Ben Revi, Carly Whittaker, Brendan Moyse, Neil Clark, Adam Osborn, Carly Norman, Emily Heylen.
Influences
Awkwardness, Contemplation, History, Romance. Russian Red, Sybille Baier, Hanne Hukkelberg, Jesper Norda. Nick Drake, The Dirty Three, Clogs, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Cat Stevens. Kierkegaard, Baudrillard, Herbert Marcuse. Frank O'Hara, T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson. F Scott Fitzgerald, J D Salinger, Graham Greene, André Gide, Kazuo Ishiguro. Noah Baumbach, Miranda July, Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. The National, Low.
The Cheer Advisory Council formed in Adelaide, Australia in late
2008. Since then, the Council has played with the likes of Lamplight,
Jordie Lane, Eva Popov, Me and the Grownups, We Grow Up and the legendary Tim Rogers.
It all begins with the songs. The Head Councillor has been putting the pieces together for years, throwing words
together, crafting his every sordid, awkward experience into melody.
He's not sure whether he should be doing that. He's constantly
reminded of things he’d rather forget. He winds his intimate
narratives around infectious melodies, and hopes one day he'll be
able to answer any or all of the questions he might ask.
Then there’s the band. Seven musicians. Some conservatorium graduates, others just crashing through. Lightly-brushed drums meet
with intricate piano, peppered with meandering violin, served with a
side of purposive guitar. Three-part harmonies, five voices crashing
against a sharp but delicate musical backdrop.
Switching Sides and Accommodating are the first tastes of an album
due in 2010, recorded by Matt Hills (Wolf & Cub, Fire! Santa Rosa,
Fire!, The Lucksmiths, Ricaine).
Carly and Oz, The Grace Emily Hotel, 25 April 2009, taken by Spoz
Hey there ladies and gents, i bought some awesome new headphones and listened to switching sides and i got real excited. Sounds fan-bloody-tastic, did you record anything else in the same session?
Hi there Advisors, Pablo Libido's world tour of Adelaide starts this Thursday 23rd July at the Grace Emily (Pablo on about 10:30) and wraps up the next night Friday 24th at the Metropolitan hotel (7.30pm). Yours faithfully, P. Libido
This film clip was made by Glass Kingdom Films! Please visit www.belladonnathemovie.com to see their feature film to be released later this year with Lamplight appearing in the film and on the sound track!
Hello, Advisors, thanks for being our friend. We like what we hear of your music. We are a Adelaide band who hope that the great gods of social networking will reward our dedicated computing by descending from the internet to help us feel more fulfilled - this is as Rupert Murdoch wishes us to behave. We play Sun 22nd March at Tuxedo Cat and then Thurs 2nd April at Jade Monkey.
Ah great to see you have your space up and cranking! looking forward to playing 2 shows with you guys next month.. yay! thanks again for the Humble bee CD Ben, its great. Mark - The British Robots
