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‘Brilliant, unique, wry: iLiKETRAiNS are at odds with pop’s present trends, but then weren’t all the best bands out of time?’ NME

‘Rock’s unlikeliest cult group on the brink of chart success.’ The Times

‘Intelligent, very dark humorists. This is grand and slightly unapproachable civic music, less to be listened to and more to be visited like a museum or war memorial, and all the more interesting because of it.’ The Guardian

'iLiKETRAiNS are dour romantics compelled by a fading memory of Yorkshire's Industrial Sublime... the songs create a grandly sad, authentically odd world of their own.' UNCUT

'With gigantic waves of grey rock sound, as fashioned by Americans Low with a Music Hall Goth feel, this Leeds outfit are a complete one-off. A striking debut.' The Mirror

‘Bold and Impressive’ Mojo

'Intelligent, witty songs are matched by hauntingly powerful riffs. These make you think of The Smiths and Interpol joining forces with Sigur Ros... This mini album boasts some remarkable tracks.' The Sun

Their huge shimmering chords and front man David Martin's resonant vocals evoke Sigur Ros and Psychedelic Furs.' - Stars of tomorrow at a festival today - The Daily Mail.

‘iLiKETRAiNS’ bring something uniquely distinct to the funeral.’ Metro

"iLiKETRAiNS stand firmly and gloriously out of place in a country full of haircuts. More Heart, soul and dynamics than the whole of the indie top 40 put together" Drowned In Sound

‘The sound of Joy Division growing up and discovering hope. Special.’ The Fly

"In terms of modern intellectual music making, it is an unequivocal masterpiece." RoomThirteen

‘This is a band who I want to have a permanent place in my life.’ Cool Noise

There’s no doubting, in fact, that ‘Progress Reform’ is a devastatingly accomplished interpretation of what it means to be alive, and its natural universality should actually emotionally connect to us all. The Fly

‘Breathtakingly powerful’ The Sun

“Frankly genius is an understatement.” NME



iLiKETRAiNS are a band as obsessed with history as they are the dramatic music they create to tell it. Hailing from Leeds, they offer something completely unique to its vibrant music scene that has spilled into national press and gained them the status of a cult band albeit before they have even recorded their debut album. The Guardian describes them as ‘intelligent, very dark humorists. This is grand and slightly unapproachable civic music, less to be listened to and more to be visited like a museum or war memorial, and all the more interesting because of it.’ The Times referred to them as the leaders of ‘library rock’ in their piece on the band describing their passion for Victorian history and the somewhat gloomy demise of the industrial era highlighted by the collapse of the local networks in their beautiful choir led anthem ‘The Beeching report.’

The band released a limited edition debut single ‘Before The Curtains Close’ on the Leeds Dance to the Radio label in 2005 and later that year their second ‘A Rook House For Bobby’ (a tale depicting the life of Bobby Fischer, the troubled chess grandmaster), both of which sold all 500 copies in their first week. Their third single was released in 2006 on Fierce Panda and sold all 1000 copies in its first week. ‘Terra Nova’ was the story of Captain Scott’s doomed 1912 Antarctic expedition set to a sensational orchestra of guitars as grand as the landscape it describes and has earned them regular plays on national radio and glowing reviews.
The summer of 2006 saw the release of a mini-album PROGRESS, REFORM on Fierce Panda, which was a catalogue of their recordings to date and full of the band’s unique, beautiful sounds and rousing songs, brimming with exceptional characters and historical events and has received great acclaim. The songs cover Captain Scott, Hjalmar Johansson, a rejected candidate for the Norwegian Antarctic team; Bobby Fischer, the troubled chess Grandmaster and a reprise to Bobby’s political status; Dr. Beeching, who closed the National railways and other tales of damned or murderous events. The band have since toured Europe and played Maida Vale session for Radio One, a Jon Kennedy session for XFM and a Gideon Coe session for 6Music and have been regulars on music and national press reviews.
Their live shows see the band dressed in matching British Rail uniforms playing to a film backdrop of trains, snow and chess, running from their antiquated projectors. Word of mouth has led to an ever increasing loyal following of ‘RAiLCARD HOLDERS’ who are now coming from all over Europe. The band also runs a monthly club night, SiGNAL FAiLURE at the Brudnell Social Club in Leeds
iLiKETRAiNS continue to tour in the UK and Europe through to November when they set about their highly anticipated debut album due for release in the summer of 2007.