Royal Treatment Plant

From daughter of Seventh Day Adventist preachers in New Guinea to dragging the uninitiated to worship at the altar of melodic rock as singer in RTP, Australian-born Paula Steel has trodden an unconventional path to rock'n'roll enlightenment.



Paula moved to London enraptured with the rock’n’roll dream. Having met bassist DJ the pair recruited keyboardist and guitarist Tom Farncombe and drummer Chris Hodges before completing the band with guitarist Sam Taylor. Jamie Watson (producer of Snow Patrol) liked the early material so much he released it on Edinburgh’s Human Condition Records. The release of ‘Carry Me’ gained RTP a management contract with Light Music Network and they recorded their debut album with Placebo and Blur knob-twiddler Teo Miller.



With nods of approval from peers like The Automatic and Los Campesinos!, ‘Hope Is Not Enough’, released in late-2008, was hailed in the press and heavily supported on radio and TV: Album of the Week on Huw Stephen’s BBC Radio 1 show; Nomination for Debut Album of the Year 2008 on XFM; 'Half As Much' playlisted on XFM, BBC Radio 1, and BBC 6Music; MTV2 playlist with ‘Undercurrent’ video while the single was also named NME Radio Single of the Week (Neil Cole), BBC 6 Music Single of the Week (Steve Lamacq), and appearing on BBC 1’s Football Focus; the band also played prestigious sessions for XFM (Alex Zane Show) and Q Radio. Two tracks were also used by Topman for big online campaigns. The success of the release tempted Universal Music to license the record for Australasia in 2009 with further critical acclaim following. First single, ‘Undercurrent’ was recorded with legendary producer Mike Chapman (Blonide, Suzi Quatro. Chapman travelled to Manchester and London to watch the band perform live at their In The City and Camden Crawl showcases, mixing two further tracks for the debut album.



RTP went in to the studio in August 2010 having signed to new UK Indie label Tip Top Recordings. Their new track 'All The Same' is currently being used as the title track to Channel 4's music show 'On Track'. Comeback single 'All That's Left' is released November 22 and RTP are back on the road in December. RTP have found the perfect shoe-gaze, rock out compromise to truly convert the masses on their follow-up album to be released in 2011. Back on record, back on the road, RTP is back with a mighty bang.