Our new merch is now on sale in the web shop. We have white print on black TShirts and ladies vests, availabe in all sizes. Buy online or come ask us at any gig!

Sunday night was our Semi Final at The Queens Hall Nuneaton for Bloodstock’s Metal to the Masses competition, where the winner gets to play Bloodstock. It was a high quality line up, and the competition was fierce. We were up first, and gave it everything we had, probably one of our best performances for a while, we walked off buzzing! Shame everyone one only got a strict 30 minutes.

Every band who played gave 110%, and I’m glad we didn’t have to judge. In the end, the judges had to changes the rules and put 2 bands through on the night, and 1 wildcard. Chaos Engine took the wild card, Invictus went through as well as (drum roll) RESIN!!!! We were pretty shocked but well pleased to have impressed the judges. The final is on Sunday 7th July at The Queens Hall, Nuneaton. Audidence votes count for a lot in the final decision, so we need as many of you, our loyal fans to come down and show your support! We need you!

After us was Massive Wagons, a band we have been hearing about, but hadn’t crossed paths with yet. They put on a belting set, of pure old school rock. They were followed by Fake Snake (White Snake tribute) and the 80′s band Doctor & The Medics, niether of which are really our thing, so we said our good byes and readied ourselves for the following nights gig.

Saturday night we were making our first trip to Malvern to play at Re-con. Probably the nicest town we have ever played at, and the venue was awesome too. Great sound, room and people all made for an awesome night. Mudball opened up for us putting on a right energy poppy punky set. Our set was one of the longest we have done for a while, so we threw our back cateologue of covers into the mix, and by the end we were soaked in sweat – awesome gig!

FRESH OFF THE PRESS!!!!

We have just found out tonight that we have been givin the wildcard spot in Battle for Bloodstock’s Metal To The Masses competition! This means we are playing at The Queens Hall in Nuneaton again this Sunday!! Audience votes count in this competition, so change whatever plans you have and get down there!

First up, we had a great time at The Shed in Leicester a a couple of Fridays back gigging with Obsessive Compulsive on their UK tour. Great band and great people. The place was packed with 3 other local band playing as well. The stand out of which was Three Thirds Below, and great poppy punk band who were really good at what they do, check em out when they are next in your town.

Obsessive Compulsive really took the place up a notch and where a breath of fresh air, something which is badly needed down stairs at the shed! The crowd lapped it up, and got what they wanted.

Next up we played on what was probably the smallest stage we have ever played on! It was so small there was only room on stage for the drum kit and amps, everyone else was in the crowd which made for a really intimate gig. There was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Resin do a cover of Raining Blood by Slayer, our little tribute to the great Jeff Hannemann who sadly passed away that day

The following week we heading to Coventry to do our first ever electric gig in Coventry at the newly reopened and refurbished venue – The Dog. This place has clearly had some money spent on it, and is a venue well worth checking out when your next in Cov. It was a great line up of bands, and a real mix of styles which we great for the massive crowd that turned up to watch. There must have been 200+ there from 9pm onwards, not there for any specific band, just to see some live music, something we badly lack in Leicester.

We had a blast at the gig (after some technical problems), and really enjoyed the very different and original Octogoth. Check out their video below, it doesn’t really do there live act justice, but check it out. We shall be back at The Dog sometime soon.

Now onto a few album reviews we have had of late, all of which are good! Please go have a read of them a spread the word about Embrace The Fall. Remember it is rereleased on August 5th. You can preorder in our shop today!

With influences such as Seether, A Perfect Circle and Alice In Chains, UK based alternative rockers Resin are described as ‘packing a formidable punch’ and being ‘blessed with thoughtful song –writing abilities and a range of musicianship and diversity that is rarely seen amongst today’s current glut of metal/metalcore bands’ – which is a fairly brazen statement! Due to release their new album, Embrace The Fall, on August 5th, Garry from SAN PR sent us through a copy to check out, so we figured that since these guys sound like an act to check out – who were we to refuse?

