Shy and the fight

[Courtesy of Wikipedia] The band formed following Tom Hyndman's departure from Out From Animals / Scams, following Scams' performance at SXSW, in 2010. Initially they were a 6-piece, with the later addition of Williams on drums. A first 'Shy and the Fight' EP at the tail end of 2010, with a limited CD pressing, sold out. The EP came to the attention of BBC Radio Wales Adam Walton, who quickly playlisted the band for his show. A booking for the Stop Making Sense festival 2010 in Croatia soon followed. April 2011 saw the use of the ep track `How To Stop An Imploding Man` as the soundtrack to the Jack Wills controversial Easter 2011 Advertising Campaign. The Campaign was ultimately banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The track also picked up additional BBC Radio 1 airplay from Jen Long, alongside further national attention from the Welsh media alongside an appearance at the 2011 Chester Rocks festival. At Adam Walton's request, the band recorded a BBC Introducing session with John Lawrence (musician) of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci in early 2011. Following success with the session, Walton placed them in his BBC Wales Music Blog tips for 2012. 2012 saw the completion of a set of recording sessions in Chester with producer Gary Lloyd, the renowned composer responsible for virtually all of Alan Moore's spoken word material soundtracks including Brought to Light. The band released their debut single 'All That We See or Seem / Breaks ' on April 29th 2012 via newly formed independent Welsh Record label Popty Ping. The single was released via limited edition (500 only) orange vinyl 7" , attracting acclaimed reviews. and further airplay from Radio 1's Jen Long, Adam Walton, BBC Merseyside's Dave Monks, BBC East Midlands Dean Jackson and Amazing Radio's Shell Zenner. The band then played shows with Ed Sheeran, The Daydream Club, Gideon Conn, The Travelling Band & Nile Marr. The first single release was supplemented with appearances band at the Wychwood Festival 2012, at the request of BBC 6 music's Tom Robinson. and the Sŵn festival 2012, curated by Huw Stephens and John Rostron. The Swn appearance collated reviews in God is in the TV[15] Virtual festivals and others. A second ep is pencilled in for an early 2013 release. Steve Lamacq gave preview track Stop Motion a first play on Radio 2 in November 2012 www.shyandthefight.co.uk http://shyandthefight.bigcartel.com