Assembly Now
Assembly Now is a four-piece indie rock band from London, England. Their first three-song demo was produced by John Fortis (Razorlight, Art Brut) and Howard Gray (The Cure, U2, Apollo 440) at Apollo Control Studios in February 2006. Two of the songs from this unreleased demo, It's Magnetic and Out On 24s, were subsequently released as a limited EDition debut single in August 2006 to near-universal Critical Acclaim. 1 2 It's Magnetic received substantial airplay on XFM, BBC Radio One and BBC 6 Music despite being a vinyl-only single.
A second vinyl-only single, Leigh-On-Sea, was released on January 29 2007 to further critial acclaim from renowned publications such as NME, The Fly and Artrocker.3 4 To celebrate, the band hosted a completely sold-out launch party at the Vice-owned Old Blue Last venue in London on February 1. They toured with The Wombats and The Noisettes throughout April and May, and appeared at Wireless Festival in Leeds and London.
It's Magnetic was featured in an episode of teen drama Hollyoaks.
Assembly Now released their third single Graphs, Maps & Trees on August 6, which has been aired repeatedly on BBC Radio One by Colin Murray, Virgin Radio and XFM. The music video is currently being featured on MTV2's Spanking New show, a rare achievement for an unsigned band. 5