ready? set, rock ~ the rise & rise of hot cops (chapter 1)

Encore NI would like to extend a massive congratulations to those cheeky otters Hot Cops, a band we have featured many times on the site, for their inclusion in this year's 'Radio 1's Big Weekend' Introducing line-up.

Making some of the most raucous, emotive indie in Britain today, Hot Cops success comes as no surprise. Both lyrically enchanting and sonically haunting in equal measure, they are a band to believe in and something very special indeed.

So bravo Hot Cops. Keep doing your thing and remember to invite us to your future vodka-filled swimming pool parties with Louis Walsh and the dragons from Dragon's Den*.

Taylor Johnson

Encore NI

*Celebrity entourage may vary