KERRANG! 4/5
'...they're sure to accomplish truly great things. This is guitar music at its most pure and vital...If we had more bands like Brigade to reinforce the strength of our homegrown music scene, who knows what heights it could reach.' ROCKSOUND 8/10
'Brigade may become what has been needed for so long, a British band that appreciate, create, and are loyal to rock music in it's purest form.' TUNED 9/10