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4 or 5 Magicians
Alternative / Indie / Powerpop

"fill our northern tour gap - tues july 29th!"

Brighton,
United Kingdom

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   4 or 5 Magicians: General Info
Member Since10/5/2005
Band Website4or5magicians.co.uk
Band Members

DAN ORMSBY - Vocals, Words, Guitar, Drums, Persuasive Propaganda

SAM CLARKE - Bass, Guitar, Sensible Suggestions

SAM MOORE - Guitar, Philosophical Reflection

ILJA GRAY - Drums, Questionable Impressions

MIKE LORD - Keyboards, Story Boards

Influences

MAIN OBVIOUS MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Guided By Voices / REM / Nirvana / Dinosaur Jr / The Flaming Lips / Pavement / Sebadoh / Built To Spill / The Pixies / Mercury Rev / Meat Puppets / Beck / Sonic Youth / Television / Weezer / Ben Folds Five / The Presidents Of The United States Of America / The New Pornographers / The Decemberists / Grandaddy / Eels / The Walkmen / Spoon / The Webb Brothers / The Strokes / (early) Everclear / (early) Smashing Pumpkins / Wilco / Neutral Milk Hotel / Royal Trux / Archers Of Loaf / The Breeders / Ben Kweller / Hockey Night.

BUT ALSO, AND LESS OBVIOUSLY : Fugazi / Rites Of Spring / Husker Du / Oneida / Dead Meadow / The Minutemen / Mission Of Burma / Polvo / Girls Against Boys / Queens Of The Stone Age / At The Drive-In / Tool / ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead / Slint / The National / Karate / Malajube / Fiery Furnaces / Bobby Conn / Hanson (!) / Mates Of State / The Jai-Alai Savant / Clouddead, Themselves and the Anticon label / TV On The Radio / The Modern Lovers / Jeff Buckley / Elliott Smith / Bright Eyes / Ben Lee / Tom Waits.

AND EVEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOME BRITISH BANDS! : The Beatles / Mclusky / The Fall / Mogwai / Gang Of Four / Blur / Seafood / The Longpigs / the first three albums by ... Idlewild, Radiohead, Ash, Snow Patrol, Biffy Clyro, Terrorvision / Therapy? / Super Furry Animals / Mansun / Kenickie / The Stone Roses / Six By Seven / The Futureheads / Scott Walker / Jake Thackray.

AND, OF COURSE, OUR FRIENDS AND CONTEMPORARIES : Johnny Foreigner / Los Campesinos / Distophia / Jetplane Landing / Blood Red Shoes / Esiotrot / Laura Hocking / Favours For Sailors / The Young Playthings / My Psychoanalyst / Popular Workshop / Paul Hawkins ... and all the other ace bands we know, have played with, or are doing great music right now!

Sounds LikeAll of the above / none of the above.
Record LabelThis Is Fake DIY
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 6 2008 8:00P
BRIGHTON Freebutt w/ Popular Workshop Brighton
Jul 9 2008 8:00P
LONDON The Good Ship w/ Artefacts For Space Travel, Theo London
Jul 16 2008 8:00P
BIRMINGHAM Flux @ The Yardbird w/ Sunset Cinema Club, William, Secondsmile Birmingham
Jul 17 2008 8:00P
SHREWSBURY POPP @ The Albert Shrewsbury
Jul 24 2008 8:00P
OXFORD Port Mahon w/ The Young Playthings Oxford
Jul 25 2008 8:00P
LOUTH Cobbles Bar Louth, Lincolnshire
Jul 26 2008 8:00P
MANCHESTER venue tbc Manchester
Jul 27 2008 8:00P
GLASGOW Pivo Pivo Glasgow
Jul 28 2008 8:00P
NEWCASTLE Head Of Steam Newcastle
Jul 29 2008 8:00P
BOOK US !! Somewhere in the north of England
Jul 30 2008 8:00P
LINCOLN The Cell TBC Lincoln
Jul 31 2008 8:00P
NORWICH The Queen Charlotte Norwich
Aug 1 2008 8:00P
LONDON Industry Shoreditch, London
Aug 3 2008 4:00P
LONDON Brixton Windmill - full Guided By Voices cover set @ totally AWESOME all dayer w/ FREE BBQ! London
Aug 7 2008 8:00P
BRIGHTON Freebutt w/ -a+M, (+two more TBC) Brighton
Aug 8 2008 8:00P
SOUTHAMPTON Joiners Southampton
Aug 9 2008 8:00P
BOURNEMOUTH The Gander w/ Dutch Husband Bournemouth
Aug 10 2008 8:00P
WEYMOUTH venue tbc Weymouth, South
Aug 11 2008 8:00P
Tour of South - BOOK US !! South
Aug 12 2008 8:00P
BATH St. James Wine Vaults Bath
Aug 13 2008 8:00P
BRISTOL The Junction w/ The Jelas Bristol
Aug 14 2008 8:00P
Tour of South - BOOK US !! South
Aug 15 2008 8:00P
LONDON Bardens Boudoir London
Aug 16 2008 8:00P
Tour of South - BOOK US !! South

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   About 4 or 5 Magicians

!!OUR NEW SINGLE IS OUT TODAY - MONDAY APRIL 21st!! Our new double a-side single Change The Record / Ideal Man is out today through This Is Fake DIY Records. You can digitally download the single through i-Tunes and the like, or order a nice shiny 7" vinyl from www.thisisfakediyrecords.co.uk ... www.banquetrecords.co.uk ... www.hmv.co.uk and probably some other places! !!OUR NEW SINGLE IS OUT TODAY - MONDAY APRIL 21st!!

Here is a live video of Change The Record performed in London on April 19th 2008. Thanks to Aaron and Ciaran for this!

