The Arcadian Kicks
Indie / Rock

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The Band

Becky Pennington - vocals / sax / keyboards
Becky Wilson - lead vocalist
Harry Grainger - Drums
Tom Holloway - Guitar
Tommy Kelly - Bass

About us


When was the last time a band captivated it’s audience with a timeless look and inner beauty that is only bestowed on the very few. The Arcadian Kicks are two girls, three boys all eighteen summers old. They combine soaring melodic beauty with hard-edged sax, soulful guitar soundscapes and pounding tribal rhythms contained by a wall of sub bass.


Their music and lyrics are influenced by the world and their place within it by The Sounds ,The Subways ,Cajun Dance Party, Zeppelin, Julie Driscoll and early Fleetwood Mac. A heady c@cktail that works its dependable magic to such affect that every audience will submit themselves to a band that has mesmerising stage presence and unbelievable musicianship. As their following and reputation grows, so will the clamour for their attention from a media, hungry for the next musical phenomenon.
At the band's request we started a monthly residency called Arcadian Kicks Club Night in a fantastic underground jazz bar called The Bash Bar in Central Birmingham. The band themselves chose to also support other local bands by asking them down to do warm up slots. Word soon spread it was the place to catch fresh new bands plus regular guest dj sets. Those allnighters have gone down in folklore with regular write ups as the highlight of the weekend in The Birmingham Mail What's On guide. We ended up having to move the venue of the club night to the larger Sunflower Lounge round the corner.

It was off the back of these gigs the band got there first big breaks when they were asked to play In The City in Manchester and they have also recently played the Isle of Wight Festival in June 2008 on The Big Top Stage with Feeder, NYPC and The Music. The band were given the accolade of the band to watch in 2008 by The Birmingham Post and they have their first tv appearance to look forward to this Summer when they are due to play live on Alan McGee's Death Disco show.

Their following and reputation grew when the band collaborated with a fresh young production company called Carefully Crafted Media who had just scooped the Music & Experimental award at the Wood Green International Film Festival in London. The result of this burgeoning partnership is the first ever Arcadian Kicks pop video for a brand new song "Standing in The Road". Filmed across three nights in the studio, in concert and on the no. 9 bus to one of their own gigs at The Sunflower Lounge in Birmingham the promo shows the band at ease with their talent and hungry to prove that their growing reputation will be totally justified.

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http://www.bebo.com/badge/5397609164

Or on myspace at:
http://www.myspace.com/thearcadiankicks

or on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Arcadian-Kicks/6933106949

For Press or booking contact…

Jon Brookes:
jonny1beat@aol.com

Ian Light:
ianlight2@aol.com