The following guys play live with Chris: Joe Caddy (drums), Andy Fleet (keys), John Gibbons (bvs), Stelios Kalisperides (guitar), Zane Maertens (bass).
Influences
Beatles, Bowie, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones and lots of other 60s and 70s acts. Also influenced by nineties and naughties acts Radiohead, Stone Roses and Primal Scream.
Sounds Like
Bowie, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Stone Roses, Radiohead, Primal Scream, Belle & Sebastian, T-Rex - phew!
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PRESS QUOTES
"Some of the best pop/rock you are likely to hear this or any year" - The Irish Times
"Twisted City's concept is a fascinating idea carried out with skill and flair by surely one of the most promising songwriters to surface this year" - Clash Magazine
"Luckily I really liked it" - Jenny Eclair
"It really is good stuff...a great sound" - Chris Tarrant
"Extremely impressive" - Irish Examiner
"One glorious ride of well-crafted pop/rock tunes...this is an album you can play again and again and never tire of" - **** Get Ready to Rock
"With a voice somewhere between George Harrison and John Lennon - a good place to be - Singleton pens catchy tunes too...Compelling stuff" - Hotpress
BIOGRAPHY
Chris Singleton comes from Dublin. Influenced by classic acts such as Bowie, The Beatles, The Stone Roses, The Who and Pink Floyd, his music is characterised by great melodies and an engaging production technique which combines traditional rock and pop instruments (guitars, organ, drums, piano) with contemporary sounds - dirty drum samples, crunchy electronica and digital effects.
For the past couple of years Chris has been recording an album called "Twisted City". Written on the back of tube tickets, boarding cards and newspapers found abandoned in railway stations, the record is conceived as a tube journey through London. Each song is a stop on the line and deals with a different 'place', whether a London location or an experience. The album's opener, "Worry Number One" - a rocky, "Pink Floyd-on-speed" affair - starts with a driver announcing a departure of a train; from then on the train takes the listener through a very diverse musical landscape. Taking in glam rock ("Get Up"), acoustic ballads ("Pieces") and even a bit of punk (the end of the title track involves a Johnny Rotten impersonator shouting his head off), "Twisted City" is an album clearly made on - and about - a move. The songs are inspired by London (both the good bits and the bad) and the album reflects the excitement of getting to know the city and the struggle to make it there.
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Photos of the recording of the new album
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HELLO, WE'RE THE MONOBLOGGERS, WE HAVE A NEW SONG UPLOADED ON OUR SITE AND WE'D LOVE YOUR OPINION ON IT. ANY CHANCE YOU COULD TAKE A LISTEN PLEASE? AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK?
Hey man cheers for wanting to be my digital friend!! we'll have to stop meeting like this... a friend has just invested a few grand in me!! played my first few open mic nights over the last month and he wants to invest some cash and push me forward!! ive been enroled into the yamaha school of music to fine tune my singing and he's gonna get me in for some paid gigs!! going well man - hopefully with some help ill be at your level soon!! have a listen to me tunes man, message me and let me kno what you think, i think its basically about possible potential at the mo. stay cool cucumber and let me know if you ever gig anywhere near milton keynes!!! cheers!!
Many thanks for the add Chris. Metonia wish you well and good luck in your ventures. Please feel free to leave comments on our sounds/vids good or bad and spread the word. Much appreciated... X
Hey cheers for the friendship, check my page if you're interested in recording, mixing or mastering - top mics, great rooms, low rates. Keep up the good work :)
Facebook told me to go get your EP, so I obediently did so. A few weeks on and here I am with your full album on my hard drive and your song book open, leaving a comment on Myspace and following you on Twitter. It's addictive stuff mate!
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