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Habitats ' Peace Of Mind ' Out Now
9th December 2014
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* HABITATS NEW SINGLE 'PEACE OF MIND' OUT NOW*

**LAST RESIDENCY SHOW AT THE OLD BLUE LAST FRI 7 NOV - FREE ENTRY**

VIDEO: You Can Now Check Out The Video For 'Peace Of Mind' Right Here:
HABITATS - Peace Of Mind Video YouTube

BUY: 'Peace Of Mind' From iTunes Here:
HABITATS - Peace Of Mind iTunes Pre-Order

LIVE: HABITATS Final Residency Show @ The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch, London which are Free Entry on WED 29 OCT & FRI 7 NOV (Single Launch Party) Full Details Here:
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HABITATS are a four piece band based loosely in the heart and soul of London and the Hampshire area. They follow up their debut single release 'Diamond Days' with new single 'Peace Of Mind' which grooves its way to the music loving public on 3rd Nov 2014 followed by their debut EP in February, both released via Label Fandango and distributed by InGrooves.

To celebrate the release of the 'Peace Of Mind' the band will be making one of their favourite London venues; The Old Blue Last their live home for 4 special free entry shows. The residency shows will take place on: TUES 7TH OCT / TUES 14TH OCT / WED 29TH OCT / FRI 7TH NOV (full details below).

'Diamond Days' was released in March generating huge attention for the band on soundcloud, with over 30,000 plays in 1 week & 120,000 plays in under 3 months, the release was supported by festival appearances at the likes of Truck Fest, Lee Fest, Basingstoke Live and Kuahgartn Open Air Festival in Germany. An exotic, hectically sweet-natured debut single it is, too, for these are youngsters who happily align themselves with the modern facebooking fashion for indie / alternative / tropical / grooves. But there’s more to the HABITATS’ musical environment than meets the generic eye.

Firstly, HABITATS consist of Mike Lawford (takes a hip flask wherever he goes, the cheap bastard), James Furniss (climbs trees on a daily basis), Joe Payne (gets distracted by all things shiny) and Adam Saunders (has the beautiful moustache of a '70s porn star) - not for them the traditional vagaries of the mundane (bass / backing vox) biographical bracketings. Secondly, they seem to relish the idea of not having a specific frontman, with each of them providing enough strong characteristics in the music to be able to swap microphones at will in the live arena.

Throw in half of the band’s penchant for thunderously gnarly beards and HABITATS display a part-Hobbit, part-habit-forming array of sunshine melodies and gently shabby mayhem, as you may expect from a band which thrives on various experimentalisms and arranging traditional vocal harmonies over danceable and catchy beats. Oh, and whose lyrics are “gathered from daydreams”.

A few of HABITATS influences and inspirations in no particular order and subject to change: children's television from the '90s, David Bowie, Earth Wind & Fire, green tea, hot milk and honey, Miles Davis, tassel jackets, Patrick Swayze, Friendly Fires, cigarettes, skateboarding, The Complete Works Of Arthur Conan Doyle, Wes Anderson, surfing, The Bee Gees, alcohol, Tame Impala, arboriculturalists, Sverv Jam studios, Cloud Control, Foals, Pitchfork, Johnny Cash, Donovan, Roxy Music, BBC Radio 2 & 6 Music, Jools Holland, Bloc Party, Brian Cox, Captain Scarlet, Vice Magazine, Electric Proms, Brahms, surfing, David Attenborough, Warpaint, Roald Dahl, Christmas lights, Peter Blake, Local Natives, Stewart Copeland, Leif Podhajsky, Norman Wisdom, Elvis Presley, Laurel & Hardy, Superfood, Terry Wogan, The Eurovision Song Contest, The New Scientist and full-on naturism.

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