ThisCity have been already been described in review as “like The Travelling Wilburys if it was made of members of Bloc Party and At The Drive In”. Maybe if you throw in the eyeball-popping nuances of Blood Brothers, the same turn-on-a-sixpence disco-jerk rhythms of the more danceable end of punk (think Les Savy Fav or !Forward Russia!), the impassioned cacophony of mid 80s Dischord Records-led emotional hardcore, the pop sensibility of tykes such as The Automatic and subtract the reference to Tom Petty and co, we might just be inclined to agree…

ThisCity formed and reside in Brighton in 2006 having met at a tattoo convention. Since stabilising their line-up with new drummer Nick Burdette (two of their previous drummers departed to join The Pipettes and Architects) they’ve quickly established themselves as one of the surest bets in the UK’s thriving underground scene.

ThisCity are five young men who look like they were born to share a stage with one another and who play with an almost telepathic ability. A blur of swinging fringes and speed-skinny legs, live ThisCity are an engaging and explosive force.

With their US counterparts having had a monopoly on the anthemic, life-affirming end of hardcore for some years now, ThisCity are part of a renaissance of UK bands who can’t fully relate to Stateside accents and songs about shopping malls (cf Gallows, Ghost Of A Thousand, Kids In Glass Houses etc) and instead are making the music that best represents their lives.

In their short career, they’ve already done numerous live radio sessions, including sessions for XFM and a Radio 1 session for Huw Stephens who was the first person to play next single ‘We Move’ and recently invited the band to perform on his Radio 1 Introducing Stage at this years Latitude Festival. They also recently supported Rival Schools on their comeback tour - which was a dream come true for the band - and a pretty heavy introduction to life in ThisCity for their brand new drummer. Previously, ThisCity have supported the likes of Biffy Clyro, Future Of The Left, Sparta, CapDown and The Ghost Frequency and been lauded by everyone from Fierce Panda’s Simon Williams to Steve Lamacq to NME to The Guardian. With a tongue somewhere in the vicinity of their cheek, the latter wryly described ThisCity as “a bunch of neo-post-quasi-sub-pseudo-new-wave kids who operate at the interface between nu rave and emo”, and noted that ThisCity have “been on the road so much they've colonised most of the nation's seedy dives”.

ThisCity's debut single ‘Romantic’/‘With Loaded Guns’ was released on Club Fandango/Fierce Panda on September 10 2007 and sold out immediately garnering much acclaim in the underground and a small legion of followers. Two slabs of uplifting dance floor punk built on incandescent guitars and choruses designed to punch holes in ceilings to, ThisCity occupy that space between punk and pop, between despair and celebration, the gutter and the stars, youth and adulthood. Second ltd edition single ‘Kids With Fireworks’ saw the band take things to the next level. With 5 remixes from the likes of Ghost Frequency, Data Select Party and Rival schools, KWF showcased the five piece at their most blistering and has now become the bands explosive sign off at live shows.

With a storming set at Latitude behind them and a headline slot at Redfest in their sights, ThisCity are readying themselves for the release of their 3rd and final limited edition single before heading into the studio to record their debut album. ‘We Move’ - released on September 8th – hit the airwaves a few weeks ago and is already being heralded by tastemakers across the UK as the bands biggest sounding track to date with it’s chanted gang vocal and hooky guitar driven melody.