About Us
Official press release
nineteentwelve are five musicians from around Birmingham, England:
Gavin Saunders: guitar
Alex Theay: guitar, keyboard, backing vocals, trumpet
Gary Sheridan: lead and backing vocals, keyboard, guitar
Dave Sutheran: drums, lead and backing vocals, saxaphone
John Pierpoint: bass, mandolin
The band enjoyed their first taste of fame when their song “Please Take Me Away From Here” was featured on the 2011 Monty Maggot Records sampler compilation CD Allies & Clansmen, generating some excellent reviews. Along with airplay on BBC Radio and a string of UK gigs in 2011, this sparked a considerable interest in the group - interest that exploded with the October 2011 release of their debut album Waiting For No One.
Their second album, Elegy was released on 1st September 2013. This album built on the band’s reputation for writing intriguing lyrical stories wrapped in quality music, and introduced some more experimental ideas.
New World Order was released on 1st February 2016. This album reflects the progressive development of nineteentwelve’s music. The central elements of the band’s sound remain consistent beneath an evolution of melody and lyric that is broad and ambitious in scope. Highly respected artists Omenopus created a unique companion album, available as part of the same double-sleeve set. The Hybrid Project is a dazzling reworking of nineteentwelve tracks from across their career, brought together with imaginative vision by Omenopus’s main applicator Lee Potts, blending the ribbons of nineteentwelve’s music into a new and thought-provoking tapestry: a future dystopian struggle for survival, with unsettling echoes of the present. The music offers a radically different approach to nineteentwelve, an approach in line with the consistently shifting rhythms of Omenopus. It will impress followers of both acts.
Now - after a long wait - nineteentwelve are delighted to announce the release of their new album, No Place Like Home, on 17th September 2022. This is an exhilarating collection of nine new and original songs. Showcasing the band’s talent for compelling song writing, the album offers a fresh and energetic blend of powerful melodies, memorable hooks and emotive lyrics.
Ninetweentwelve have crafted a strong international reputation for their unique style, weaving exuberant rock with delicate neo-prog. No Place Like Home is a triumphant statement of everything the band represents: arresting musicianship, passionate vocals and the craft of songwriting.
The album was released on Monty Maggot Records on 17th September 2022, available as CD (MMCD014) and digital download via Spotify, Amazon, and direct from Monty Maggot Records.
All albums are available from Monty Maggot records (www.montymaggot.com).
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