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"No Fighting In The War Room" is Harrison's great debut album. Fans of earthy lyrics, northern English accents, hard guitars and good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll will get their money's worth here. Because even though the four guys from Sheffield come from the same scene as the ubiquitous Arctic Monkeys, this debut is in a class of its own. "We feel we have made an album of diversity," say the band. "It sounds like everything we wanted and more. It has the slower numbers, it has the faster numbers, the upbeat and downbeat numbers. The production is perfect to our initial vision and we couldn't be happier."

Harrisons' dashing debut proves there's more to them than a postcode shared with the Arctic Monkeys.

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Combines spikiness with a raw dancefloor pulse.

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The album was recorded in 5 weeks at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, England and is a masterpiece of English guitar music that combines slice-of-life lyrics in the style of The Jam with the intensity of The Clash and the attitude of The Verve. Hugh Jones, who has already recorded Echo And The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes and the Stranglers, was obviously the perfect producer for “No Fighting In The War Room”: “The endless list of high quality bands that he produced left his ability in no question and working with him bore fruits almost instantly," said the band. "We all learned a great deal from just observing him work and he has the most fascinating rock and roll stories any young music geek could wish for."

The result is an album of contrasts, full of northern working-class charm and rich in different musical styles: The song, “Monday's Arms”, has a biting disco drive, “Take It To The Mattress” one of those guitar riffs from the rock band Dreams are and "Man Of The Hour" is a lesson in post rock. "Listen" is the song that makes you reflexively hold up your lighter and the album ends with the dramatic "Come For Me".

With “No Fighting In The War Room”, Harrisons have released an album that has proven itself to be absolutely worthy of the high expectations of fans and the press. The band – singer Adam Taylor, guitarist Ben Stanton, drummer Mark White and bassist Ashley Birch – was formed two years ago in Hillsborough, Sheffield, when the term “New Yorkshire” did not even exist. They named themselves after the local Harrison Road, whose street sign they eventually dismantled and have since used as a stage prop, and caused a stir in the newly emerging Sheffield scene. Furore.

Then everything happened very quickly: The band played gigs across England (including as support for The Twang and The Enemy at their express request), found high-profile fans (including Steve Lamacq and Phill Jupitus), stormed the Texas South by Southwest Festival ( "we just got bollocksed for five days and ran amock") and found recognition from Ken Loach, the director of the English cult film "Kes", whose famous football scene they quote in the video for "Blue Note".