Welcome to Motion Theory, an alt-rock band from the UK. Our 2011 EP, 'It's not as dark as that, Friend'  is NOW AVAILABLE.
You can play it on the site-wide music player at the bottom of the screen, or head to the Media page for music and videos.  
If you like the music you can
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The Grand Masterplan...

...is to play more gigs and make more music.  It should be a simple enough thing to achieve. 

On the gigs front we have a couple in our diary that we would advise you enter into yours.  First up is a show at the MONTO WATER RATS in the Kings Cross area, London.  This is on Tuesday 24th Jan so it is a last minute affair!  It is free to all who accept the Facebook event. The next one after that will be on the 25th February at THE BOWERY in London.

On the music front, we have been having a few writing sessions in Jamie's new London flat, and for once we haven't been surrounded by all of our gear.  It has been a fairly stripped back affair with lots of weird but wonderful computer based sounds mixing in with clean (and sometimes not so clean) guitar noises.  The musical ideas have been plentiful, and we hope that they start magically forming songs very soon.  We hope.  And pray...

We all hope to see you at a gig/for a pint soon.  January will be less miserable this way.

MTx

PS: hands up who read our 'best of 2011' email and has made it to this point?  You have done too much reading and should now go and sleep.

Goodwill bingo

Heylo,

Merry festive bananas to you all. Have a lovely sausage.

BBC stoke were kind enough to play two of our recorded noises on their 'Best of 2011' show. We're very pleased, thanks chaps.

Here's to 2012. May it not bring the end of the world, but perhaps the end of the world as we know it. There's a few things not quite right about the current iteration, so perhaps a few upgrades courtesy of a mayan prophesy wouldn't go amiss.

Have a good one,
Love.

The Redder, The Better!

Just a quick update from us in this season of goodwill and festive cheer...

Thankfully, in our last writing session, a bit of good ol' positive thinking spurred our lager afflicted amp back into life: 

orange light of joy

This resulted in a very happy chappy :)



Since our relocation to London, we've finally begun to settle back in to our 'writing mode' where real songs emerge out of space funk lounge jams.  Some ideas are stranger than ever...

From all of us here in MT, 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We'll see you soon...


xx


*Dasher
**Dancer
***Comet

:)

Whoops, there goes another...

Roighto,
Firstly thanks a bunch if you came to see us on Friday night. The Good Ship was a lovely place to play, the other bands, (Matt Midgley in particular) were great and it was great to see so many friends old and new in one place.
Apologies *again* for the elephant in the room, the drink in the amp. That was embarassing and forced us to change the set pretty substantially from what we wanted, as well as delaying everything and keeping you all waiting. We always want to put on the best show we can and we didn't quite manage it on Friday.

That said we had a great time and you all seemed to enjoy it!

As always there will (eventually) be some photos and stuff kicking around, and if you liked what you heard you can get it right in the privacy of your own bathroom and download our EP in the shop. Those of you who signed the mailing list will get very occasional info about where we're playing next, we'll keep you posted!

Hope to see you again sometime soon,
Love
Dom.

Gig this Friday...

Hey all,

Just a quick post to remind people of our gig in London, our new home, this Friday.  It's at The Good Ship in Kilburn which is on the Jubilee Line for all you London-savvy peeps. (Yes, we sound like Northerners because we are!)  Set time = 10pm so plenty of time to hit the bar beforehand.  £5 entry

To whet your appetite, check out this performance of 'Let's pave over the Sea' on the NME website.

See you all there.  It should be a pretty intense affair.

The menfolk from MT x
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Reviews:
"Epic qualities with a vast dynamic range...The reviews for this EP have been universally positive and have earned the band their first national exposure as well as generous regional praise.  There is no doubt that the EP is worthy of such acclaim. 8/10"
Dutch Progressive Rock Page 2 November 2011

"I have found myself really enjoying what the band has done here...memorable, enjoyable, and promising"
Conor Fynes, Progarchives, 3 October 2011

"Extended, eloquent strands of epic, soaring rock...Motion Theory have again, produced something quite magical here" 
Manchester Music Record of the Month 31 Aug 2011

"The professional and tasteful musicianship further emphasizes the fantastic songwriting exemplified throughout" Sea of Tranquility, 1 August 2011

It's easy to see why they've won competitions for songwriting...this CD is definitely worth getting" Congleton Chronicle 28 July 2011

"The very sonic definition of over-egging the pudding" MEN CityLife, 8 July 2011

"Motion Theory have far more ideas than any band their age should, by right, possess"
Dutch Progressive Rock Page, 6 Mar 2010

"Manchester's reigning head boys of cerebral heavy rock, combining the dense, almost industrial textures of Nine Inch Nails with the expansive, anthemic rock dynamics of Muse and Radiohead"
MEN CityLife, 15 Jan 2010

"clearly a highly talented band"
Subba-Cultcha, November 09

"top notch alt prog rock"  Room Thirteen, October 09

"this band have all the makings of something special indeed"  Manchester Music, September 09

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