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LOCATION
UNITED KINGDOM
GENRE
Rock
BIOGRAPHY
FloodHounds are a fast-paced 3-piece British indie-rock band from Sheffield. Their "gloriously guitar-heavy rock," takes you from British Indie/Rock to raw American Blues and hits you like a British Black Keys, crossed with The Rolling Stones, fed on a diet rich in Band of Skulls, The White Stripes, Blur and Kasabian.Floodhounds were picked, out of 1,200 unsigned bands who applied, to play at Sheffield's iconic Leadmill for Tramlines 2015 with rave reviews,see www.exposedmagazine.co.uk/music/tramli…floodhounds/.Make Noise Studios captured FloodHounds' live acoustic session for Tramlines 2015 see it on YouTube at bit.ly/1KZRBGy.BARE BONES, the title track of the band's second EP currently streaming on Soundcloud; has attracted Radio play from BBC INTRODUCING Sheffield, Sheffield Live and a host of other local/online radio shows. The band were also picked to represent Sheffield for national newspaper, The Independent's isessions series in January.A video of the band recording of "Bare Bones" at Sheffield's iconic 2FlyStudios is at youtu.be/24xT906F1kU.Storming local gigs at the Rocking Chair and Plug Sheffield supporting October Drift, saw FloodHounds playing further afield this year, at Live in Barnsley's 126-band Festival in June, and 3 successful London gigs in Camden and Shoreditch in April and supporting DJ sets by the likes of Gus from alt-J at 229 The Venue's Mayday Festival.The band's new 3-piece incarnation emerged in late 2014, when founder members Jack Flynn - the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of the band - and bass player Rhys Owens, were joined by drummer Lauren Greaves.