vox/guitar - Pat Kearns ** guitar/vox - Michael Lewis ** bass/vox - Kelly Simmons ** drums - Paul Noel
Influences
the Kinks, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Beatles, Oasis, Teenage Fanclub, the La's, Phil Spector, Roy Orbison, Nick Lowe, the Zombies, the Replacements, Burt Bacharach, 20/20, Emitt Rhodes
Sounds Like
Blue Skies For Black Hearts
Serenades and Hand Grenades (CD/LP)
KOHCD-010
Blue Skies For Black Hearts
Love Is Not Enough (CD/LP)
KOHCD-008
Blue Skies For Black Hearts
Turn The Light Out (CD/LP)
KOHCD-007
"Siouxsie Please Come Home" video directed by Justin Dylan Renney
NPR.org, June 24, 2008 - Patrick Kearns makes no attempt to hide his love for old records. His influences remain right out in the open, with song titles like "With a Rubber Soul" winking playfully at anyone familiar with the history of rock music over the past 40 years.
Kearns and his band Blue Skies for Black Hearts keep winking with "Siouxsie Please Come Home," from their third album, Serenades and Hand Grenades. Unlike the gentle acoustic pop of the band's past work, "Siouxsie Please Come Home" — with its raw electric backbeats, its British Invasion-inspired melody, and its rousing chorus of "I don't wanna waste all of your time" — heralds a rock 'n' roll album saturated with electric guitars, abrasive horns, multi-part vocal harmonies, and even a string section.
World Without Love - Live @ Doug Fir
Blue Skies For Black Hearts's Friend Space (Top 16)
Hey guys! We were sitting around in our room and we saw that you guys added us, and I must say, we really like your stuff. Plus, after listening to half of one song, we said to ourselves "these dudes are from portland". And you know what? We were fucking right! If you guys ever come to SF, let us know and we'll pump gas for you guys so you feel at home.