Kicking off with Entropy we’re led slowly into the beginning of the album, an acoustic guitar line leading the way whilst managing to build a sense of anticipation, combining the soft and melodic sound with a sense that what is to follow is not going to be this laid back. Soon kicking into things fully, the soft and smooth opening moments of the track soon give way to an Alice In Chains style track, the melodic vocals soaring over a chunky riff backing and forming into a sound that’s raw, heavy, groove orientated and the sort of thing that’s sure to get live crowds begging for more. Funky as well as heavy, there’s something about this track which makes you move, getting you involved with what you’re hearing and setting the album up very nicely indeed. This is an approach which continues into Carpe Diem, once again offering us a track which eases into being in an almost Alter Bridge style, before kicking in with that soaring guitar tone once again. Using all of the elements to bolster the sound into something deep and powerful, this is a track which continues the groove orientated approach of the album, showing once again why we should all be paying attention to Resin, and suggesting that there’s a seriously bright future laid out in front of these guys.

Continuing the progression of the album into Fallen, once again it’s clear how able a band we’re dealing with from the word go, using the intricate guitar work to lead the way into things whilst demonstrating their understanding of music through the addition of the cello work, a combination which, on paper, doesn’t necessarily sound like it should work, but does. Dark and haunting, this is a track which uses the softness of the elements to fully accentuate what’s going on, sounding like a hybrid of Stone Temple Pilots and Alice In Chains, and working to lure you in, keep you listening, and keep you begging for more. Pushing all thoughts of chilled out and acoustic style stuff to one side for Fake, we’re soon returned to the more ‘in your face’ and full on approach that got things going, this time leaning on the heavy riffery on offer from the guitars whilst allowing the bass and drums to build on the sound, strengthening it as it goes. Powerful, packed with hooks and the sort of track you find yourself singing along to after only a couple of listens, this is a serious high point on the record for sure, and a moment to make sure you check out.

Working through Instinct and Beskadig, the band continue to demonstrate their prowess at song writing as well as their understanding f their instruments, offering up tracks which are raw, heavy, soft and emotional, both seeming to ooze out of the speakers as they progress and showcasing what the band are capable of doing. It’s when Clouds is unleashed upon us through that a slightly different side is revealed, presenting us with a track that’s groove orientated once again, yet somehow manages to sound ‘off piste’, refusing to follow the conventions laid out by their peers and instead, offering up a style that from hence forth can be known as Resin. Powerful throughout, the raw edge to this track is what stands it out, presenting a track that packs a punch whilst still managing to throw hook after hook out for consideration, a track which holds single potential for sure.

Once again reaching another high for penultimate track Poison, the band have saved one last moment of pure genius for consideration, presenting the listener with a track that’s dark and haunting, yet emotional and catchy at the same time, demonstrating further their guile when it comes to song writing, as well as their ability to play their various instruments. It’s only then left for Clouds (acoustic) to finish the album, closing with a demonstration of how well their tracks work on different levels, and leaving you safe in the knowledge that what you’ve just heard has been something special.

I’ve been impressed by what Resin have put together here as it’s not straight forward, it doesn’t follow convention, and instead, offers up a unique take on post grunge mixed with alternative approaches from start to finish. The band clearly understand their instruments and songwriting, and the tracks on offer here demonstrate this throughout, constantly pushing the boundaries of their style and encouraging the listener to crank the volume, sit back and simply enjoy what they’re hearing – one to watch.

Words: Dave Nicholls

http://www.loud-stuff.com/resin.html

What does this mean?

Well there are some exciting things happening over the next few months, and a consequence of this is that from the end of this month our debut album Embrace The Fall will for a while no longer be available for sale, it will be rereleased in August for reasons that will become clear over the coming months.

For those of you that have already bought the cd we thank you from our hearts for your support, you own something special and something that nobody else will ever have an exact copy of.

It will be available to download from all the usual stores until the end of the month but as our first batch of CDs are now all sold that will be the only way to buy it until its rerelease.

There is the option to preorder the Embrace The Fall CD for despatch in August here on the website and from next month you will be able to preorder it from download retailers again ready for August.

Hopefully running up to the rerelease you will start to see the work we have put in coming to fruition and the name Resin will, with a little luck become a name a lot more people are familiar with.

The album will be streaming still on our website and places such as Spotify and Deezer so listen as often as you like and get your orders in!

We will have new design tshirts in the store very soon and those of you that buy one will get a discount if you purchase the cd from us in August !

