Phil McMinn (Vocals, guitars, pianos) James Pamphlion (Drums, imagined electronics) Phil Jones (Guitars) Rich Leicester (Bass)
Influences
Bjork, Spiritualized, Graham Greene's The End Of The Affair, Elbow, The Postal Service, The Notwist, Lali Puna, Ane Brun, U2 (no! no! no!), Idlewild, the second disc of the Tom Waits box, the later novels of Philip Roth, Kode9, Kylie, Deftones, Low (me: "play Two Step"; them: "ok!"), buying second hand books at second hand markets and never reading them oh the kids will one day benefit, Tool, Joanna Newsom, large parts (but not all) of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Fennesz, the photo of Alexander Dumas I have sat on my desk, and an array of other bands/books we sound absolutely absolutely nothing like. This is your home now.
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Out of the ashes of the much-missed Fell City Girl, Oxford-based 4 piece The Winchell Riots are currently writing and rehearsing in a disused psychiatric home.
Formed over a love of the novels of Philip Roth, mixing up Death Cab For Cutie with Bjork and Sigur Ros, and with support slots ranging from iLikeTrains to Michael Rother (Kraftwerk/Neu! founding member) the band release their debut EP 'Histories' on April 28th 2008 through Andrew The Great Records, distributed by Pinnacle (UK). A full UK tour in April will coincide.
Press: thewinchellriots [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk Bookings: philfellcity [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk
Really looking forward to seeing you at Truck this weekend. Saw you last year and yeah, okay, not the best gig ever ;) But the supporting set you did at the Academy with iLiKETRAiNS was amazing, as was the gig at the Wheatsheaf (I think) last year. Red Square makes me cry!!
so pleased your playing the marquee! cant wait!!! strange, last time i saw you, you were fell city and had anothersotry support, they are now morning parade. Gonna be classic!
Congratulations on winning the place at wakestock. Definatly deserved the spot. Hope its going all right for you today guys and the sun is out. Much love Chris
I had the most vivid dream last night where you played all your stuff but it sounded like a blur. I know blur isn't a sound, unless of course we're talking about the band, which I'm not. Then you all spontaneously combusted. It was crazy. x
Here "Histories" on Bristol Uncovered. We played it on our Saturday morning show last weekend on BBC Radio Bristol. You can still hear it anytime this week using the on line "Listen Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there’s a link to it from our profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
If you should plan to tour Germany, get in contact with Patrick from "A Heart Is An Airport" - look up under my Top Friends. He just booked two Bristolian Bands for the 14th June in Leipzig. We might be able to arrange some gigs there for ya. ;)
Looking forward to hearing the new recording guys, hopefully coming to see you in Cambridge.
Hope you're well, we've got 2 new songs up on our myspace. "Concrete (When we were invincible)" is soon to be released as a single through iTunes, but for now you can check it out for free. Let us know what you think.
alright guys! really looking forward to seeing you again on june 17th. i'm sure ill manage to come over all fan boyish but who the hell cares. shall be good. robin xx
You lot are fucking immense, I've chucked ur EP onto my iPod and let it sink in, now I can't stop telling everyone. When r u next in London? Would be good to catch a gig!
