- Honeytrap
Honeytrap are a rock band from
Coventry ,England , consisting of Big Dan on guitar and lead vocals, Little Dan on violin and vocals, Matt Triangle on bass guitar and vocals, and Chris Woods on drums.The band have toured widely within England, mostly around the Coventry and London areas. As a duo, Big and Little Dan have toured in
New York ,Spain andJapan , also under the name Honeytrap. They have released several records independently (see Discography below), but since renaming themselves they have been signed to local indie labelTough Love Records . They have released an EP, "The Naked Dancing EP", and recently released their debut album,Follies In Great Cities .History
Originally named Mawda, the band formed in November 2001 at the city's
University of Warwick . In October 2005, the band were reborn as Honeytrap at a gig in Coventry's popular Tin Angel bar. At this point they dropped many fan favourite songs such as Money Is Your God, Blood Lips and Get The Fuck Off My Radio.Press Coverage
Until early 2007, the band largely operated without recognition from the national music press. However, their release, "Let's Do Naked Dancing", gained them airplay on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 6 show and London's
XFM . Favourable reviews have also been forthcoming in low profile music magazines and websites.On March 16th 2007,
David Bowie put Honeytrap's single "Mussolini’s Son" top of his listening list in his weekly column forThe Times [cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1520809.ece |title=These could be heroes |accessdate=2007-03-16 ]Review Quotes
* "…brilliant…" Steve Lamacq
* "fills the gaping chasm left after les incompetents split" "…shame they're so ugly!" Vice Magazine
* "Pretty cool" Drowned In SoundDiscography
Singles:
* MSN Stole My Girlfriend (2004) (As Mawda)
* Mussolini's Son - Tough Love Records (2007)EPs:
* The Skinny EP (2002) (As Mawda)
* Blood Lips EP (2003) (As Mawda)
* Andy The Freefaller/Death Before the Silver Screen - Tough Love Records (2006)
* The Naked Dancing EP - Tough Love Records (2007)Albums:
*Follies In Great Cities - Tough Love Records (2008)Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.mawda.co.uk/ Mawda]
* [http://www.honeytrap.org/ Honeytrap]
* [http://www.toughloverecords.com/main.htm Tough Love Records]
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