Growing up together in the hillside town of Malvern, they picked up their respective instruments at an early age and in 2007 started a project which would become the time-shifting, tech-metal behemoth that Shirukume is today. Their reputation for energetic and memorable live shows earned them the attention of several of the UK’s best independent record labels throughout 2009. Shirukume signed to Lockjaw Records in September of that year. Their debut EP, Speaking In Colours was released in late March 2010, and was universally well-received by the printed press and webzines alike. It receiving good reviews from Rocksound and Big Cheese magazines, and popular webzines such as Heavyblogisheavy, Alternative Vision and RoomThirteen. Shirukume supported the release of Speaking In Colours with extensive touring in England and Wales, including support slots with metal titans Malefice (Metal Blade), No Consequence (Basick) and Yashin. Shirukume spent three days at Reading’s Outhouse Studios (Architects, The Arusha Accord, Enter Shikari, Funeral For A Friend, YouMeAtSix) in August 2010, recording two brand new tracks. These songs display a new level of both songwriting prowess and musicianship, and will be a taster of things to come from one of Britain's finest forward-thinking hardcore bands. General Enquiries: info@shirukume.com Press/PR: pr@shirukume.com Booking: booking@shirukume.com http://www.shirukume.com http://www.myspace.com/shirukume http://www.facebook.com/shirukume Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.