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ROC
New album: "Night Fold Around Me"

Released: 5th June 2006 on 12 Apostles
Catalogue number: APCD01
Distributed by: Cargo Records UK

Tracklisting: River / Journey To The Centre Of Brixton / Princess / Sally Ann / Sing A Poor Song / Sink A Bite Into Life / Just One Thing / Too Late Too Much / Soviva / Vespers / Pleasant Dream
Extra tracks: I Want You I Need You I Miss You (Solah Remix) / 2000Mann / Journey To The Centre Of Brixton (Live Version)

Generally perceived as perverse, uncategorisable and difficult, ROC are an unusual mix - a close descendant of Bram Stoker, an American yachtswoman and the grandson of Daphne Du Maurier.

Previous albums have been released on Setanta ('96) and Virgin ('98), both brilliantly received, not least by Radiohead, Orbital and the Chemical Brothers who are all fans.

But ROC's reputation was sealed when Setanta sent an open letter to the music industry branding them "wilfully uncooperative' and warning people against working with them! Luckily not everyone agreed and ROC have reconvened to offer a devoted fanbase an overdue third album. "Night Fold Around Me' will be released in June on Brooklyn-based label, 12 Apostles.

Comparisons with Goldfrapp, Eels, Spiritualized and Blue Nile will give you an idea of ROC's sound. The group's "perverse' tag comes from a refusal to stick to any prescribed genre. They draw on rock, electronica, disco, piano ballads and more, and use traffic, bombs and holy chants, all to create a backdrop for Fred and Karen's raging and poignant sentiments. But while previously they were branded pranksters for sampling Idi Amin and daytime TV, the emphasis here is on personal, sometimes painful, experience. The album was recorded in the former On-U Sound studios with some mixing duties courtesy of Coldplay/Morrissey producer Danton Supple.

For the first time ROC will be presenting their diverse/perverse catalogue in a fully live performance.

Dsico, Aussie electro king-in-waiting has remixed "Sink A Bite Into Life' from the ROC album. 12" white labels will be doing the rounds next month.

ROC is Karen Sheridan (voice/music), Fred Browning (voice/music), Patrick Nicholson (music/production)

www.rocmusic.com
www.12-apostles.com

Press: Vanessa Cotton at Triad Publicity 020 7267 5121 / 07803 500 818 vanessa.cotton@triadpublicity.co.uk