John James Newman, Stevie Jones, Quest Quinton, Ollie Richmond-Jones, Lydia Cascarino-Close, Jamie Bruce.
Influences
The Velvet Hearts
The Velvet Hearts were born in 2007. Frustrated with the industry, the band started posting live performances of their gigs on the website YouTube. These videos achieved phenomenal success, notching up a whopping 300,000 hits in just six weeks, gathering more subscribers than megastars Gwen Stefani and Gorillaz.
Their unique style, killer hooks and emotive lyrics are a result of Newman and Jones' songwriting partnership, a journey that began in the music room in their early school days.
The ballsy rock edged sound of The Hearts certainly pays homage to rootsy rock'n'roll, but they are more than just a blues-rock band, their songs are stooped in emotion and offer the listener something more than your token ‘rock band’.
Grammy award winning producer Mark Pastoria stumbled across the band on YouTube and word of The Velvet Hearts spread to his studio in Motown. Only a few weeks later The Velvet Hearts flew to Detroit and recorded their debut album 'Into The World'.
.
i love the newer songs, but soul sister sister will always be my favorite, I worked it out on piano & my band are doing a cover of it for my 6th form's battle of the bands. xxx
hey guys, just wanted to check in from the west coast, its been a while. ty for the new songs, truly wonderful as usual. and, please feel free to send anything you can think of my way that will help me promote you over yonder in the USofA.
Hey there guys it's been awhile since I've got to drop by and show some love.Hope 2008 is treating ya well.Whens is the website going to be up and running?
You gave an awesome performance at the Wedgewood Rooms last night. Much appreciated. Looking forward to your next gig in Portsmouth in July. Good luck with the album - send a message when it's released and I'll get a copy.
