Indie band attracting interest from record labels (From Warrington Guardian)

Indie band attracting interest from record labels

3:10pm Tuesday 10th November 2009

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AN up and coming indie pop band from Warrington has attracted interest from two major record labels.

Selfish Lovers, a four-piece, will meet representatives from BRM Music and Animal Music, in London, this Saturday.

The band has been together for about eight months and lead singer and song writer, Amy Bielizna, aged 23, said: “We’ve had a really good response so far and we’re excited about what the future holds for us.”

The Beautiful South’s Paul Heaton has been mentoring the band, which is also made up of Martin Paul Raynor, aged 35, on drums, Phil Bond, aged 28, on lead guitar, and Stephen Packam, aged 30, on rhythm guitar.

Amy, a former Woolston Community High School pupil who went on to study classical music at Hope University, Liverpool, said her musical icon was Debbie Harry, known as Blondie.

A Selfish Lovers album is now in the pipeline, which will feature strong synth sounds with a light-hearted pop twist.

Amy added: “Our image might be based around Blondie but the sound is all ours. It’s music that’s easy going and energetic.”

The band has already performed in Manchester venues such as The Roadhouse and Night & Day cafe but cites Warrington’s The Blue Bell pub as its favourite haunt because of the friendly atmosphere and good acoustics.

The band’s songs, with titles such as Summer Song, Good Time Girl and Dancer, draw on everyday situations that people can relate to.

Selfish Lovers rehearse at the Original Wire pub, on Orford Lane, three times a week and said they have constantly developed and tweaked their songs to keep them fresh.

Amy said: “We just want to get our foot in the door of the music industry, doing something that will make us happy.

“We’re all really good friends who work well together and really gel.”

For more information about the band visit myspace.com/selfishloversmusic

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