Retriever are the dark underbelly of the Newcastle music scene. They are a frenzy of thick fuzz-bass, jagged reverb laden guitar, cutting drum-machine beats and screeching feedback topped with a slice of bitter female vocal. It’s a formula that since playing their first ever gig in July 2009 has seen them gain acclaim with support slots for The Slits, These New Puritans, Dum Dum Girls, and Hatcham Social among others as well as playing the Evolution, Middlesbrough Music Live and Tramlines Festivals.

“Spine-freezing vocals wander restlessly over a wall of fuzzed-up distortion” – MiddlesbroughMusicLive.co.uk

“One of Newcastle’s finest bands… a chrome wall of pure rock n roll essence” – NARC Magazine

“Unique and uncompromising approach to harmony” – Tom Robinson, BBC Radio

“A white-hot salvo… exceptional” – Rob Nichols, Evening Gazette

“An already dark and brooding sound, the band create something incredibly believable…Retriever stand out simply because they’re pure, angry and very uncompromising” – Crack In The Road

“This is more like it!…And yes it is worth the hype” – BadRobot.co.uk

“Eerie lead guitar, violence and digital malfunction. Prepare to be shit scared” Artrocker

“an unholy mix of 60’s garage, 70’s krautrock and 80’s post punk. ‘Murder’ is a dark, driving slice of rhythmic howling menace. The band layer cutting (femme fatale) vocals, spikey guitar and pounding bass over primitive drum machine beats to create a devastating effect” – Robi Insina, Relish Records

Retriever have played live with The Slits, These New Puritans, Crocodiles, Hatcham Social, Ulterior, Dum Dum Girls, A Place To Bury Strangers, Romance .

For more information visit www.myspace.com/retrieverretriever