insch

Created in 2014, from a long lasting childhood friendship between all three, the band has played tens of shows in Portugal’s most respected music venues, namely: Hard Rock Café, Paradise Garage, Hard Club Porto, Musicbox, Restart Auditorium, S. Jorge and Mundial Cinemas, Metro Street Fest Estoril, Balcony TV and Portugal 3.0 (national tv’s music show), just to name a few. Insch’s debut album, “Safe Haven”, was release in May 6th 2016, hitting “Portugal’s Top10” in its first weak of sales. This was without having a physical record deal nor an agency for booking and promotion. The album was produced by António Côrte-Real (UHF) and Wilson Silva (More Than A Thousand), featuring renown artists as Pedro Lousada (Blasted Mechanism). In a few months, the band conquered several thousand followers (+7k facebook, +13k instagram), solely supported by its live performances and fan interaction Music videos for insch’s first singles, “Bring Me Back” (https://youtu.be/l0YNf2oBTjs) and “Whenever You Call My Name” (https://youtu.be/mCIXFIElDn8), were directed by Portugal’s most respected directors – Zé Pinheiro (Xutos e Pontapés, Madredeus, Ornatos Violeta, etc.) and Filipe Santos (Legendary Tigerman, Frankie Chavez, etc.), having tens of thousand views. TVI (national broadcast network) chose insch’s singles “Bring Me Back” and “Whenever You Call My Name” to promote “Chicago Fire” (https://youtu.be/npEZf7DTl1w) and Portugal’s World Touring Car Championship stage (https://youtu.be/T7QQfPPYrXI), having aired in national tv for several weeks. The band has featured in national TV shows, radios and magazines such as SIC Radical’s CC, RTP2’s Portugal 3.0, CM Culture and tens of articles and local radios. “WYCMN” has been permanently, for several months, in Super FM’s top 10 requests list. Insch were considered “2015 band of the year” by BalconyTV Lisbon, worldwide platform dedicated to showcase new artists. Alternative rock band from Ericeira, Portugal