Muddy Bee developed from Souler Rico, possibly even just a name change. The only known CD release was “The Basic Monster EP”, a self-released 3 track demo. Soon after this, they dispersed into two other bands, The Burning Dice and Yourcodenameis:milo. The style is very similar to Yourcodenameis:milo with Paul Mullen’s distinctive voice.
So, fancy a bit of Milo memorabilia? How about Paul’s Guitar?
“2002-2003 Mexican Tele. It has travelled the world with me. Appeared on many albums with The Automatic, Yourcodenameis:milo and Young Legionnaire. As you can see it’s had one or two run in’s with stages on it’s journey. Works perfectly. Gator hard case thrown in.”
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THE AUTOMATIC – CANNOT BE SAVED
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The Automatic return with the third single from their Tear The Signs Down. A song that doesn’t take too seriously, a fun shout-along punk pop track that travels at 100 mph, it’s a fun track to add to that Summer playlist. Due for digital release only on June 20 2010, and was recorded at Warwick Hall, Cardiff.
Young Legionnaire are a British post-hardcore band made up of Milo’s Paul Mullen, Bloc Party’s Gordon Moakes, and Dean Pearson. The band’s original drummer was Will Bowerman of Brontide, I Was A Cub Scout and La Roux’s live drummer.
PAUL, GORDON & DEAN EXPLAIN ALL AT SONISPHERE FESTIVAL
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In 2006, Yourcodenameis:milo started a collaborations project called “Print is Dead Vol. 1“, the idea being bands would go up to the YCNI:Milo studio in Newcastle and spend no longer than one day writing and recording a song for a record. Gordon Moakes was among the musicians who took part in the project, recording a track with the band called “Wait A Minute”. This started the idea of working together again, although commitments with their other bands had meant that they did not have time to. When Yourcodenameis:milo went on hiatus in 2007, Mullen joined The Automatic as a guitarist and vocalist, with Moakes continuing with Bloc Party.
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During 2009, Moakes and Mullen started the band, with La Roux’s live drummer Will Bowerman completing the line up. In December 2009, with Bloc Party on hiatus and both The Automatic and La Roux inactive over the Christmas break, the band entered the studio. In January 2010, the group were revealed to be named “Young Legionnaire” and they played their first show at the end of January in London.On the 16th of August 2010, the band released their first single, the double A Side “Colossus/Iron Dream” on both limited edition vinyl and in .mp3 format on Holy Roar Records.
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The song is the first single to feature Paul Mullen providing lead vocals, and was apparently was originally titled “Parasol“.
Run & Hide is the second single taken from Tear the Signs Down, the third studio album by Welsh band The Automatic. The single was announced on BBC Radio Wales. Run & Hide will be released on March 1, 2010, 1 week prior to Tear the Signs Down on March 8 2010.
The music video for Run & Hide was shot at the live music venue Cardiff Coal Exchange on 05.01.10.
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THE AUTOMATIC – TEAR THE SIGNS DOWN
Tear the Signs Down is the third album by The Automatic. It is due for release on 8 March 2010 in the United Kingdom, and then on 12 April 2010 for the rest of the world. Tear the Signs Down is the first album released by the band on their own Armoured Records after being splitting with B-Unique. The first single “Interstate” was released on 6 December, with second single “Run & Hide” released a week prior to the album itself on 1 March 2010. Third single Cannot Be Saved is due for release on 20 June 2010.
THE AUTOMATIC – CANNOT BE SAVED
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THE AUTOMATIC – INTERSTATE
Interstate is the first single from The Automatic’s Tear the Signs Down, on there third studio album, second with Paul Mullen. The single was released on December 6, and marks the first release through the bands own record label; Armored Records.
The single artwork sleeve is an abstract painting by vocalist/bassist Robin Hawkins.
The music video was directed by Ewan Jones Morris and Casey Raymond, with additional photography by Nicolas Booth. The music video was filmed on October 12 2009 at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. The primary setting of the video at the Chapter Arts Centre uses a backdrop created in 2008 by artist Alan Goulbourne; a ‘multi-layered three-dimensional sculptural landscape’ which originally was not painted
THE AUTOMATIC – INTERSTATE VIDEO
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THE AUTOMATIC – STEVE MCQUEEN
“Steve McQueen” is the first single from The Automatic’s second album This Is A Fix, there first with Paul Mullen. It is their fifth single overall. The track is due for release on August 18, 2008.
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THE AUTOMATIC – THIS IS A FIX
This Is a Fix is the second album by The Automatic, and the first with Paul Mullen. It is due for release on 25 August 2008. The band has worked with producer Don Gilmore in Los Angeles, but were disappointed with these sessions, and instead worked with Butch Walker at Sage and Sound Recording in Los Angeles then back in Cardiff with Richard Jackson and London with Stephen Harris.
The Automatic began work in 2006 on the follow-up to previous album Not Accepted Anywhere, however after the departure of Alex Pennie and joining of Paul Mullen, the completed recordings of such songs as “Steve McQueen” and “Revolution” – which featured Alex Pennie providing synths and vocals – were shelved and later re-recorded with Paul Mullen. Writing took place sporadically – with songs originating from both before and after Mullen’s joining.
The album spawned only one single “Steve McQueen“, however “Magazines” and “Secret Police” were originally planned for release as singles. This Is A Fix leaked onto the internet a month before release, it was also hindered by online distribution issues – which saw both the single “Steve McQueen” and album get released late across sites such as itunes and 7digital.
THE AUTOMATIC – STEVE MCQUEEN
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If you have seen The Automatic live recently you may of heard Paul Mullen sneaking in the All Roads To Fault riff into the middle of the song, and if you haven’t heard it yet, here is a video of The Automatic playing T4 On The Beach, you can hear it at around 2:20 so enjoy!
THE AUTOMATIC – MONSTER (T4 On The Beach)
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