Honesty

Sometimes you have to look in the most unlikely of places to strike gold. As long as the ground you step on is rich and carefully maintained over the years then there’s a better chance you’re walking on foundations that have been built to last. Spycatcher come from a satellite town of London called Watford and the fruits of their past labours are truly finally starting to show. Made up with members of Gallows, Haunts, Cry For Silence and The New 1920; Spycatcher are more than just a sum of their previous endeavours. ‘Honesty’, the band’s debut album, is a record that shines with song-writing that’s been cultivated over the years.

From the opening track ‘Tabs’ to the end of the record you realise these guys have quite possibly made one of the best British debut albums of 2011. The record was written, recorded, mixed and mastered by the band themselves in their own studio in Watford. It delivers 12 outstanding, British indie punk tracks that integrate them in to the rising UK scene headed up by bands like Lower Than Atlantis, The Xcerts and Sharks.Since their inception in early 2010, Spycatcher have released debut EP titled ‘Rock Is Cursed’ and toured with an army of bands including The Get Up Kids, Walter Schreifels, Funeral For A Friend, We Are The Ocean, Kids In Glass Houses and Crime In Stereo. Spycatcher have tours booked with Everytime I Die and Saves The day at the tail end of 2011.