Amplifier - One of Manchester's most underrated bands

If you missed Amplifier and their fantastic first two albums, here's a chance to play catch up.

 With a sound that draws as much from post-rock’s  modernity as it does from the classic space rock grooves of the past, Amplifier’s resurgence into the music scene with 2011’s ‘The Octopus’ was not just a celebratory success story of sticking it to ‘the man’, but testament to the dogged determination that drives this unique Mancunian trio ever onwards. In the near 14 years of their existence, Amplifier have suffered from more than their fair share of the kind of pitfalls that the music industry can throw at a band, defiantly stuck two fingers up to the perceived manner of doing business and set about creating their own music for themselves and their fans. For an alternative band unafraid to toy with rock conventions, it was a steadfastly punk rock way of doing their own business.

1. It’s two hours long, has sixteen tracks, none of them short and several very long, and took four years to make
2. The Octopus was entirely self-funded and self-created
3. AMPLIFIER are a three piece rock band from Manchester. THE OCTOPUS is their widely and wildly acclaimed third album.
   

Fantastic video for Planet Of Insects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsJ_lzhiHb0

Free track to download
http://amplifier.bandcamp.com/track/planet-of-insects

UK TOUR
04-Dec NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/alttickets/home_amplifier.html
05-Dec GLASGOW CATHOUSE
http://www.triplegmusic.com
06-Dec YORK THE DUCHESS
https://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_northeast&query=detail&event=464930
07-Dec WOLVES SLADE ROOMS
http://www.wolvescivic.co.uk
08-Dec COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE
http://www.colchesterartscentre.com
09-Dec LONDON ISLINGTON ACADEMY
http://www.kililive.com
11-Dec MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3
http://www.kililive.com
12-Dec BRISTOL FLEECE
https://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=464760

Image by Sam Ryley.