Hexicon

Mike, Paul and Tom started Hexicon in 2004. Beginning life as a lo-fi voice/guitar/french horn combo, the band eventually expanded to include Giles (bass), Andy (drums) and Greg (drums/percussion). Hexicon finally completed their first album in 2009, with a release by Haircut Records in 2010. The result, ?The Blossom Sighs' is a collection of studio recorded versions of the garage experiments that graced the CDRs of their early days, songs that have become fan favourites at shows over the last couple of years. Everyone it seems, has a different favourite Hexicon song.

In 2006, Hexicon were invited to tour Austria with Robert Rotifer, their first shows outside of the UK. Since then Tom has made guest appearances as a French Horn player for a handful of indie bands, including on recent releases by Darren Hayman as a member of The Secondary Modern. Mike and Paul joined Allo Darlin' to create a mean sounding beat ? jangle, whilst Giles joined forces with younger brother and former Esiotrot frontman Duncan, to form Tigercats. Despite their band hopping and swapping tendencies, Hexicon continue to play regular slots in London and around the UK, and have performed at shows alongside James Yuill, Tender Trap, Super Furry Animals and The Just Joans.

In a session for the Resonance FM Hello Goodbye show, as well as in other events involving the Kentish collective and DIY label The Mentalist Association, Hexicon indulged their experimental pop tendencies. The band spent most of 2008 recording, enlisting friend and fellow Mentalist Association artist Greg Webster with the task of bringing the ideas into focus.

The single ?Something Strange Beneath the Stars' was rewarded with spins on 6music, Radio 1 and 2, soon to be followed by album tracks ?She Plays Games', ?Annie Oh!' and ?Dawn Came To Save Us.'

Haircut Records, home of Esiotrot, Houdini, and formally, The Maccabees, has released both the single and the follow up album. A new download release on WIAIWYA records is currently available, featuring the lost classic 'Narissa I Won't'. The band begin recording new songs at Soup Studios in late 2010.