“If you were tempted by The Parlotones’
  last two singles Beautiful and Louder
  Than Bombs — both reviewed by
  MotorBar — you’ll love the band’s album
  Radiocontrolledrobot. The two singles
  were taken from the album and are
  fantastic — but that’s not the end of it...”
 
THE PARLOTONES ARE NOTHING IF NOT DYNAMIC.
Not content with releasing two great singles, Radiocontrolledrobot — the band's latest album that was so well-received in their native South Africa — is due to hit the airwaves with a jolt in the UK and looks set to follow the success it had on the other side of the world.

Beautiful and Louder Than Bombs have proved The Parlotones talent, but Radiocontrolledrobot is an album laden with exciting and innovative tracks to take this talent one stage further.

Overexposed is a passionate, if typical, Parlotones' offering and the amazing Radiocontrolledrobot title track is an electronics whizz; Dragonflies & Astronauts has folk overtones with its words and its delivery, but it has also been given a Parlotonian air. We love Pretend — a really great, clever sound — and you simply rush into Rock, Paper, Scissors! Wonderfully melodic, Here Comes A Man is addictive and could easily be taken off the album as another single. The resonance and ensuing beat of final track Tiny is absolutely enchanting — a track with clever musical note-juggling and tricky harmonies. Do we like The Parlotones? Of course we do!

To paraphrase William Shakespeare: If Music Be The Food Of Love… Play On… and on… and on...

Radiocontrolledrobot rocks — and it will be bouncing into action on its 26 May (2008) release. Don't miss it!

Tracklisting: Louder Than Bombs | Overexposed | Beautiful | Radiocontrolledrobot | Dragonflies & Astronauts | Colourful | Interlude (The Impossible) | Pretend | Rock, Paper, Scissors | Martyr | Here comes A Man | Tiny.

Check out www.myspace.com/theparlotones.

"The Parlotones are nothing if not dynamic… Radiocontrolledrobot — the band's latest album that was so well-received in their native South Africa — is due to hit the airwaves with a jolt in the UK and looks set to follow the success it had on the other side of the world" — MotorBar

“Help yourself to another slice of
  melody-driven pop! Hot on the heels
  of a sell-out UK tour earlier this year —
  when they sizzled on stage and melted
  fans into total submission — South
  Africa’s rising stars, The Parlotones,
  are back with another fantastic
  single that promises to be Louder
  Than Bombs...”
 
CRASH-LANDING ON OUR SHORES this month (May, 2008) is The Parlotones' South African Music Awards-winning album Radiocontrolledrobot — and the new release Louder Than Bombs is the second single to be taken off this remarkable album.

Having made their welcome return to Europe (and in particular to England!) with a tour throughout March and April, The Parlotones are now back home in their native land on a 16-show tour that ends in Durban on 1 June (2008). The band is experiencing phenomenal success in South Africa with performances that are sold out well in advance and the band's profile is set to soar in the UK with the Summer temperatures. Selected shows in South Africa will be filmed for an upcoming DVD release to be announced shortly.



The first stop on their European tour was Switzerland, where they were invited to perform at the Bscene 2008 Festival. The Bscene Festival is the biggest indoor music festival in Switzerland, with over 50 bands performing in eight different venues. After having sell-out arenas for the past eleven years, the twelfth Annual BScene Festival drew an enthusiastic, music-hungry crowd.

Having stormed Switzerland, the boys rampaged on through Germany to blitz five shows — three of which saw The Parlotones opening for NME cover darlings, The Wombats, during their sell-out shows in Berlin, Munich and Hamburg.

Next stop was eleven stellar shows in the UK, one of which was at the 100 club — a highlight of the band's tour. A legendary venue, it has seen the likes of the esteemed Jimmy Hendrix and The Sex Pistols rocking on stage.

Two of the UK shows saw The Parlotones open for multi-platinum selling Ocean Colour Scene who were publicly praised by Noel Gallagher for "Keeping the rock 'n' roll flame burning during the 90s".

The Parlotones' two albums, A World Next Door To Yours and Radiocontrolledrobot, went Gold simultaneously — the former going Gold in three months and steadily heading for platinum success. Having achieved this album success, now the new single, Louder Than Bombs, with its happy and professional music is full of promise to follow in the footsteps
of the albums.

