{"title":"Six by Seven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix by Seven is an English indie rock band that was officially formed in Nottingham in 1996. Originally known as \"Friends Of...\", the band gained critical acclaim with their first 12\" single 'European Me' in 1997 and released their debut album, The Things We Make, the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Chris Olley left the band in November 2008, all releases since then have been through him via the Six by Seven website. However, these releases are not authorized by the other band members and are considered bootlegs by Chris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, Chris Olley started recording with a new project called (The Death Of) Six by Seven. This semi-unplugged band played two gigs without a drummer and released one album. In 2013, Six by Seven officially reformed with a new lineup and released a new album.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-closer-you-get-peel-sessions","title":"The Closer You Get \/ Peel Sessions","description":"\u003cp\u003ePre order and get a Six by Seven Tote Bag. Double Vinyl with Download. Despite heaping praise on Six by Seven’s breakthrough second album \u003ci\u003eThe Closer You Get\u003c\/i\u003e, the press seemed confused as to how to categorise them. The band straddled a fine line between post-Brit Pop, British rock and a much edgier kind of punk. Inspired by the Pistols and the Stranglers as well as US bands such as Sonic Youth and Mercury Rev, Six By Seven consciously wanted to write pop songs that would get played on the radio. Mixing misanthropic lyrics with Olley’s distinctive vocal style, the music was underpinned by malevolent, slow-burning guitars, creating a menacing, dense wall of sound. Beggars Arkive have decided to reintroduce the band’s classic sophomore album \u003ci\u003eThe Closer You Get\u003c\/i\u003e to a modern audience, as part of a carefully curated reissue package. The reissue is presented in all its former glory, without being remastered or tampered with, and will sound the same as it did when it originally came out. In homage to Beggars Arkive’ re-release of Olley’s heroes and labelmates, Mercury Rev’s Yerself Is Steam, the additional LP will be polybagged together with the album. 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Artists Cannibals Poets Thieves is more like a debut album from a bunch of teenage upstarts: free from cynicism, fired with worldly wonder and chock full of ideas. This is certainly a different outfit from that of 1998, when they first wowed us (via John Peel, naturally) with the utterly essential sprawling noise that was The Things We Make. Long since stripped down by a series of resignations from a five strong collective to a taut three piece featuring founding members Chris Olley, James Flower and Chris Davis, the music has simplified considerably. Gone are the soundscapes of old, and in their place we have a series of sharp basslines, swirling keyboards, cutting guitar lines and the passionate hollering of frontman Olley. Opener All I Really Want From You Is Love is a perfect introduction to proceedings – a truly wonderfully distorted slab of indie rock, recalling early Jesus And Mary Chain in both its fuzz and, crucially, its wonderfully crafted tune. Next, Nowhere To Go But Home sounds like New Order if they’d emerged from Detroit in 1966. Tonight (I Wanna Make It Out) follows likewise with the best bassline Peter Hook never plucked. Throughout, Six By Seven manage to sound so natural, so refreshing free of the flab and introspection that a band on its last legs would usually succumb to. And whilst the momentum is momentarily lost as the drum machine makes an appearance to fashion the Suicide-esque trawl of Stara Paris Rescued Me, it’s not long before Just Get It Down muscles things back on course with a whispered Olley diatribe perched on top of more raw cacophony, before we reach the bitter end via the Depeche Mode-on-smack You Know I Feel Alright Now. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturday Night Sunday Morning","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50425806192971,"sku":"2197613","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Six_By_Seven_-_Artist_Poets_Cannibals_Thieves_6e0ff29d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726794033"},{"product_id":"system-one","title":"System One","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited double coloured neon vinyl limited to 500 copies for RSD. Side A\u0026amp;B on magenta vinyl and Side C\u0026amp;D on orange vinyl. This is an album of melodic beat driven songs recorded in Chris Olley's home studio just before lockdown. The sonic driven guitars of six by seven now meet the neo-kraut grooves much more than ever before, to create an intense collection of songs which remind you of both of Can and The Cure and have a distinct heartfelt lo-fi Mark E Smith vocal. 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The album is a monolithic slab of guitar rock, the type of which only six by seven could create at this time. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturday Night Sunday Morning","offers":[{"title":"Blue | LP | x2","offer_id":50483384615243,"sku":"1118595","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/411b39bc-a042-4175-8875-0a2bc46310c0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727566177"},{"product_id":"greatest-hits-44","title":"Greatest Hits","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGreatest Hits\u003c\/i\u003e CD includes a celebratory selection of songs from across their seven studio albums. Having formed in 1994, Six By Seven have gone through various incarnations, with the only constant being singer and composer Chris Olley. 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In this day and age, that's a pretty hard thing to do. \u003ci\u003eAbstraktion 12\u003c\/i\u003e is a double album and only 300 will ever be made and it won't enter the digital domain. Get it while you can.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturday Night Sunday Morning","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50497755447627,"sku":"1039510","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/88e40b9f-829e-4f18-adbe-a18a9c57cf5b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727731819"},{"product_id":"the-things-we-make","title":"The Things We Make","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a Record Store Day 2019 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 13th April. 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Huge build-ups, feral guitars, and emotional lyrics are combined to create a sonic tension and release which is still unmatched by any other band claiming to be doing a similar thing. Six By Seven were making this type of music long before Sigur Ros or The National turned up. This record, perhaps more than any other, embodies this sound again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturday Night Sunday Morning","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50499201335627,"sku":"1121332","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1e0943f2-4f83-4c4a-a444-9ddd5a6c0ead_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727770257"},{"product_id":"then-now-and-neil","title":"Then, Now And Neil","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded At The New Batcave in Nottingham during 2021. A double album compilation of two double CDs called: 'Neil Young's Shirt' and 'Now And Then' which were released on Bandcamp during mid 2020 and early 2021. Although Chris Olley's songwriting is obviously heavily influenced by the legendary Talk Talk albums 'The Colour Of Spring' and 'Laughing Stock', \u003ci\u003eThen, Now And Neil\u003c\/i\u003e, makes sure the songs and sounds are not just content with the slow burning melancholy of the Talk Talk albums, but that they build up and have the added aggression of the distinct Six By Seven post rock style which earned them such accolade in the 2000's. Although there are shorter more rocking songs and a couple of trademark lyrically twisted ballads, most of the songs on this album sound like mini-symphonies as they extended and are allowed to evolve and build into epic soundscapes. As one fan recently wrote on six by seven's Bandcamp site: \"Another brilliant collection from start to finish. 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