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AND ANOTHER YEAR END LIST!!!
Captain Beyond Zen was one of the first blogspots to give our album a killer review and now we’ve made number 15 in their top 40 albums of 2011!!!
http://captain-beyond.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-40-of-2011-11-20.html
NOT QUITE A TOP 20 BUT CLOSE!!!
Gary from Streaming Heathen/Grip of Delusion Radio has kindly included our album in his year end list of bands that have grabbed his attention in 2011.
http://www.steamingheathen.com/delusion/2011/12/21/bands-that-caught-my-attention-in-2011/
GRIFTER MAKE THE TOP 10!!!
This seems to be becoming a bit of a running theme but we have made the Top 10!!! Big thanks to Lee at the Sleeping Shaman for including our album in his end of year top 10 albums.
http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/articles/the-shamans-top-10-albums-of-2011/
GRIFTER HIT THE TOP 20…PART 3!!!
First Bill at the Soda Shop included us in his top 20 for the year and now Jake has as well.
http://thesodashop.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/top-20-of-2011-jakes-picks/
Grifter confirmed for Desertfest Festival
As some of you may have already suspected due to our support slot with Orange Goblin in April we have now been confirmed to play the inaugural Desertfest Festival which takes place at various venues in Camden, London on the weekend of April 6th, 7th and 8th 2012. This is a mammoth undertaking on the part of the guys at www.desertscene.co.uk and will be featuring a killer line-up of stoner/sludge/doom/classic rock bands from around the world such as Orange Goblin, Truckfighters, Black Pyramid, Leafhound, Gentlemans Pistols, Valiant Thorr, Rotor…etc. A similar sister festival will also be taking place in berlin later in the month.
http://www.thedesertfest.com/london/grifter-set-for-desertfest/
Grifter make the Top 20!!!
Ok, maybe a bit misleading but our album has made it into the Soda Shop’s top 20 albums of 2011 at number 12…and we’re in some pretty high company like Rival Sons, Radio Moscow, Freedom Hawk and Borracho. Check out the link below to see the full 20.
http://thesodashop.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/top-20-of-2011-bills-picks/
Grifter to play Freak Valley festival in Germany
We are thrilled to announce that we have been invited to play the inaugural Freak Valley Festival which will take place at Netphen near Siegen in Germany on the weekend of May 18th/19th 2012. This 2 day open air event is the brainchild of the awesome Jens Heide, the man behind the Rock Freaks club in Siegen that has played host to just about every stoner/doom/psyche band worth hearing.
The festival will also be featuring Demon’s Eye (featuring Doogie White of Rainbow fame), Colour Haze, My Sleeping Karma, Lonely Kamel, Doctor Cyclops, Gentlemans Pistols and many more.
We are also planning dates in or around Germany to coincide with the festival.
More info on bands and tickets as we have them.
http://www.rockfreaks.de/festival/
The album gets an awesome review in Metal Hammer
Much against our expectations our album has been given a big thumbs up by the guys at Metal Hammer
“No doubt in part a reaction against the needless complexity of modern life and the soul-lessness of much modern music, interest in classic rock sired in simpler times is on the rise. Bands and fans alike, born long after the halcyon days of the early 70′s, are rediscovering the faint pulse of rock’s past and fuel-injecting it into the future. Enter Grifter, a trio from the Plymouth area who, after a couple of critically acclaimed EP’s and a shit-ton of gigs, take to the world stage proper with this, their debut full-length. And what a cracker it is. Massively though not excessively produced, it packs punch after punch with not a duff track in sight. Booze, broads, brawls and bad times. It’s got ‘em all. Leeds’ own Gentlemans Pistols make for a quick and easy comparison point, but if you crave the down-home honesty of Sabbath, AC/DC, Motorhead, ZZ Top, Zeppelin, Purple or any other real-deal outfit who know what time it is, Grifter will rock your ass ragged with change to spare. 8 out of 10″
Thank you Greg Moffat