The Hurriers : 0161 Festival, Manchester, 29/04/2016

The Hurriers, live at 0161 Festival, Moston Miners Centre, Manchester, UK, 29/04/2016.

Bio

In little under two years since their formation, Barnsley band The Hurriers have blazed a trail across the UK’s festivals and fundraisers. Fast gaining a reputation as the ‘go-to’ political band of the moment.

The Hurriers now release their debut long player “From Acorn Mighty Oaks” working with Sheffield producer Alan Smyth (Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Richard Hawley).

The South Yorkshire five-piece comprises Tony Wright-Vocals, Jamie Walman-Bass/vocals, Sam Horton-Guitar, Jim Proud-Guitar and Zak Wright-Drums.

The band called themselves “A proper socialist punk band” and since their formation in 2013 they’ve made a pretty deep impact. Billy Bragg invited them to play Glastonbury, they’ve played festivals with New Model Army and secured support slots with The Sleaford Mods, including at Sheffield’s O2 Academy.

It seems appropriate that a band steeped in the long history of working class struggle should also be a band that crosses generational lines (singer Tony and drummer Zak are father and son). Having some younger blood in the band seems to ignite The Hurriers and infuse them with an energy and pace that belies their combined ages. This is an incendiary band with guitars, SKA rhythms, harmonies and singalongs. You can hear echoes of bands like The Clash,The Redskins, The Jam, Gang Of Four and The Specials.

And their manifesto? Nothing short of “contributing to the overthrow of the corrupt capitalist system through the power of song”. And what songs they are!

Links

http://thehurriers.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/TheHurriers/
https://twitter.com/thehurriers
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmA4v7NJAfTsW9E_rU9fifw

0161 Festival :

http://www.0161festival.com/
https://www.facebook.com/0161Festival/

Moston Miners Community Arts and Music :

http://www.theminers.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/arts.music.community/

The Hurriers