Formed in 2011 by vocalist and songwriter Tom Beer and guitarist Dan Lucas, Bull’s mission is simply to make the music they wanted to listen to, inspired by their 90’s heroes such Pavement, Yo La Tengo and the Pixies. The rest of the band came together through a mix of friendships and happenstance. Drummer Tom Gabbatiss joined after he and Tom jammed together in bars while they were back-packing round Thailand, and Kai West had previously used to jump up on stage with the band and “Bez” (verb meaning to dance badly while intoxicated) before they eventually let him play bass. A unique group within the city’s already eclectic scene, the band’s sound mixes together their alt-rock influences along with Tom’s down-to-earth song writing and a particularly wry sense of humour that comes naturally to the four Yorkshiremen.
Lead cut ‘Eugene’ is no different: it twists and turns with the power of a band in total control of their exploration. Beach Boys inspirations find their way into this slow burner, which turns up and up to a 90s slacker crescendo.
Currently ‘Track Of The Week’ on BBC Radio 1, The band Bull came into the studio recently to perform a live version of their single ‘Disco Living’. They’re one of our favourites, so much so we did a record deal with EMI Records to release their album, it’s really very good and we can’t wait for you all to hear it.
This band is so going to blow up soon. Great tunes, Long-time Yorkshire live band Bull have today announced their debut album “Discover Effortless Living”. After signing to EMI last year (becoming the first York band to sign with a major since Shed Seven), the four-piece have shared a stream of excellent grunge-tinged singles.
