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Influences
ANIMALS, SPACE EXPLORATION, THE GREAT OUTDOORS, BEARS THAT DON'T NEED TO HIBERNATE ANYMORE, PEANUT BUTTER AND JAM SANDWICHES, STUBBING YOUR TOE WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY UPSET, OPTIMUS PRIME, POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHS, RECEIVING A LETTER WHEN YOU DIDN'T EXPECT IT, WES ANDERSON, PEOPLE LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, WEARING SHOES WITH HOLES IN, STAR WARS, CINNAMON AND RAISIN BAGELS, JOHNNY 5, NINTENDO, LIVING IN CANADA? LISTENING TO MUSIC WHILST LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE, VITAMIN D, NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME, STICKERS, NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME OR STICKERS, JAPANESE FOOD, FEELING LIKE THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE, MICHAEL J FOX (IN WASHED OUT BLUE JEANS AND ON A HOVER-BOARD KICKIN' ASS), TOP GUN, REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS AND THEIR BRIGHT ORANGE WRAPPING, HEAVY METAL, MICHEL GONDRY, KRISPY KREME'S ORIGINAL AND BEST 'GLAZED DONUT', THE ETERNAL WORDS: "STAY ON TARGET... STAY ON TARGET...", OLD SCHOOL CASIO WATCHES, PLAYING FRISBEE, NOSTALGIA, THE BEGINNING MONTAGE OF THE FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR, CHROME FRISBEES AND DAVID'S SHINY BLACK N.A.S.A. CAP, RAD BMX, THE PHRASE: 'HE'S COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH THE COMPUTER IN BINARY CODE', CARS WITH PLASTIC WOOD ON THEM, TINY TINY RED SHORTS, THE BREAKFAST CLUB, TOTAL RECALL... (NOTE: THIS LIST IS FOREVER INCREASING, LIKE THE FABRIC OF TIME ITSELF...)
Sounds Like
"I guess you guys aren’t ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it." - MARTY MCFLY 1985
(NARRATION: THOR/GANDALF/HE-MAN)
DINOSAUR PILE-UP LIVES BECAUSE... MATT BIGLAND PLAYS GUITAR WHILST SINGING, TOM DORNFORD-MAY PLAYS BASS GUITAR, AND STEVE WILSON PLAYS DRUMS... THEY RIDE IN A 6 SEATER BURNING INFERNO THAT GOES BY THE NAME OF 'TRUCK DELOREVAN BIGLAND' AND TRAVEL AT MOLTEN HYPER-SPEEDS. THE NAME OF THE BAND WAS BIRTHED WHEN A YOUNG MATT WATCHED KING KONG... HE SUBSEQUENTLY WROTE SOME KICK ASS SONGS, DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE, AND RETURNED WITH THE MARK OF THE MIGHTY RIFF ON THE BACK OF HIS ARM. THERE BY MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE ALMIGHTY PILE-UP...
Featuring tracks by: Sir Yes Sir Pulled Apart By Horses Dinosaur Pile-Up Dutch Uncles Wave Machines Team Waterpolo Spodni Pradlo i Concur (re-mixed by Napoleon IIIrd) Mechanical Owl Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam band
plus a fold out design-zine and an interview with akoustik Anarkhy. Compilations are available from www. myspace. com/acrossthepennines for £2 (plus postage & packaging) via paypal, all orders done via the myspace receive a free Across the Pennines badge whilst stocks lat!
Interesting fact about the new compilation: Factory Records design guru Peter Saville was the first person to buy a copy of the new compilation!
A nice review from the wonderfull people at NARC magazine....
matt! you were right, this place is ace. Root Beer is my new poison, and it is my new love. hope all is dandy and fine in the green green grass of home. today i played keifer sutherlands guitar, no shit! katiex