!! BOOK US !! We are available for shows more or less anywhere and at any time so long as our costs are covered. Just send us a message here or email fourorfivemagicians[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk !! BOOK US !!

!! BUY OUR OLD SINGLE !! You can still order our single (released October 2007) Forever On The Edge from Alcopop! though I guess there aren't too many left so snap one up while you can! It's a 4 track, 3" CD limited to 500. Tracklisting :

1. Forever On The Edge

2. Conversational Karate

3. Orderly Queue

4. Tom Waits' Blues

Do it here :

!! THIS IS OUR RADIO 1 SESSION !! This was recorded in June 2007 by Dan on Drums, Guitar and Voice, Jon Wood on Bass (now of Epideme) and Matt Hayward on Guitar (now of Favours For Sailors). Enjoy! :


Huw Stephens Introducing...on Radio 1

!! SOME PRESS LOVIN' !!

Steve Lamacq's New Favourite Band and Change The Record "Such great song construction!" Lamacq Single Of The Week May 28th - June 4th 2008

Also, about Forever On The Edge - "I just really like the juxtaposition of the sort of dismissiveness and confidence rubbing-up against each other...a clattering pop-noise that weaves the singer along" - Steve Lamacq, Radio 1

"Really, really exciting" + "SOOOO SOOOO GOOD!" + "brilliant" + various other superlatives - Huw Stephens, Radio 1

"more than a bit special" - Playmusic Magazine Unsigned Indie/Rock band of the year 2008

"At last a believeable British retort to the drawling rambles of Stephen Malkmus. Think Hefner's Darren Hayman fronting Guided By Voices. Ace." Music Week

"the sort of lo-fi attack jam that Kurt Cobain would have creamed over" - Rocksound

"very nearly stirring enough to make you put some pants on and run down to Capital FM with a big gun. Marvellously cynical alt.rock grubbiness. More please!" - The Fly

"‘Forever On The Edge’ not only boasts a loveable melody so missed from the chord-driven NME crowd , but also a contender for the best lyric of the year ... Lo-fi indie rock at its best" - 8/10 - drownedinsound.com

"inherently fantastic" - rockfeedback.com

SINGLE OF THE MONTH Oct 2007 - "a monumentally fuzz drenched summer anthem for the slacker generation missing the greats!" - subba-cultcha.com

DEMO OF THE WEEK May 24th 2007 - "a promising potentially explosive alt.rock indie-pop X factor edge of their own" --- AND --- SINGLE OF THE WEEK Oct 18th 2007 - "A fine fine debut slice of English alt.rock ... we want everyone to form an orderly queue and pin all your hopes on these four or five fine magicians" - Organart

"This is an impressive collision of relevant underground styles from a young band with seemingly no shortage of energy or ideas" 4.5/5 manchestermusic.co.uk

"They're magic!" - SoundsXP.com

Check out everyone in our top friends too, they are all nearly as good as we are! But nowhere near as good as this man :


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4 or 5 Magicians has 2067 friends.
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 JOHNNY FOREIGNER album out now! 


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 STARS AND SONS 


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 ultCult 


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 Favours For Sailors 


 The Young Playthings 


 calories 


 Untitled Musical Project 


 Popular Workshop -- POPSONG RELEASED 07 JULY 


 HoUR HaNds 

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 everyone to the anderson 

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 ICE, SEA, DEAD PEOPLE 


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 stevelamacqdj 


 Alcopop! Records 





4 or 5 Magicians's Friends Comments
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POPP MUSIC


Is Online


Jul 3 2008 11:56 AM

spread the word - we can't wait!
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VELMA





Jul 3 2008 8:17 AM

COME TO LEEDS :[
pivopivo





Jul 2 2008 10:46 AM

En route to supporting the legendary Electric Prunes, psychedelic Swedes La Fleur Fatale drop in to Pivo Pivo, Waterloo St, Glasgow to join us for a Full Tilt Boogie from 8pm on Thursday 3rd July. Support from Bo Deadly and Dennis Law Jnr. www. myspace. com/lafleurfataletheband

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hollie





Jun 30 2008 4:02 AM

More Saturday nights like that please.....! :D thankyou for your company like xxxx
Samu.co.uk --- D Z Greene





Jun 29 2008 3:46 AM

Nice one guys. Cool to meet. Deal or no deal can teach us all that we know some stuff! Good Ship should be a really great night.


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WHITE NOISE





Jun 28 2008 2:40 PM

WHITE NOISE - EVERY TUESDAY AT THE ENGINE ROOM
Preston Street, Brighton.


4 of Brighton best new local bands each week.

Entry £3
16+ Show
Bring I.D.

Doors 8pm - 12am

Drinks Promotions All Night!!

Support Your Local Music Scene!!!
For Full Listings goto www. rockbrighton. com/whitenoise. html

Rock Brighton

MINNAARS





Jun 27 2008 4:11 PM

balanced out by the nightmare that will be 8 bands trying to fit all their gear into no. space. at. all.
MINNAARS





Jun 27 2008 4:03 PM

there's cous cous?!? why did I not get the memo?! we've got to be there for 4...oh the joys of transit van.
MINNAARS





Jun 27 2008 3:58 PM

I for one am excited! we might even get to actually watch you this time... (Oxford-based guilt etc)
MINNAARS





Jun 27 2008 3:49 PM

mmmmm bring on the undercooked sausages ;)
Le Band Extraordinaire





Jun 27 2008 11:57 AM

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Meatbreak





Jun 24 2008 6:12 AM

Friday comes early this month. For one Night only, NFR LIVE! is on Thursday. But Thursday's are Friday's dipped in chocolate. Or something.

Brighton’s only free future music live band club night >>>




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