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We are a new wave/indie pop/post punk band from Newcastle. Based currently in Leeds/Sheffield/Newcastle.

We have played shows with: The Strange Death of Liberal England, The Kissaway Trail, Idiot Glee, WOMEN, Fang Island, Happy Birthday, Mabel Love, The Chapman Family, Dead Sons, Eagulls, 2:54, Electricity In Our Homes

NARC. Festival // Split Festival // Evolution Emerging

contact: cultimage@live.co.uk


UPCOMING DATES:



Friday October 7th: w/MAZES & MILK MAID - The Dog & Parrot, Newcastle, £5adv

Friday October 14th: w/SPECTRALS & FANTASY RAINBOW - The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle, £6adv

Sunday October 16th: w/SPECTRALS - The Bodega, Nottingham

Friday October 28th: w/THE NEAT & SAIGON TIGER - The Other Rooms, Newcastle, £6adv

Saturday October 29th: w/DEAD SONS & THE VIOLET MAY - Crystal Ship Studios, Sheffield, FREE


CURRENT RELEASES:

Cult Image/RETRIEVER 7" Split Single (Edition of 500) - Released 10th September 2011
BUY NOW - VINYL £4, DOWNLOAD £3

Cult Image (EP) - 10th November 2010
FREE DOWNLOAD


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The polar opposite of its single mate in every aspect except mighty, mighty coolness, ‘Little Black Cloud’, is a joyous piece of eighties inspired indie done in an imitably Northern sort of way. It’s got the jangle, echoic melodies and perky danceable riffs that recall the simplistic pop tones of Frankie & The Heartstrings, and all the singalong ability to go with it. You can’t really ask more from a modern indie-pop tune; it’s breezy, it’s clever, and it makes you want to toss your head from side to side like a berk. Lovely stuff. 4/5

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   Manifesto Magazine - September/October 2011   

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Cult Image really catch one’s imagination with their mesmerizing blend of upbeat indiepop and new wave. Cult Image provide “Little Black Cloud” which captivates the listener by capturing the band’s essence of “pure joy mixed with bitter melancholy” within a slice of upbeat and moreish pop brilliance. Influenced by all manner of summer indie pop and winter post punk the song’s conflicting but convincing charm is a wonderful showcase for a band with such a talent.

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   Against The Odds (view the post here), August 2011   

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Newcastle based 4-piece Cult Image may share a sound reminiscent of fellow New Wave/post-punk revivalists The Horrors, but thankfully the band didn’t have to go through a “halloween punk” phase to reach that stage. Their track “Little Black Cloud” takes its influences from fellow Geordies Maximo Park, as well as bands such as The Smiths and Joy Division, with distorted guitars and enigmatic, dark romantacism being lyrical order of the day. I’m sure that everyone has had a little black cloud that’s shielded them from the sun.

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   The Metaphorical Boat (view the post here), August 2011   

BBC Introducing feature

Short feature on us via BBC Introducing, click on the link above to read!

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Cult Image are a band who have grown immensely over the last year - like every gig was a reinvention, an exercise in continuous improvement on an industrial scale. Faces is proof of this approach, being a song of considerable maturity and erudition, taking the clipped flange guitar of Seventeen Seconds era The Cure and a pleasingly processed drum sound and juxtaposing them with Sean McMahon’s naturally flamboyant vocal. Plus I can’t remember the last time I heard the works ‘nooks and crannies’ in a song, possibly it was in an Ivor Cutler track. Whilst this is clearly a post-punk record, it is so in its attitude and approach rather than in a slavish adherence to a handful of over-referenced influences.

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   NARC. Magazine - April 2011 Issue   

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…grandiose and dark sounds…

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   NARC. Magazine (see the article here), July 2010   

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Only playing their first gig together around one year ago, their career has gone from strength to strength.

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   BBC Introducing (see article here), June 2011   

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First up, Cult Image had the unenviable job of opening the event in a large room that was only starting to fill up. A dark, powerful four piece with the classic Smiths/Joy Division lineup, they laid into their set with an authority and conviction you’d never guess from the early demos on their MySpace page…

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   Tom Robinson - BBC6 Music (find the article here), September 2010   

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With early comparisons to two of the finest bands of the post punk era, Joy Division and The Smiths, this Newcastle four piece are equally as dark and powerful…Intricate melodies and hypnotic drums, the acoustics should thrive in the revamped Riverside, one of the North East’s most exciting music venues. Suitable for those recently discovering the back catalogue of post punk and anybody old enough to remember their first reaction to synthesized sound.

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   The Unsigned Guide (find the article here), December 2010