Swiss rockers' free YHA gig

Now the band have set their sights on breaking the UK’s music scene by using the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) as a platform to engage a new fan base.

They will join a number of young, signed and unsigned musicians, including George Ezra, Amber Run, and Prides, who have used YHA’s network of venues to showcase their music to new audiences.

In 2013, the British singer song writer of the top five hit Budapest, George Ezra, was part of the week-long YHA Road Trip tour, which put an unsigned band The Intermission Project on the road in a customised VW camper van touring Youth Hostels and playing free gigs.

77 Bombay Street will begin their tour at YHA London St Pancras, working their way up and down the country at YHA locations before finishing up back in London at YHA London St Paul’s.

Their new album combines folk, pop and rock with funk, classical and acoustic sounds, and was written in London.

Hannah Marsland, network marketing manager at YHA (England and Wales), said: “YHA is delighted to be involved with the band’s UK launch.

“As well as hosting the gigs for artists to showcase their talents, it is also an opportunity for YHA to reach out to young people and highlight the incredible wealth of affordable adventure and accommodation on their doorstep.”­