Archive of Band of the month - June 2009

The Waits

Indie, new wave band, The Waits, are based in Coalville and have gained a solid reputation since they appeared on the local scene. In June they were the overall winning band in the Empire Band of the Land Competition, playing a strong set of their modern sounding indie songs on the upstairs stage at Leicester Square. The trio of musicians comprises three best friends: Dave Hammersley, Jake Moretta and Scott Powell. The band played in the Surface Unsigned competition on Friday 20th February and qualified for the next round and got the industry vote. The reviewer at that gig wrote: " Their sound is upbeat, melody-driven Indie-Rock distinguished by some excellent songs full of vocal and guitar hooks. Dave has a great voice (and some well used backing vocals from both Jake and Scott) which fits their sound perfectly; he is also a strong, engaging frontman for a band with an all-round confident and charismatic stage manner" and concluded that they were a band with real potential. Good vocals, modern upbeat songs and catchy melodies make the Waits a band with a growing following in Leicestershire.

The Waits

Previous bands of the month

The Manhattan Project, Backline, Messini Assault, Beat Club, The Utopians, Breek, Subdude, Full Circle, Forty More Autumns, Razmataz, Smoking the Profit, The Heroes, The Truth, The Chairmen (Oct 08), Kids in Cars (Nov 08), Formal Warning (Dec 08), The Steptoos (January 09), The Pennyhangers (February 09), Project Notion (March 09). Skam# (April 09), Shortwave Fade (May 09)