Search - Working for a Nuclear Free City :: Rocket

Following their critically-acclaimed, eponymously titled debut album, the ever-prolific Working For A Nuclear Free City release four brand new tracks with the Rocket EP. Their debut album found favor with fans of dance music, electronica and indie for its wide-ranging musical styles and textures. Rocket looks set to do the same, encompassing loose, Beta Band-style grooves, neat Krautrock touches and even a spoken word intro (Shangri-Las, eat your heart out). Working For A Nuclear Free City began as a studio project involving Gary McClure and Phil Kay (keys/production). In 2004, they took to the stage, recruiting Phil's brother Jon on drums and Ed Hulme on bass. The impetus was simple: they were sick of seeing terrible bands on the local circuit and they thought they could do better. WFANFC's confidence isn't borne of arrogance -- it comes from a desire to find something new in music, to push boundaries back and to never, ever stop thinking about the way songs, sounds and music take shape. It's an approach that's found favor with many bands -- like-minded or otherwise -- who have called on the band for remixes. The Rakes, Polytechnic, Shitdisco, Archie Bronson Outfit, The Whip and Starsailor have all received the WFANFC treatment, although the finished product often sounds more like the work of the remixer than the remixee. With plaudits for the album across the board and a reputation as an intense, heads-down live band, it seems WFANFC have begun to achieve what they set out to do. Sampled acoustic guitar, spacey piano refrains and far-away vocals all blend to create a completely new Mancunian sound.