This Wicked Tongue is a 4-piece female-fronted hard rock band, from Worcester, UK.
The sound is a hard edged, inventive, grungy rock characterised by almost severe contrasts and breakdowns along with vocals and harmonies of a nature very unusual in a rock setting - ranging from velvet to volcanic, with almost an RnB sensitivity, a rapper's ability to squeeze words into a tight space and a poet's ability to set them to an irregular rhythm.
All original songs are shared equally regardless of how they might come to have been written, and no one member has seniority over any other. The band has a belief in its own music that it is reflected in the fun they have playing it and in their hard work and ambition.
The band practices and gigs regularly, and being an unsigned band it is focusing on building a reputation out of reviews, radio plays, gigging and its internet presence, all on a very restricted budget, and all with the serious aim of being recognised by people that matter as a talented band with the potential of making it to the top.
The band was formed in April 2010 after Tina was approached by the organiser of a local festival, Bridge Bash, held each year at Great Witley, near Worcester. He'd seen her performing solo and offered her a slot supporting ATHLETE provided she could get a band together and convince the rest of the organising committee they were up to it.
Tina was already doing some jamming with Si, Haydn and James Allin, as part of Si's Ancient Addicts project. And the guys jumped at the chance of becoming her band. A demo was rapidly put together of Tina's song Paradise, and a practice/interview session was then organised where they played some more of Tina's songs - The Simpsons Are On At Six and Chains along with Paradise. That session sealed the gig!
The lineup settled down with Si on lead guitar, Haydn on bass and James Allin, the rhythm guitarist in Ancient Addicts on drums. Various names such as "The Tina V Band", "Tina and the Radio" and "Hot Sho The Roine" were discussed and rejected. Finally, Si read a series of song names from his ipod, and Tina on hearing "This Wicked Tongue", selected that as the band name. It's originally a song by P.J. Harvey, from her "Stories of the Sea" album.
Tina's latest song was Worthy Deceit, and the band was hard at work writing their first joint composition, Painted Picture. Along with covers of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower, The Potential Breakup Song by Aly and AJ, and Dumb Fun by Juliana Hatfield, they formed the early set, and the set played at the Bridge Bash in July 2010.
As with many young bands, the levels to which people can and want to commit vary, and the lineup has changed since then, eventually finalising in July 2011 with the current members - Haydn and Tina from the original 4, plus bass player Rob Taylor and drummer Ben Pemberton.
And, as with all good bands, another key element is the stage show - this is a great looking band, very comfortable in their own skins; with extraordinarily powerful and precise drumming underpinning a tight and energetic stage unit once again characterised by the quality and unusual nature of the vocals. Live shows are a treat, and we reckon that few bands manage to capture the precision of their studio work in their live shows whilst at the same time reflecting the energy of their stage shows in their studio work quite as well as This Wicked Tongue do.
The sound is a hard edged, inventive, grungy rock characterised by almost severe contrasts and breakdowns along with vocals and harmonies of a nature very unusual in a rock setting - ranging from velvet to volcanic, with almost an RnB sensitivity, a rapper's ability to squeeze words into a tight space and a poet's ability to set them to an irregular rhythm.
All original songs are shared equally regardless of how they might come to have been written, and no one member has seniority over any other. The band has a belief in its own music that it is reflected in the fun they have playing it and in their hard work and ambition.
The band practices and gigs regularly, and being an unsigned band it is focusing on building a reputation out of reviews, radio plays, gigging and its internet presence, all on a very restricted budget, and all with the serious aim of being recognised by people that matter as a talented band with the potential of making it to the top.
The band was formed in April 2010 after Tina was approached by the organiser of a local festival, Bridge Bash, held each year at Great Witley, near Worcester. He'd seen her performing solo and offered her a slot supporting ATHLETE provided she could get a band together and convince the rest of the organising committee they were up to it.
Tina was already doing some jamming with Si, Haydn and James Allin, as part of Si's Ancient Addicts project. And the guys jumped at the chance of becoming her band. A demo was rapidly put together of Tina's song Paradise, and a practice/interview session was then organised where they played some more of Tina's songs - The Simpsons Are On At Six and Chains along with Paradise. That session sealed the gig!
The lineup settled down with Si on lead guitar, Haydn on bass and James Allin, the rhythm guitarist in Ancient Addicts on drums. Various names such as "The Tina V Band", "Tina and the Radio" and "Hot Sho The Roine" were discussed and rejected. Finally, Si read a series of song names from his ipod, and Tina on hearing "This Wicked Tongue", selected that as the band name. It's originally a song by P.J. Harvey, from her "Stories of the Sea" album.
Tina's latest song was Worthy Deceit, and the band was hard at work writing their first joint composition, Painted Picture. Along with covers of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower, The Potential Breakup Song by Aly and AJ, and Dumb Fun by Juliana Hatfield, they formed the early set, and the set played at the Bridge Bash in July 2010.
As with many young bands, the levels to which people can and want to commit vary, and the lineup has changed since then, eventually finalising in July 2011 with the current members - Haydn and Tina from the original 4, plus bass player Rob Taylor and drummer Ben Pemberton.
And, as with all good bands, another key element is the stage show - this is a great looking band, very comfortable in their own skins; with extraordinarily powerful and precise drumming underpinning a tight and energetic stage unit once again characterised by the quality and unusual nature of the vocals. Live shows are a treat, and we reckon that few bands manage to capture the precision of their studio work in their live shows whilst at the same time reflecting the energy of their stage shows in their studio work quite as well as This Wicked Tongue do.