RX Bandits first emerged in 1999, forming in Orange County, CA. As the band's music rapidly matured, the record label they were stuck on didn't -- leading to many years' strife and struggle to stick to their guns and release the music they wanted. Three albums (Halfway Between Here and There, Progress and The Resignation and nearly 7 years later, the band was freed of its former labels bondage allowing them to put out ...And The Battle Begun on Embree’s own MDB Records via Sargent House in 2006. A Live From Bonnaroo, digital iTunes exclusive release followed in December 2007. Mandala their latest offering hit US shelves in Summer of 2009 on Sargent House.

Mandala: few titles are as perfectly befitting an album for a band reaching the culmination of a decade-long musical transformation. With this recording, RX Bandits have truly struck the essence of their merging of genres into a complete and masterfully detailed mosaic.

The metamorphic rock group's latest disc showcases a more rock-oriented quartet, while deftly sweeping in elements of Latin, prog-rock, punk, rock to dub and blues. The much anticipated follow-up to 2006’s ...And The Battle Begun jettisons ahead of where the last left off. Now a four piece the band recorded without the use of horns adding more focus on balance and powerful dynamics. Songs like album opener "My Lonesome Only Friend" easily shift from entrancing chimes to full-on syncopated rock fury (replete with a molten John MacLaughlin-meets-Kirk Hammett guitar solo.) Elsewhere, blustery blasts of metallic guitars give way to swirling, proggy synths on "Hearts That Hanker For Mistake." Electric piano leads the blues-dub "March of the Caterpillar" while "Breakfast Cat" boasts the tightest rhythm guitar strumming and grooving drums this side of The Meters.

In an age where taking risks and being fearless can make or break you, RX have emerged as a tidal wave, a force that shatters all the boundaries set against them. Throughout their decade long career, the group has reinvented and revolutionized their identity while retaining their socially conscious lyrics and eruptive instrumentation. This concept has been the catalyst for the band’s ever-growing fanbase, which revels in their uniqueness and continue to storm their celebrated, incendiary live shows. RX Bandits' performance on the main stage at Bonnaroo in 2007 proved the band's majesty to a new audience, while non stop touring and taking out bands that were more aligned to their current sound including: Portugal.The Man, Maps & Atlases, Tera Melos, Dredge, Zechs Marquise, Good Old War, Fall of Troy, et al, have continued to build the quartet's considerable fan base even further.

See RX Bandits perform live at Manchester Academy 3 on Friday 28th May.