Origin London, England Associated acts Colour Me Wednesday | Labels Dovetown Website bandcamp | |
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Genres Indie rock, punk, riot grrrl Members Nadia Javed
Beverley Ishmael
Harriet Doveton Albums Update Your Brain, Time to Move On, S/T EP, The Tuts Profiles | ||
The tuts do i have to look for love
The Tuts are an all-female DIY indie punk band from Hayes, West London. They have received extensive coverage from alternative music radio, most notably Amazing Radio who have broadcast special coverage of the group, and from music websites such as Louder Than War who have published multiple articles on them, calling them "one of the UK’s most exciting bands".
Contents
- The tuts do i have to look for love
- The tuts worry warrior
- Career
- Controversy
- Albums
- SinglesEPs
- Compilation appearances
- Songs
- References
Initially influenced by contemporary indie and alternative rock, their back-to-basics sound and feminist politics have led to comparisons with older genres such as punk, C86 and riot grrrl.
The tuts worry warrior
Career
The Tuts were formed by teenagers Nadia Javed (guitar) and Beverley Ishmael (drums) in the mid 2000s while still at school. Bassist Harriet Doveton (also of Colour Me Wednesday) joined in late 2010 and this line up played their first gig in early 2011.
The band self-released their self-titled debut EP in 2012, and download single "Tut Tut Tut" early the following year, picking up radio support from Billy Reeves, Gary Crowley, Ruth Barnes, Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe.
A 2013 tour with Kate Nash led to a track on Nash’s Have Faith This Christmas EP later that year; the band also made their first appearance at Indietracks, and released two more download singles, "Dump Your Boyfriend" and "Worry Warrior", the artwork for the latter a playful nod to X Ray Spex.
In 2014 the band released second EP Time to Move On and played the Leftfield stage at Glastonbury Festival at the invitation of Billy Bragg. 2015 saw tours with The Selecter and Sonic Boom Six, a return to Indietracks and an appearance at the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival.
The band have played with The Undertones, The Saints, Thee Faction and Adam Ant. They performed at several summer festivals in 2016, including Bearded Theory, Glastonwick, Camden Rocks, Godiva and Rebellion. In July they released new download single "Let Go of the Past" with accompanying video.
Having built a fanbase solely through touring and DIY/social media promotion, in spring 2016 The Tuts started a PledgeMusic campaign to finance their debut album. It reached its target within a week.
The band's debut album Update Your Brain was released in September 2016 to universally-positive reviews, including national press.
Their video to follow-up single "1982" was premiered on Vice magazine's Noisey channel in October 2016.
Controversy
A dispute arose between the band and management of the Undercover Festival in 2016 following clashes between security staff and band members during the performance of headline act The Selecter.
Albums
Singles/EPs
Compilation appearances
Songs
Dump Your BoyfriendUpdate Your Brain · 2016
Let Go of the PastUpdate Your Brain · 2016
I Call You UpUpdate Your Brain · 2016