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The Law are four Dundonians who initially got together writing & playing songs as a means of venting frustration at birds and bosses. But, if it results in such bittersweet stomping songs as the ones they’ve produced thus far, it was well worth the agony. Consisting of Stevie Anderson (guitar), Martin Donald (drums), Simon Donald (bass) and Stuart Purvey (vocals), the band are firm favourites amongst a city finding itself buoyant with rock and roll belief and desire.
Several initial sessions at the T-Pot Studios with established producer Robin Wynn-Evans (Manic Street Preachers, Dodgy) and a UK tour with The View kick-started the band’s career in late 2006 and earned them nationwide interest. Over the past year their success has gone from strength to strength. Touring (again) with The View, Air Traffic and The Rascals (to name a few), The Law have been showing the country what they have to offer not forgetting of course their own UK national tour.
In the last year alone, The Law have gained UK recognition in the NME and national press as well as playlists, sessions and airplay on the mighty XFM network and Radio 1. With this recognition cemented at the end of last year with a Tartan Clef music award for ‘XFM best breakthrough act’, The Law look to take the UK indie scene by storm this year.
What has artistically emerged in that time has proved that they have nothing but killer pop songs oozing with sing-along choruses, classy guitar licks and, most importantly, pure gut to bring to the table. Hunger & hurt are laid bare whilst drums and staccato guitar pound out the stupidly brilliant melodies which get right under the skin. Just when you thought that songwriting was going to be relegated to pottery classes at the local library, along came a band with thumping tunes already smelling like classics. These are worn-in, earthy rhythms pumped with lyrics inspired by experiences spanning the emotive spectrum from suicide to love to heartache.
Now, having already released two successful Indie Chart-topping singles, ‘Milk & Honey’ (2nd April, 2007) and ‘Still Got Friday To Go’ (27th August, 2007), the guys are more than ecstatic about their set of ragingly amazing tunes and an exciting, as yet untitled debut album in the making. Punctured only by some one-off Scottish gigs and what will surely be a belter of a headline slot at this year’s T In The Park festival, the band will be keeping their heads down, spending most of their summer recording the album at the renowned Sawmills Studios in Cornwall (the birthplace of Oasis’ Definitely Maybe) with producer Stan Kybert (Paul Weller, Oasis, Massive Attack).
