It's the third British invasion, and we're third time lucky, as Switches sound more Beach Boys than Beatles or Blur. They may come from across the water, but the band's self confessed spiritual home is our own west coast so theres sunny harmonies amongst that London grime! America Turns on to Switches “Combining foot-stomping drums and bass with tight vocals and sharp guitar riffs, Switches are as cocksure as their pop piers” - Spin. “The British indie rising stars have created another Brit Pop hit and are making confident future strides with their Switches Swagger.” - Filter Switches are a British band with as much swagger as they have top notch pop tunes to offer. With the forthcoming release of their debut album Lay Down The Law (Interscope), out on March 18th 2008 and a US national tour, kicking off in January with The Bravery then making their way to sunny Texas for SXSW, Switches are sure to inject new life into the indie-pop scene for 2008. Every once in a while, a great British pop band emerges from the gray and gloom that is the United Kingdom. Indeed, Brits may complain about the weather quite a lot but it's the likely culprit responsible for the creation of an array of iconic artists, bands and songs since the birth of pop. Southenders, Switches are no exeption to the rule and are sure to have the same effect as their heroes and rock-forefathers Bowie, ELO and 10cc had before them in the USA. From Rags to Switches... Matt Front man, Matt grew up in Southend (a low-rent seaside town, something like the old Asbury Park neighborhood) and formed the band while at college, needing musical allies to take the songs public: seventies-leaning songwriter with a love for T.Rex and 10cc even though he wasn't born while they reigned, obsessive to the point of chaos, finds his harmony in a harmony, and his voice when it's in tune. He's a fully-fledged Child Of Britpop. Ollie Ollie Thomas, guitar: musical wunderkind aspiring to psychedelic-tinged virtuosity ala Hendrix, but also partial to some tough new wave in the Stranglers and Television. Affable and eloquent, he's the calm to Matt's storm. Thom Thom Kirkpatrick, bass: belt and braces, biscuits and tea, Beatles and Ben Folds, particularly English, even for someone from Britain, unsurprising for a man whose great-great-great-great-great grandfather invented the bicycle (true!). Steve Steve Godfrey, drums: drums and more drums: personifies his instrument. He lives to drum, drums to live, learned Appetite For Destruction on pencils and saucepans so by the time he got his first kit he could play the record faultlessly, hasn't stopped since. "Switches spectacularly combine all that is good about British indie (new wave bounce, three part harmonies, guitars that 'chug') with all that is good about US indie (The Pixies, pretty much). We really don't need to remind you how all-powerful such a record could be." - NME "...indie rock to dance to like disco spastics... "Drama Queen," which features an honest-to-God memorable chorus in a time where it often feels like catchiness has gone out of style. One can almost see the screaming teenage fans, the legions of American popsters that will find their indie rock niche with this accessible-yet-inventive powerpop quartet." - Head Exploder Switches 'Lay Down The Law' released on Interscope Records March 18, 2008