When a band`s hometown is Oxford you would probably expect to see a name like Inspector Morse and The Cycling Students rather than This Town Needs Guns, but this bright-eyed, bushy-tailed foursome obviously have a different outlook to the rest of us. Or perhaps they know something we don`t? Or maybe it`s just a name and it doesn`t matter anyway? What does matter is that This Town Needs Guns are one of the best bands this fine city currently has to offer.
Joining the end of the `great Oxford bands breaking out` queue - headed by Radiohead, accompanied by Supergrass, quickly followed by Youthmovies, Fell City Girl and many others - This Town Needs Guns are well deserving of their local luminaries` shoulder rubbing position. Sweetly blending influences such as Biffy Clyro, American Football, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral and Texas Is The Reason, there`s something refreshing about their charmingly piano-tinged sound.
