Unplugged | No |
Cover band | No |
Members | 2 |
Nov / 2017 | • | Nambucca SIKE! Night | London, GB | |||
May / 2015 | • | Paris is Burning | The Lexington | |||
May / 2015 | • | War Games at Nambucca | Nambucca, London | |||
May / 2015 | • | The Actions + Secaina Hudson | The Islington, London | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Lost In The Manor | The Old Queens Head, London, GB | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Hot Vox Presents | Acklam Village Market | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Capital Flow | New Cross Inn, London | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Underbelly, London | ||||
Mar / 2015 | • | Lost In The Manor Presents | The Finsbury, London | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | CC Records Presents | 93 Feet East, London | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | 167 Live Music Sessions | The Drury Club, London | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | The Water Rats, London | ||||
Jan / 2015 | • | Islington Bookings presents | The Islington, London | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | Bug Bear presents | The Dublin Castle, London | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | Hot Vox presents | The Enterprise, London | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | The Islington, London | ||||
Nov / 2014 | • | Tooting Tram & Social, London | ||||
Oct / 2014 | • | The Good Ship, London | ||||
Oct / 2014 | • | Ophelia, London | ||||
Sep / 2014 | • | Old School Indie presents | O2 Isington Academy2, London | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | Surya, London | ||||
Jun / 2014 | • | Symptomatic presents | The Machbeth, London | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Coffea, Caserta (Italy) | ||||
Jun / 2014 | • | The Forum, Tunbridge Wells | ||||
Jun / 2014 | • | Lanificio 25, Neaples (Italy) | ||||
May / 2014 | • | The Islington, London | ||||
May / 2014 | • | Tooting Tram & Social, London | ||||
Apr / 2014 | • | Paper Dress Vintage, London | ||||
Apr / 2014 | • | Proud Camden, London | ||||
Apr / 2014 | • | New Cross Inn, London | ||||
Mar / 2014 | • | Tooting Tram & Social | ||||
Feb / 2014 | • | Tooting Tram & Social | ||||
Feb / 2014 | • | The Underbelly, London | ||||
Feb / 2014 | • | The Islington, London |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Marta Argenio, Maurizio Stellato | |||
Opinions in Constant Flux | Single | 2018 | |
Indefensible | Single | 2015 |
Niteo Records | |||
The Echo | Single | 2014 |
Ultratempo | |||
Real | Album | 2009 |
The Actions | |||
Flourish | Album | 2021 |
Let's Talk | Single | 2017 |
Hundreds of gigs played including opening for R.E.M., Green Day, Garbage, Distillers.
A single in an MTV US movie O.S.T. (My Suer Psycho Sweet 16).
Introduced and supported by Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music, Gary Crowley on BBC London, John Kennedy on X-Radio, Simon Raymonde, Matt Baty, Mark Ryan and Frankie Francis on Amazing Radio.
Active in the London's grassroots scene The Actions played venues like The Water Rats, The Lexington, Sebright Arms, Proud Embankment, Rich Mix, The Dublin Castle, The Unicorn, 93 Feet East, The Mau Mau, The Monarch, Zigfrid von Underbelly, The Macbeth, Nambucca, O2 Academy2 Islington, Paper Dress Vintage...
The Bristol duo have just released a new album, Flourish, on 15th February 2021 via Niteo Records.
Flourish was written, recorded and produced by the band in their studio in Easton, Bristol. With the record in place the band finalised the mix of the album at the legendary Invada Studios with Stu Matthews (Portishead, Beak>, Quakers).
First single 'Leap' taken from the new album was premiered on Visions Magazin (audio) and Destroy//Exist (video). The single was immediately put in daily airplay rotation on Amazing Radio picking up support from the likes of Matt Baty (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs frontman and Box Records label boss).
Stay in the know here: http://theactions.co.uk
PRESS bits:
“Moments of pure inspiration to puncture the gloom.” - Clash Magazine
“Darkly enticing” - Fame Magazine
“Broodingly enrapturing and brilliant” - The Revue
“A completely imposing start” - Destroy//Exist
“The Actions are sonic architects that build emotions and feelings” - Backseat Mafia
"A dystopian dream that’ll pull you in and leave you wanting more " - Gigslutz
"An imposing introduction, all velvet noir and barbed production" - Clash Magazine
"A massive sound you won’t forget about quickly" - Fame Magazine
"'Indefensible' EP does bring something new to the table " - Soundsphere Magazine
"A shadowy noir dream draped ethereal beauty crafted from out of body mirages" - The Sunday Experience
"This is one lab experiment where everything's gone according to plan" - The Sound Of Confusion
"The biggest compliment we can give it, is to compare the song, in bringing such a fusion of incredible sounds together, to Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android'…" - Alternative Tracks
"There's a weight and power behind these sounds" - Nooga.com
"Sorry you hidebound fucks: But The Actions speak louder than words. Especially this band. Ready for guitar and bass, drums and a critical approach on Western society?" - Nothing But Hope And Passion
"It all sits in place and the clean way that it glazes over on everything in the tempo excites." - U&I Magazine
"Like a David Lynch/Portishead lovechild, weaned on rock…" - TC Helicon
"The Actions are either incredibly good at producing great tracks, or we’re in fact a little slow… we went for the former." - SubbaCultcha
"An artistic triumph." - St.Paul's Lifestile
"We’ve never been to a Green Day gig, but if they’ve got support like The Actions we’re obviously missing out." - Supajam
"Every note sang by her rings with a blend of solitude and power, and the duo’s production drips with strength and conviction. - Circuit Sweet
"The final moments are a powerful cone of splashing sounds, wheezing and gaseous trumpeting. As the shards fall around you, you will look for the replay button. - Raw Ramp