Andrew Jamieson - plays the guitars, sings the songs, writes the music.
Andrew Last - plays the bass.
Ian Henderson - plays the drums.
Influences
David Kilgour, Television, The Clean, The Go-Betweens, Snapper, Slim Harpo, The Verlaines, Iggy & The Stooges, The Puddle, James Brown, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Flaming Lips, Carriage H, Six Organs of Admittance, The Ruby Suns, Die! Die! Die!, HDU, Tortoise, The American Analog Set, The Misunderstood, Can, Ghostplane, Mercury Rev, The Great Unwashed, Wilco, Snapper, The Buzzcocks, Look Blue Go Purple, Neu!, Spoon,The Chills, Sonic Youth, Jetty, Foodbrain, Midlake, Operation Rolling Thunder, Love, Guided By Voices, Big Star, The Phoenix Foundation, Teenage Fanclub, The Jean Paul Sartre Experience, The Magnetic Fields, Gene Clark, Ticket, Comets on Fire, Brokeback, Watchdog, Eno, Sam Prekop, Spoon, The Associates, Quarry Beach Surfboards, Roxy Music, Faust, Shuggie Otis, Jimi Hendrix, Crazy Ole! & the Panthers, Onanon .... the list goes on (and on) ... and it will in time. Grow, that is. But that's a start.
Sounds Like
A lot of people think The Dark Beaks sound like early Flying Nun jangle pop bands like The Bats, Sneaky Feelings or the Verlaines. Those who don't mention those (imagined) similarities often just use words like "warm", "weird", "lush", "bubbling" and "beautiful" to describe what they sound like. What do you think?
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The Dark Beaks come from Dunedin, New Zealand. Dunedin is on the south east corner of the South Island of New Zealand, elbowing it’s way into the sea where the south west Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean meet. Next stop, Antarctica.
Dunedin is known for producing alternative guitar bands and musicians. The Dark Beaks grew from this Dunedin tradition; their sound shaped by this southern University city's DIY attitude, indifference to musical trends and the isolation of living on the edge of the world.
They recorded their album "Spill Your Heart" themselves in a large basement room on simple (and some home-built) gear and self-released it to an appreciative audience of Kiwi jangle-pop lovers around the world:
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"It's been too long since I've heard something this inspired come out of New Zealand so get while the gettings good." (Dagger, USA)
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"There’s something about the music of Dunedin, New Zealand’s the Dark Beaks that evokes the lushness of their home island (just like the ol’ Flying Nun bands)…enough inventive, tuneful songs to make it a must-have.” (Autopia Music, USA, Albums of the Year for 2006)
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“Proudly carrying the flag of Dunedin, New Zealand guitar pop …delicious guitar tone …a warm and good-natured effort” – (Copacetic Zine, USA)
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“Warm, dark bubbling alt-guitar rocking…The Dark Beaks like to crowd their mixes with warm, dark brown, almost Van Morrison tones and then fast forward them to late Beatle territory, but in a cool way.” (Unpeeled Magazine, UK)
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"A mad plate, with which there is new to discover again and again. Clearly rather Pop as rock. In strange kind dreams and unreal. Beautiful." (Guitars Galore, Germany, Album of the Month, transl.).
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“It's a gem of a record, recalling the hey-day of Flying Nun jangle pop.” Blink (A Low Hum)
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"Guitar-pop trio The Dark Beaks have delivered the surprise pick of the bunch” **** (The Otago Daily Times)
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"Reminiscent of early Flying Nun... a welcome new addition to the rich catalogue of sounds that have emanated from Dunedin's frosty corridors." (The Southland Times)
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“ Spill Your Heart is reminiscent of The Verlaines or Sneaky Feelings… Definitely one to watch.” (The Dominion Post)
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.. --> --> --> --> CDBABY LINK for THE DARK BEAKS: Spill Your Heart -->
The album can be obtained from
cdbaby.com/cd/darkbeaks (US/ World)
www.amplifier.co.nz/release/20118/spill_your_heart.html (NZ)
www.smokecds.com (NZ)
www.powertoolrecords.co.nz (NZ)
www.powertoolrecords.de (Europe)
Or by contacting the band directly via this MySpace page
I was at one of what seems like my 19,349 jobs tonight and let the guys in the kitchen listen to my copy of "Spill Your Heart" (got it from CDBaby, and burned it - will not distribute it however :-O ).
Anyhow, you have a new fan. My friend Ben at work (all of 20 years young) loved it!
Hey! The new Powertool-Records-Compilation "Bulletholes 3- The Best is yet to come" will be out soon (Feb./March 08).
That..s what you will get:
1. Mark Airlie- Song for Lynn 2. Sparrow- The Quiet Revelation 3. Venture Electric- Leave alone 4. Mixture- You want an answer 5. Dead Pan Rangers- 10..Speed 6. Rough Church- Book Junkies 7. The Puddle- No Love No Hate 8. The Dark Beaks- Away you go 9. Bill Direen- Song of the Bloodsucker 10. The Sproutts- I want to be a Sproutt 11. The Shrugs- Your criminal past 12. Cabbage Bomber (=Mark Petersen/St.Fits)- Retrograde 13. Gina Rocco & Robert Scott- Picnics 14. Feyodor- Claws 15. Joed Out- Replacement Car 16. Robert Scott- Project Aqua..s gotta go 17. Vorn- Black Forest Clocks 18. Sandra Bell- Fatal Shore 19. Ward 4- Mile 20. The Weather(feat.Matthew Bannister )- All your dreams
I sure like your awesome music I’ve heard so far on your MySpace. An in actual fact I’d like to welcome you onto the Insomnia Radio Indie Music Revolution and invite you to sign up to Insomnia Radio: New Zealand and submit some tracks so I can play on my podcast so everyone in Insomnia Radio Listener World and beyond can hear you!!!!!
To Submit Your Music First Read This; http://insomniaradio.net/submit-your-music/
And Then Complete Your Submission by Visiting; http://indiemusicproject.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=1540
Hey guys, I have had you albumn playing in my car over the last couple of months, I love it! It grew on me in the way that only great music does. It was awesome to finally have you playing in our venue!! I really hope we can do it again soon. The video is great, thanks for making us part of that.
Hey guys, love the videos, i've just added my first music video (for my song NYC) to my page. Hope you have a chance to check it out, It was made in Auckland by film maker Mark Prebble, and i'm real excited about it. Smile lots, b
Hey!
we just released our new full length album "Separation" its on sale on our page for 8 dollars. come listen to the samples from it and tell us what you think. thanks! :)
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