Here’s to a great year for us and for you our fans that push us to be the best we can, for those that have been with us from the start I’m sure you feel this is a journey we are all making together, we appreciate your support more than you will probably ever know! On that note it is time for you all to play a big part in the next step! Please shout about us share our website, music, photos, gigs, Facebook page anything to add to what we have been working on recently to boost our profile and hey you never know we might even hit the charts in August?

Much love

James , Chez , Sime , Sev , Mark

xx

Other exciting news is that after our album launch party last year at Firebug Leicester, we have booked the venue again for a Resin Christmas Party. Our plan is to bring to Leicester the best bands we have gigged with throughout the year, and put on the best rock gig in Leicester for Christmas. Tickets prices will be kept to a minimum, and will be on sale soon.

Friday nights gig at The Vault in Rugby has been a long time coming, as we have been trying to play there for over a year, and it didn’t disappoint. Great venue (well hidden, massive thanks to the girls who acted as our tour guides), with some big names having played there and Drowning Pool and Fozzy headling there in a few weeks! Was a top night with the cream of Rugby’s local talent headlining the night. We hope to be back soon.

Sunday night was our Battle for Bloodstock, not something we were holding much hope out for as we don’t see ourselves has heavy enough for what your average Bloodstock fan wants, but we went to do our thing and find out. Other bands on including our friends Internal Conflict. Was an awesome night and loads of people came to support the bands even though it was a Sunday which was awesome to see. All the bands put on awesome performances, but in the end Internal Conflict won and head onto the semi finals. Resin got the wildcard vote, which means there is a chance we could be in the semi finals, but we will have to wait and see.

Opening up the night was Piston from Cannock. Great bunch of lads playing balls out rock. Due to the amount of kit being left on stage, space was tight for the support bands with the drum kit off to one side, there wasn’t going to be a lot of running about going on, but Pistons put on a great show which the crowd loved.

Next up we played, with a new set order which worked out really well. We are at the point now where we have the luxury of choosing which songs to leave out of our set, and we are playing around with the running order to see what we like best, tonight was a good set order. Again the limited stage space did seem to dampen our performance, and the first time Resin gig goers will have to wait until next time to see us in full swing!

A cool edition to this gig from our photographer Kate Knight was a camera stuck to Chez’s guitar meaning we could record the whole gig on video of Chez shreading his guitar! Here is a clip……

Cheers to Voodoo Six for having us support them.

Next up, we’ve come up with an idea we are going to test run – Resin TV. We need to get out Youtube Channel buzzing with activity so we’ve come up with a 30 minute show each week of us talking about Resin and everythung else going on in the the music scene in both Leicester and the world. We want you are fans to get involved too, and we want you to get in touch and ask us anything you want to know the answer to, no matter how stupid or personally, and we will try and answer everything. A select few of you who get in touch will get to judge the pilot episode we are going to record next week, so again get in touch if you want to be one of the first people to see Resin TV.

Laters

I’ve not been to the O2 in Leicester to see a gig before or look around, and I was totally gob smacked by how big and pro the venue is! Just looks like a scalled down Birmingham O2, holds 1700, why da hell aren’t more touring bands coming here!?!?!

There was 4 acts on, first up a solo guitarist who stepped in last minute due to illness. Forgot his name but I’ve seen him before, and remember him well as he sings a song about being a “Dick Head” – Entertaining.

Next up was Feedback Voice. Didn’t know anything about this band but presumed from their shirts and large floppy hair they were going to be an indie band, I guessed right. Lead guitarist and bass player showed how good they are at playing their instruments – quite impressive, but overall it was sterotypical up stroke, tone knob at full Strokes style indie. They did a cover of a Strokes song which was by far the most pleasing track to the crowd. Will be interested to see this band again in a few years.

Next up was Resin. We had a few techinical problems during our set, amps not behaving, and guitars making sounds they are not ment to be making, but overall we loved it, just need bumping up to the bigger stage next time (wink wink nudge nudge Andy).

Next was the reason we are all here Linear. Cool young band with a front man who sounds so like Morrisey it’s scary. Look forward to seeing them again sometime soon.

Sunday night was a test run gig for TBFM and was the first of a series of shows they are going to be putting on around the country. We opened up, and it was awesome to see loads of familiar Hinckley faces as we haven’t gig around home for a while. There are 2 awesome things aboout the Queens Hall in Nuneaton, 1) Massive stage, 2) Massive PA! Forgot to mentions the light rig. It really is a top rate venue which should be visited by everyone more often. It was an awesome night with us, The Glass Guns and Silent Jack all trying our best to destroy a Sunday evening.