Laden with life, laughter and dance-inducing beats, Louder Than Bombs is great to listen to and bursts with a devilish, frenzied resonance that simply tips you out of your seat.
This definitely marks the next level for The Parlotones. Louder Than Bombs is Devil's Foodcake on CD. Don't miss out. To steal a line from William Shakespeare: If Music Be The Food Of Love… Play On.

• Louder Than Bombs is available now (released in the UK on 5 May, 2008).
• Radiocontrolledrobot — available to humans from 26 May (2008).

"Louder Than Bombs is Devil's Foodcake on CD" — Maggie Woods, MotorBar

Check out www.myspace.com/theparlotones.

The Parlotones' South African Tour:

18 May: The Barnyard Theatre Menlyn, Pretoria | 20 May: The Boma Theatre, Alberton
21 May: The Barnyard Theatre Cresta, Randburg | 28 May: The Barnyard Theatre Cresta,
Randburg | 01 June: Durban Botanical Garden, Durban

“A magical blend of rock indie pop with
  seductive vocals and instrumentals  —
  The  Parlotones unleashed!”
 
A SULTRY OFFERING from South Africa's finest chart-toppers comes in a full-out invasion of an electrifying blend of emo indie, washed up on the UK shores by a fantastic band, The Parlotones.

Listen to Beautiful — just when you think you've got something here, you find you're hearing 60s and 70s sounds that meld with up-to-the-minute beats to hook you in and make you beg for more. The Parlotones are absolutely one of the best bands to come out of the 'Dark Continent' this century!

The publicity machine says: "Packed with more passion than the South African scrum, The Parlophones' songs merge innovative and authentic ideas with their trademark pop melodies. Led by showman and front man Kahn Morbee, the hotly-tipped quartet will kick off the year with a bang by serving up their four-track EP — Beautiful — on 18 February (2008)."

Handpicked as the soundtrack for Fujifilm's Irish television advertising campaign, Beautiful was the single to kick-start it all outside of South Africa — and what a beginning! In recognition of the band's genius, the Gold-selling Radiocontrolledrobot (released in 2008 in the UK) was named the SAMA Best Rock Album at the South Africa's Music Awards (the equivalent of the UK Brits) and spawned three top ten singles including a number one.

The publicity machine tells us: "Already chalking up the kudos from both peers and music fans, the rockers are set to share a stage with Razorlight in South Africa after Johnny Borrell requested a club show with a top South African band. The Parlotones were the obvious choice! Heroes to their people, The Parlotones were invited to perform at this year's Nelson Mandela's 46664 aids awareness concert in Johannesburg and made history when they became the first artistes to perform twice at the Coca Cola Colab Massive Mix concerts, the biggest international music festival South Africa has ever seen. Last year it attracted the likes of Metallica, The Rasmus, Fat Boy Slim, Stereo MCs and the Audio Bullies."

The Parlotones are no strangers to stadium crowds and have opened for super-group Live on their Black Mountain White Light tour in October, with sell-out performances in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. This was followed by an invitation to perform at Live Earth South Africa as well as the band being voted 'Music Stars of the Year' at the YOU Awards.

Their debut UK single, the delightful Dragonflies & Astronauts, has been nominated for
two international awards, including the world renowned ResFest Digital Film Festival (www.resfest.com) for best video — the boys hope for similar success with Beautiful
and they deserve to get it because it is Beautiful exactly as it says on the tin.

• The Parlotones four-track EP Beautiful is to be released on 18 February (2008), followed by the album Radiocontrolledrobot later in the year. Tracklist: Beautiful | Pretend | Tiny | Here Comes A Man.

"I've had a listen and they're really good!" — Rav Singh, News Of The World

"The Parlotones are absolutely one of the best bands to come out of the 'Dark Continent' this century!" — Maggie Woods, MotorBar

Check out www.myspace.com/theparlotones and www.theparlotones.com.

Video links

Fujifilm Advertisement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpB4F0bbn2o

The Parlotones' new single Beautiful: www.youtube.com/watch?
v=TJheWfvuofc&feature=related