5 Hills Out

We are pleased to be returning to Oxjam in Beeston: When: Saturday 5 October 2024 Where: HOP POLE, 2 High Rd, Beeston NG9 4AE Time: 6.50pm - 7.30PM #folk #oxjam #punk #folkpunk

We are so pleased to have received this great review from LiveWire Music for our recent Recue Rooms gig with Mad Dog Mcrea.

First up in support we had a set from 5 Hills Out from Derbyshire. The five piece folk musicians are Rebecca Liverman (Alto & Soprano Saxophone, Accordion & Vocals), Chris Clay (Drums & Percussion), Ben Liverman (Guitar & Vocals), Dave Coxon (Bass Guitar & Vocals) and Alex Mills-Bell (Baritone Saxophone, Mandola/Bouzouki) they dropped their debut album “Dystopia Bazaar” only last month.

They delivered a fantastic energetic set, of punk infused folk with a powerful social message, in the style of bands like The Levellers and Gogol Bordello. The wide range of folk instruments give their sound a unique style especially the infusion of baritone sax.

Thoroughly enjoyable, 5 Hills Out had the crowd jumping and shouting along creating a great atmosphere. Wicker Woman was fantastic, but they saved the best to last with Sunflowers written by Ben following the loss of his mum. A beautiful track which makes you smile as you sing along to the chorus about seeing a lost loved ones face in the sunflowers…. Just beautiful.

This weekend we make our return to The Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, where we will be providing support for Mad Dog Mcrea! Tickets are still available on our gig page and on the door, so please come along and say hi to us!

It’s finally here, our debut album ‘Dystopia Bazaar’ is now out! Live

You can see it live at our launch gig tonight at Dubrek Studios in Derby!

Physical

If you want to get physical then you can get the CD with full lyric book here

Download/Stream

If you want to download or stream us, we are live on all major sites, here is a link to the majors!

Enjoy folks xxx

Thanks to all who saw us at YNot festival, we’ve got a few days recovery then off to Devon for Beautiful Days Festival Then it’s the big one our album launch 🚀

Tickets

We are all set for next weekend, look out for the flyers and we will see you in Flamingo Jacks on Friday at 17:00 don’t be late!

This Saturday, 13th July we play the Belper Nailed It music festival. We’ll be headlining the Railway stage at 10pm and playing some of our new album.

Check out the gigs page for more details including our upcoming shows at YNot and Beautiful Days before our killer 💿 🚀 gig at Dubrek! Tickets are very limited so get in quick here!

We are busy getting the mix downs and mastering done this month and hope to announce a release date for the new album 🔜!

In the meantime we have lots of great festivals and gigs so check your diaries and please support as much as you can 👌

Our first gig of the year was this beauty at The Vic! It was a fantastic day and we met so many great performers and people on the day. Over £320 was raised for Derby Refugee Solidarity!

Next gigs:

Tomorrow we set off for our first trip to Dorset and the beautiful little Cursus Festival!

Cursus Festival

Silk Mill Festival

Nailed It Festival

YNot Festival

Last week we went to Dubrek Studios in Derby to record our debut album. Starting on the Tuesday morning we set up for Day 1 - We went straight into recording the bass and drums for the first 5 songs. All of which were recorded together and live. Although this added a bit of time it took to record, it gave a better feel and far more natural. A live guitar and vocal were played instead of using a click track, again adding to the live sound. Day 2 - Chris and Dave completed the remaining 5 songs and we went onto some vocals. Bek added some guide sax🎷 to help when we recorded Echoed Whispers. Day 3 - Ben (that’s me) laid down a tonne of guitars and managed to blow the valves on his amp, luckily we had spares and a cool new amp which tracked really well! We then got Bek and Alex onto the Alto and Bari sax 🎷 and they tracked all of their parts. Bek went onto Accordion 🪗 and that ended an exhausting day. Day 4 - Bek got the Soprano sax 🎷 put on the final songs, before Alex got the Mandola & Bazouki parts all done. Last but not least we had to get all the vocals down, by this point Ben’s vocals were getting well stretched so we mixed in some backing vocals during the day. As just as quick as it started we were all done. We now await the mix downs next month!

Sorry it’s been so long, we have locked ourselves away working on our debut album so it’s been heads down and practice, practice, practice. We had a welcome message saying we are returning to YNot Festival after popular demand! We are back at Flamingo Jacks on the Friday, due to the massive crowd that saw us there last time. Join us and some of the top bands, comedians and DJs the country has to offer. Join us for our annual Mr Motivator session on the Saturday.

Tickets available here.

So this time last week we were gearing up for our last gig of the year at The Metronome in Nottingham. Unbeknown to us we were getting reviewed by Overtone Magazine. The gig went really well and all the acts smashed it, here is what they said about us: “Next up were the awesome 5 Hills Out. I’d actually never heard of them before seeing them here, but they certainly have a new fan in me! The band have such an interesting blend of styles, all of which they pull of well live. Whether it’s punk, ska, folky or even indie, just when I thought I’d nailed the band down sonically, they’d go and surprise me by switching it up. But as I said, the band played each style to perfection, and clearly had fun doing it. And they were practically playing to a hometown crowd too, which is always nice. I’m gonna have to keep an eye on them as they’re so close to me, and I’ll definitely be seeing them again when I can!” The full review can be found here!

We are delighted to announce that our drummer Chris has been discharged from hospital! He will now continue his rehabilitation at home and we will support him in making his way back to full health.

We have been offered a great gig at The Metronome in Nottingham, supporting Holy Moly and the Crackers, on Friday 10th November, Tickets. We will be getting in some help on the drums, courtesy of Herbie from ‘The Howling Tides’