TBFM were not only putting on a free gig for everyone, but they were also filming the whole gig. It’s going to be used for some promotional video or something so keep a look out, but in the mean time we have all our footage, and we will be adding it to our video section over the next few weeks. Entropy is alreadt there so go take a look, and check out the awesome pictures taken by Kate Knight!

We are back at The Queens Hall in a few weeks for Battle for Bloodstock, so we’ll see you then…

What an awesome gig last night at The Alexendra Arms in Rugby. This was our second visit to this venue, last time we had to play unplugged due to Mark being unavailable, but this time we brought our amps. Local act Rob Lowe kicked of the evening with a great set of unobvious songs including Portishead! Great to hear a solo act not doing the same songs as everyone else!

Next we did a short unplugged set to get our fingers limbre, and the swelling crowd singing along. Straight after we plugged in and turned up. One of the most sweatty gigs we’ve every done, I think 4 stone was lost in weight overall! We mixed in a few covers with all of our own songs and the crowd lapped it up. Awesome night!

Also Mark has a new kick drum skin with the new logo one it which was on show last night for the first time.

Last Saturdays gig was in Kettering (somewhere we’ve never gigged before) upstairs at Jaspers Bar. What a big venue! And a ex lap dancing club, sadly the dancer have long gone, but that did mean the people there were going to watch the bands. First up was Stonepit Drive who started their set with a heavy version of Poker Face by Lady GaGa. Dispite this initial waste of my time they put on a solid performance, and anyone wearing a Dan Marino jersey has taste.

Next was Divine Solace who have a keyboard player? Drummer was very impressive as well as the axe skills of the front man. But pointless walking around “I’ve got a wireless guitar” is worthy of vomit. I was more impressed with the array of table snacks provided by Chez (image below). Next we played to the remaining crowd (lots left before we begain, presumably because they could see we didn’t have wireless guitars, and because the other bands had run over by 40 minutes and it was now nearly midnight). We left some Resin love in Kettering, and some copies of Embrace the Fall are now in circulation.

Next here is a little review from our last O2 Academy Birmingham gig.

Lastly well done to our friends Emperor Chung and Mordecai who have both been added to the Download line up for 2013. We have gigged with both these bands over the last 12 months, and highly recommend you go check them out if your heading to Donnington in June.

We are going to be doing a few things in the future with TBFM, and they seem like fucking awesome people. They have a unsigned band chart and we are in it. Click the image below to vote for us – do it now!!!!! And then go listen to TBFM!!!

Friday night was Glastonbudget auditions at The Shed, Leicester, and the first performance of our new song. 4 bands on, first up a young band who’s name I can’t remember (I’m crap at that), awesome slappy poppy bass player. Next up was a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tribute band. They took 25 minutes to setup, played a crap set for 45 minutes (ment to be 30!), and then took forever to get off the stage – wankers with wigs on!

We played next and we had a new song to unleash, and a new set list. New song seemed to go down well, and we were well pleased with the set, felt really strong, all killer and no filler! The soundman at The Shed kindly recorded out set for us, so look out for that soon. Next up was another band who’s name I can’t remember. Kinda liked the front man, and the songs were solid, but performance was a bit arkward. Special shout outs to Tallia and Ashleigh for helping us name our new song – Open Heart Trauma. Check out pictures from this gig here, and watch the video of Open Heart Trauma below:

Resin returned to the O2 Academy 3 on Saturday for an Emma Scott Presents gig with Mordecai, The Whiskey Syndicate and My Great Affliction. We love this venue, and it gives the best sound Resin have ever had, the best place to see us live (so far). Mordecai were on stage first, and they were fucking awesome! You should all go check them out. We went next and lucky for us the place was about full. 40 minutes of pure fun (apart from Chez amp breaking so he couldn’t change sounds, and Marks kick drum pedal breaking), we wish we could play here every night.

Most of the crowd were there to see Whiskey Synicate, and they didn’t disappoint with a great show including a bass solo, something rarely seen at gigs these days. My Great Affliction ended the evening giving the crowd more of what they wanted. Birmingham now has a lot more Resin CD’s and TShirts floating around in it, we will be back a soon as we can! Special thanks to the army of people taking pictures (check them out here), and to everyone who travelled far to come and see us at a awesome venue.

