The Hosts

Signed to legendary independent label Fierce Panda, produced by the one and only Richard Hawley and hand-picked by Suede to support them over the Summer, in The Hosts’ world no chorus can be big enough. Their wall-of-soundscape has been known to take in Buddy Holly, Phil Spector, The Velvet Underground, The Beach Boys and Jonathan Fire*Eater.

Tours with Paul Weller, The Walkmen and the aforementioned Richard Hawley helped the quintet tickle the underbelly of the mainstream beast, while the terrific ‘September Song’ and ‘Give Your Love To Her’, two raffish slabs of retro alt.pop, waltzed all over the nations radio waves, running on rotation on the B-list for BBC 6 Music and the C-list for the Radio 2. We reckon the A-list beckons for these lads…