Out of the ashes of former Output Records electro-acoustic maverick theboylucas, comes Bristol’s Leave Land Water. Formed in their native city in the winter of 2003, the expansive quintet release their debut eponymous E.P. on 26th September 2005 on the ever-informed Sink & Stove Records, home to up and coming groups from both sides of the Atlantic such as The Vibration, The Playwrights, Controller Controller and The Organ.

Following their being shortlisted in the top six groups at Dazed & Confused Magazine Annual Creative Awards, Leave Land For Water spent much of 2004 working on and taking what they do in the studio to the stage, playing numerous shows in and around the UK alongside Chicago-based art-core troupe 90 Day Men (Southern), Montreal-based group Fly Pan AM (Constellation), Leafcutter John (Planet Mu), Adem (Domino) and Clinic (Domino) amongst others, as well as playing at Bristol’s infamous Orange Ashton Court Festival.

Their eponymous E.P., whilst retaining theboylucas’ understated electro-glitches, is a more full-bodied affair, tethering rhythmic post-rock textures to dynamic, twisting song structures. From the crashing opener ‘The Cinders Spread,’ full of both warm pop sensibilities and angry, swarming guitars, to ‘Olad’ and ‘Dead Museum’ which weave washes of analogue feedback with insistent melodies and hushed vocals, whilst ‘Bonnie Banks’ is all crisp snare snaps and ragga-esque sub-bass. And if that wasn’t enough, there’s a King Seven Remix of ‘Dead Museum’, which mutates the original track in to a dead-cert indie dancefloor filler.

Leave Land For Water are: lucas (vocals/guitar), ollie (lead guitar), tim (keys/effects/vocals), tom (bass) and simon (drums/percussion).

“… informed by the likes of Hood, 90 Day Men… 'The Cinders Spread' is a great track driven along by a cool, bustling rhythm, whilst 'Olad' is a softer, dreamier track whose vocals remind me of Butterfly Child or The Sea And Cake.” Fat Cat Records

“[Leave Land For Water] left you floating above the clouds. …lovely clean knifing guitars structured in opposition to the floatiness worked not unlike the tunes of Blonde Redhead… Portraying a kind of post teen-angst symphony with a voice not so unlike Chris Martin of Coldplay” Moles Club (live review)

Leave Land For Water’s debut E.P. will be available on both digipack CD and limited edition 10” vinyl on Sink & Stove Records on 26th September 2005.