The Model Village

Hailing from the southern naval town of Portsmouth, The Model Village are ahead of their game. Fuelled with a healthy passion for truth, poetry and Rock & Roll, TMV can make a believer out of even the most elitist music listener.

Fads, fashions and genres hold no place in TMVs heart and even though the sounds they make might not be something you've never heard before, TMV guarantee they'll be something you'll want to hear for years to come.



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Timeout London



"With influences ranging from Billy Bragg to Future Sound Of London, you can expect a strange mix of social poetry and urban atmospherics from Portsmouth's The Model Village, who are most often compared to Blur"



Madhouse Media



"We could listen to these guys all day, the seven tracks on their myspace page simply isn't enough. With catchy tunes and catchier vocals TMV live up to their guarantee and quench our thirst with some instantly addictive sounds"



Paul Coogan - Phoenix FM



“With the swagger of Ian Brown, the groove of Happy Mondays, crunching riffs to rival Noel Gallagher’s finest and a dash of Blur-esque quirkiness, Portsmouth’s ‘The Model Village’ are set for big things.”



Bugbear



"On the one hand embracing Parklife era Blur …but buried under loads of fuzz and ultra distorted vox. Heading towards the psychedelic, but via 80's analogue sample-ology."



The News



"Portsmouth has needed something like this for years"



Download.com



"Tight, sharp and sporting a heavy dose of classic Brit-pop melody, they have the same soulful stuff the best of the '80s mod revivalists had. Yet the MVs are a totally contemporary--as in modern--band"



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VENUE HISTORY



Black Bar

Chaos (south parade pier) - Southsea

Concorde2 - Brighton

Contented Pig - Portsmouth

Drift Bar - Southsea

Eastney Cellars - Eastney

Elmore Angling Club - Gosport

Enska Club - Portsmouth

Envy (Waster) - Portsmouth

EQ (the lounge) - Southsea

Express FM

Fat Fox - Southsea

Hampshire Rose - Widley

Happy Mondays Club - Portsmouth

Havana - Southsea

Joiners - Southampton

Kolebka - Southampton

Moneyfields - Portsmouth

Nambucca - London

Notting Hill Arts Club - London

Portsmouth Guildhall - Portsmouth

Power FM

Spitbank Fort - Solent

The Albany - Portsmouth

The Alma Arms (acoustic set) - Southsea

The Dublin Castle - Camden, London

The Fawcett Inn - Portsmouth

The Hobbit - Southampton

The Hope & Anchor - Islington, London

The Marquee Club - Piccadilly, London

The Nell Gwyne - Portsmouth

The Quay FM

The Talking Heads - Southampton

The Wedgewood Rooms - Portsmouth

Tiger Tiger - Portsmouth

Yates Bar - Portsmouth



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Plus plenty more.



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