Formed in late 2017, five-piece Oxford-based Ciphers have just released their EP 'Feed Their Fiction' with a headline show at the O2 Academy 2 Oxford.
The EP is described by Nightshift magazine as "offering frost-hearted midnight shoegaze shimmer and smoky jazz/blues across three songs that reward repeated listening, not ready to give up their charms too soon."
Their vast dynamic sound ranges from post-rock to post-punk, encompassing powerful vocals, interlocking guitars, and soaring crescendos, which has secured them support slots with international touring acts such as Maps & Atlases, The Underground Youth, Smiley & The Underclass, Saltwater Sun, and Ulysses Wells.
Future Tribes EP Release
We’re very proud to release this little one into the world today. Future Tribes EP is out now!
Bandcamp: https://ciphersband.bandcamp.com/album/future-tribes
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/future-tribes-single/1465313160
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3qRsRMWliiqb0jPrZJAfdB?si=kgFiM48OT4CCavp1xmmCvA
Maps & Atlases support 28th April 2019 O2 Academy 2 Oxford
We're going to be returning to the O2 Academy 2 Oxford on Sunday 28th April to support experimental midwestern Indie-pop outfit Maps & Atlases on the Oxford leg of their UK tour.
Recording: EP2
We're at Safehouse studio this weekend recording three tracks for our second EP which we're going to be releasing at the end of May.
Sofar stripped back performance at Tap Social
We've just played a secret sold out show for Sofar Sounds at Tap Social. The Sofar film crew are putting together a live video of one of the tracks for us, which we will release soon!
Feed Their Fiction EP Release
Feed Their Fiction EP is out now on Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify and all other major platforms.
Bandcamp: https://ciphersband.bandcamp.com
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/feed-their-fiction-single/1449653775
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5B777B5ymrlXlOCGbiPJCs
Feed Their Fiction EP - Nightshift Review
CIPHERS ‘Feed their Fiction’
(Self released)
Having excelled in the Halloween fancy dress stakes at Oxjam last year it’s no surprise to hear Ciphers get their goth on on their debut EP, the band – featuring Kid Kin’s Pete Lloyd alongside two former members of The Beckoning Fair Ones – offering frost-hearted midnight shoegaze shimmer and smoky jazz/blues across three songs that reward repeated listening, not ready to give up their charms too soon.
Opener ‘Howl’, for example, feels slight initially, a brooding, twinkling slice of drama queen goth-pop, but revealing itself more fully third time round, and with the volume cranked significantly higher, some seriously heavy duty bass kicking in as the song emerges from its own flames.
‘Innocents’ is the best of the three, Pete, and Kieran Spriggs’ guitars going the full shoegaze blizzard, swarming around Mila Todd and Lindsey’s interlocking vocals to create something not unlike Skin from Skunk Anansie fronting Slowdive.
There’s an almost folky feel to ‘Awake’, but it too rises to something epic across its seven-minute duration and if Ciphers might do well to really unleash their inner witch, let their musical flames take hold, they’ve got the power and potential to become a force to reckon with.
Dale Kattack
Read online: http://nightshiftmag.co.uk/2019/feb.pdf
The Wheatsheaf, Oxford
Still hot from their killer set at If Not Now, When? No Violet are back in Oxford to pick up the pieces of their devastating set. We can't wait for Bristol's finest grunge fuzz heroes to come back to town.
Super local supports from Self Help who play their first Schism show since 2017 and ace new comers Ciphers who have just headlined the O2 for their EP launch!
Tickets and More Information
O2 Academy 2 Oxford
After just coming off tour with Coheed and Cambria, the experimental midwestern Indie-pop outfit Maps & Atlases come to O2 Academy Oxford on Sunday 28th April! Support for this show comes from the talented locals Ciphers, Sam Martin UK and Ideal Marriage!
O2 Academy2 Oxford
Sunday 28th April 2019
Doors open – 7pm
Curfew – 11pm
The Bullingdon, Oxford
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HowlCiphers Buyhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ae-p/system/music/file/135844/1549819706.mp3https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ae-p/system/music/file/135844/1549819706.mp3Howl
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InnocentsCiphers Buyhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ae-p/system/music/file/135845/1549819752.mp3https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ae-p/system/music/file/135845/1549819752.mp3Innocents
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