Opening up was local lad and the first every follower of Resin on Soundcloud – Dyl McPrice. Dyl put on an awesome solo acoustic guitar set, the dude has an awesome voice. Next up was us, the stage was pretty large which suits us fine, and Mark looked like he was in Iron Maiden with the light rig arching over him. After us was the second gig for Screaming Life, friends of ours who are a Soundgarden tribute band. Although they didn’t rate there own performance we loved it!

The Snooty Fox is an awesome venue, and we can’t wait to come back!

After a short amount of sleep it was down south to London village to play Water Rats near Kings Cross. A venue with lots of character, and probably the best sound we’ve had in London so far. I didn’t catch the name of the opening band, but they were fun to watch, and had lots of energy. Next we played and gave our all, especially for Mareike Wunderlich who she says is our biggest fan, and paid us the compliment of being the best UK grunge band she has seen in 10 years! – Cheers!

Next up was Death Valley Knights who shreadded the place to bits with their thrash anthems. The last band seemed too pissed to stand up, and hadden’t bothered to watch the other bands, so we went home for some rest, after stopping at the UK’s worst service station where everything was shut, and you couldn’t buy a coffee or the pointless crap you can usually buy in a service station.

Just to let you know you can now download our debut album Embrace The Fall on Google Play here, and listen to it on Spotify.

Here is a video of Poison from the Water Rats gig – enjoy!

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/embrace-the-fall/id595688469

Firstly, we braved the snow last night and made it to our gig at The Roadhouse in Birmingham, half of the bands didn’t, and not many of the crowd. It was our first time at the Roadhouse, and what an awesome venue, we will be back! Pictures from the gig are up in the Photos section of the website, and we have a new video as well, of our new song “Memories Remain”. This was only the 3rd time we have played it at a gig, so enjoy.

Speaking of new songs, as well as “Memories Remain”, we have 2 more songs nearly completed, and 2 more not far behind, so album 2 is about sorted!

The 2013 calendar is fast filling up with gigs as we try to explode all over the UK. If you want us in for home town, get in touch and we will try and sort something out, promoters get in touch too.

A quick summary of the Resin Christmas party which happened just after Christmas (due to busy gigging schedule). Nice meal, lots of drink, Sev was totally wasted and nearly accidentally (there is a clue in that last word) killed James. If you wanna know more ask us at a gig

We start shooting our first video in the next couple of weeks, lots of updates on that to come. In the mean time, spread the word about Resin, we can’t do it without you! x

Like a smoggy cloud Resin shades you from the spot light of imperfection and judgement. It embraces your flaws it entertains your thoughts, fear and fantasies. It lets you project your anger while offers you realism and substance. Something the world has forgotten about. Grunge isn’t dead this is proof it has been transformed re born in to an era that desperately needs it most. Taking a page of wisdom from the veterans of grunge like Alicein Chains, Sound garden, Pearl Jam and Audio slave. It speaks of the darker side of life. The longing for the unattainable, the fear of never truly finding happiness. The swampy dark ocean of secrets we keep like waves of horror smashing us into suffocation.  The dependency on other people, alcohol, drugs, sex and the need to achieve a level of acceptance in society.  I suggest you go and purchase this album it’s an experience.

Read the review in full here.

2012 was such an awesome year for us, and we can’t wait to get our teeth stuck into 2013!

http://www.artsinleicestershire.co.uk/gigreviews/2012/19_12_resin_firebug.htm

We have a lot of people to thank, so here we go. Special thanks to Kate Knight for all here expert picture taking skills, Alice Lucie Young for her superb cakes (yes they were Alice!!), Kevin Gaughan for maning the merch stand, ArtsIn Leicester volunteers for collecting money, pooring champagne and cake distribution, Dean J Sharman for making us sound amazing, The Dedbeats, Ronin, From The Ashes, and Raptusound for all giving amazing performances, it was like 5 headline bands playing! And finally we would like to thank all you awesome people who came to the gig, and packed the place solid from start to finish! We couldn’t of hoped for anything better.

We are already looking at booking Firebug for another Xmas party next year! More on that soon…

Hope you like it, if you do go give Kate Knight (the person responsible) a like!