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A practical overview of nineplanfailed for promoters, bookers, press, and festivals.
Hailing from South Wales, nineplanfailed deliver a sharp, physical brand of post-punk and alt-noise. Combining bass, guitar, synth, drums, and dual vocals with razor-sharp precision, their dynamic set balances raw repetition with intense, atmospheric release.
Having returned with fresh material and an upgraded live presence, the trio brings an engaging, controlled noise to venue and festival lineups alike.
(For fans of Gang of Four, XTC, The Strokes)
nineplanfailed emerged from the South Wales underground with a sound built on abrasion, rhythm and unease.
From the beginning, the band have been less interested in recreating post-punk than in using its raw materials: guitars that cut rather than decorate, bass that drives everything forward, drums that pin the songs in place, and vocals that move somewhere between chant, confrontation and collapse.
Their debut EP, originally released through Death Monkey Records, established that approach early and has since returned in remastered form.
After a long period of silence, nineplanfailed resurfaced with the same underlying friction but considerably less interest in wasting space. The current incarnation is leaner, more deliberate and more exact about what the songs are trying to do.
Across recent material, themes of control, masculinity, identity, family, social pressure and things quietly falling apart repeatedly surface — usually without offering the listener the comfort of explaining exactly what they should think about them.
Live, the band are direct, physical and deliberately short on ornamentation.
Recent releases have included house and Your P*rn Is Not My P*rn, alongside the live album Hydrus Live, capturing the band in a considerably less controlled environment.
The current run of recordings was made at Cardiff's Evolution Studio with producer Joe Gibb, whose credits include Jane's Addiction, The Cure and Depeche Mode. Rather than approaching the sessions as a conventional album campaign, the band are releasing the material piece by piece.
Next comes The Protector — a song concerned with protection, threat, masculinity, family and the uncomfortable point at which those ideas begin to overlap.
Festival and club appearances continue alongside the releases, with nineplanfailed occupying their preferred position somewhere between post-punk, noise, repetition and whatever happens when three people decide a song probably doesn't need another chorus.
“Wow... anything that’s got me reaching for an Andy Gill comparison has got to be good.”
Adam Walton, BBC Introducing“Rather brilliant... Welsh, and amazing.”
Nick Tann, Fresh Music Fix“A gem... it’s passionate, has emotion and you can dance to it.”
John Shortland, Beat Review Magazine