rich plays the bass, richie the guitar. there are two neils, both play drums, and michael also plays the guitar. they all play stuff like shakers and glockenspiels and also sing, though michael does most of the singing. i guess you’d call him the singer.
Influences
at various points in the songs i guess we sound a little like talking heads, pavement, deerhoof, paul simon, yo la tengo, a few ideas from dfa, wilco, silver jews, there's this one bit that's supposed to sound like animal collective and, that reminds me, the harmonies on one song are sort of ripped off from panda bear (only nowhere near as good of course), jim o'rourke, richard thompson, there's a couple of bits that are really influenced by athur russell, but you probably wouldn't say it sounds like athur russell. i mean, we all like the beach boys, neil young and stuff too and you can probably hear that. maybe a bit of pixies, certainly some early r.e.m., you know, the usual. i'm pretty into jens lekman again, like last summer.
we do parties, living rooms, all kinds of shows. if you’d be interested in putting us on, please email jason edwards: jason@theartofagency.co.uk.
some things some people have said about us:
"both modest and wrong" list magazine
"an undeniably good band" skinny magazine
"amalgamates The Modern Lovers’ apathetic composure with the rhythmic deviancy of Pavement" drowned in sound
"staggeringly assured, the skeletal guitars and anti-harmonic, shouty vocals a superb counterpoint to the almost tribal, jam-session-like drumming" lots of random words
"They’ve stumbled in cross-eyed in the smallest hours, spilling stomachs all over newly laid carpet, crucified face down in a serene stupor when the curtains are open an hour later" transparent magazine
Howdy mike/richie et al. Ive just been offered a ticket to the shout out louds, imagine my glee when I noticed you fine fellows are playing! Looking forward to it, keep an eye out for me when your not signing autographs! Gary
We all very much enjoyed your noises last night. A bit sad we didnt stay long enough to fall through a van though. Congratulations on being excellent. X!
it's okay. i'm obviously not going to miss the football. howevers, i could get down for the 26th and watch you pricks play, then party. i don't need a tent do i?
24 Jun 2008 Fat Sam's, Dundee 25 Jun 2008 Snafu, Aberdeen 26 Jun 2008 Club De Mar, Ayr 29 Jun 2008 Lourenzo's,Dunfermline 30 Jun 2008 Caberet Voltaire,Edinburgh 06 Jul 2008 Maggie Mays, Glasgow 20 Jul 2008 Dunstaffnage Festival, Oban
