The Velvet Hands are:
- Toby Mitchell – Vox and guitar
- Dan Able – Lead guitar and vox
- John Logan – Bass and knob twiddler
- Louis Mitchell – Drums and anything that responds to being hit with a stick.
This is what others have said:
“Full of Bolshy Spirit” – NME. “bolshy, brash garage punk rabble-rousers somewhere between the attitude of early Cribs or Libertines colliding with the death or glory of the Clash” – GodsintheTVZine. “A satisfying mix of classic punk, rock’n’roll and modern indie magic” – Dork “we could be witnessing the emergence of another great British band. Jaw droppingly good” – Gigslutz, “Sucker Punch is another fab album from The Velvet Hands” – Louder Than War.
Playing Live?
The band have sold out Old Blue Last, The Social, Paper Dress Vintage & The Lexington in London. Old Bakery Studios and The Cornish Bank in Truro and Falmouth and near sell outs in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Cardiff. They have supported Liam Gallagher at The Eden Project, Frank Turner, Paul Weller, Yak, Wallows and more. They have toured nationally and have played Boardmasters, Y Not, Truck, Isle of Wight, Leopalooza Festivals. In Sept 2022 they were chosen by Michael Eavis to support Elbow at The Pilton Party. In April 2023 they supported Trampoline on their national tour. More recently they performed live off the top of a yellow US School Bus at The Great Estate Festival in Cornwall as well as a main stage late afternoon slot. They headlined the This Feeling Stage at The Truck Festival in 2023, toured nationally in Nov 2023. April 26th 2024 saw the band play a sold out headline gig at Omeara London; Nov 30th saw them play to a huge crowd at Hard Fi’s Roundhouse London tour date. They kicked off 2025 with a sold out Independent Venue Week tour, sold out gigs in Truro and Falmouth and a headline gig at Dingwalls London, also sold out.
The band played and sold out Supersonic in Paris in March 2023 and April 2024. A French single, Chick Habit, a cover of a Serge Gainsbourg song was released Spring 2024. The band play festival dates in France in 2025 and are lining up a national tour of France.