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Watch an acoustic session for the BBC live at T in the Park 2008 by clicking here.
"Sweethearts In Disguise" music video:
Photos by Andrew McKenna, Marisa Privitera, Mark Percival, Graeme Riach, Kevin Bialystock.
Band Bio:
Click here for an article in the Metro, and if you're still curious you can click here for an article in the Scotsman. Or if you don't feel like clicking, you can just keep on trucking through the bio below.
Zoey Van Goey is a band made up of Matt Brennan, Michael John McCarthy, and Kim Moore. Hailing from Canada, Ireland, and England respectively, they met in Glasgow, Scotland, and started making music together in 2006.
In 2007, Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian produced the band's debut single, "Foxtrot Vandals." It was released on vinyl and the band did a live session for the BBC. The band also embarked on a short tour with Falkirk art-rockers Y'all Is Fantasy Island and novelist Alan Bissett. Dubbed the Super Puny Humans, the shows featured performances by both bands as well as sections with everyone onstage, with Bissett reading from his novels while both bands provided musical backing.
In 2008, the band released another single on vinyl, "Sweethearts In Disguise," which was produced by Paul Savage (formerly of the Delgados) and featured Mr. Bob Kildea of Belle and Sebastian, who laid down a mean bass line. Then, without a transit van, they begged their friends with cars to help them travel to various fields in the UK, where they played festivals like Rockness, T In The Park, Wickerman, Indietracks, Live at Loch Lomond, and Connect.
In 2009, the band recently composed and performed music (in collaboration with David Paul Jones) for the National Theatre of Scotland in a stage adaptation of the Takeshi Kitano film 'Dolls.'
A few additional facts: Kim once trekked her way through a jungle in Ghana with a machete. Matt had part of his lung surgically removed after a tree fell on him during an ice storm in Montreal. Michael John was a trivia prodigy and regularly appeared on television quiz shows in Ireland throughout his childhood.
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"Bookish folk-cellar pop with electronic elements, the subject matter covering everything from impending apocalypse to teaching English in Japan." - The Independent (James McNair)
"Clever, beguiling folk-tinged guitar pop from Glasgow, whose debut single was produced by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, and whose songs are both funny and poignant." - The Scotsman (Leon McDermott)
"Mixing frothy folk-pop tunes with a slight electronic edge and some weird percussion, while swapping instruments like swingers at a musical orgy, the Van Goeys certainly leave their mark. From the experimental soundscape of ‘The City Is Exploding’ to the more carnal pleasures of ‘I Want To Jump Your Bones’, they manage to engage both head and feet with alarming regularity. Definitely one to watch." - Is This Music? (Dan Coxon)
"The Glasgow-based, internationally sourced, three-piece are ridiculously talented: they swap instruments, play violin and have Kim Moore’s stunning vocals. Like the Postal Service with a sense of humour, they cover romance, imminent apocalypse and baked beans, all in the course of one song." - The Skinny (Laura Paterson)
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10 of 69MoreHey lovely Matt with your Casiotone,
Just dropping by to let you know that we’re supporting those mighty noise-smiths The Whiskey Works (who are celebrating the release of their mini album) along with the awesome Lions Chase Tigers at The Captains Rest on the 30th of July (Doors at 8:00)
We’ve also got a tasty wee live video up on our YouTube courtesy of the lovely people at The Mill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqksqctAAlU
...We also have copies of our album for sale. Whoo hooo!!
Drop us a line and tell us what you had for dinner. We had a really nice bowl of pasta.
Bob :) x
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Sorry for this. It’s only a wee spam. Hope you don't mind.
It’s on Sauchiehall St and tomorrow.
If you click the image you should be able to get a free remix of our single.
Bob :)
disclaimer: We’re not big fans of doing this but it’s just a way for us to let you know what we’re up to. Feel free to delete this from your comments but please still consider us your friends. Also want to assure you that this is done by hand and takes at least nine cups of tea to get through. This disclaimer is too long now. Sorry!!
Hi, just stopping by to let you know about a couple of gigs we're doing this weekend. Also come and listen to our album tracks, click the flyer below. x
NB for info on the Insider Festival, go to www.insiderweekend.co.uk. Thanks!
Hi,
I'm happy to announce that my new album "Songs From The Films Of David Lynch" is out now.
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." -The Scotsman
"Great stuff." -Buzz Magazine
i love you....
a x
We have a few tickets left at the discount price of £5. Get in touch and we can arrange getting them to you. DO IT NOW AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
Disclaimer: You know we’re not hugely happy about posting messages on your page. Just trying to keep you up to date with what we’re doing. So to say thanks for not deleting us from your friends list you can get a free remix of our forthcoming single ‘A Princess, A Monkey, The Stars and The Sea’ at http://www.last.fm/music/Vendetta+Coalition
Sorry for spam, hope you can make it to our album launch! Second Hand Marching Band and Endor are also playing, should be fun... Tickets are available at Tickets Scotland.
Stop SPAMMER TIME!!!
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It’s Spamela Anderson!!!!
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Sorry it's a bit spamtastic.
We'll be giving folk the chance to get their paws on an advanced copy of our début album 'The Lamps of Terrahead' on the night.
Hope to see you there.
All the best,
el dog