// Watford based indie quartet Cedar
are the sort of band who skirt being fashionable and fashionably uncool. Taking influences from proper British roknrol such as Radiohead, Oasis, The Jam, The Who, Doves and Elbow, Cedar don’t sound like many bands in the current scene. What you get with Cedar is straight talking, no nonsense music, positive in outlook and high in energy.

    Forming in 2002 as Echo (RIP), the band produced three full length releases and a well received acoustic EP recorded with Smooth One Records. Re-launching themselves in March 2006, the group dynamic has shifted. This is no longer an “I’ll write, you play” mechanism, the band write and develop half written songs together, which so far has wielded the best material the band has produced to date.

    After gigging in and around London sporadically over the last four years, playing venues such as the Nambucca, Lark In The Park, the Garage and the Brixton Telegraph, the band are now fully focussed on promoting the name Cedar further afield and getting the recognition they deserve now they have come of age.