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Paper Lanterns

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Paper Lanterns
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Shakerley
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Torch Is A Case 4 Holding Dead Batteries
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The East Anglia Border Raids
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Are We The Baddies
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General Info

Genre: Alternative / Indie / Shoegaze
Location UK
Profile Views: 9194
Last Login: 9/28/2011
Member Since 5/28/2007
Website http://www.egressuk.com/distantguns.htm
Record Label Egress (UK)
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. ..Now playing: Distant Guns.... .. ...... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .... Distant Guns are a two man recording army, whose mission is to explore the frontiers of the DIY ethic, by regularly releasing self-produced 4-track EPs. ....Each CD release is strictly limited edition and has handmade artwork that complements the EP’s theme and makes each copy slightly unique. They cannot be purchased for love or money, but are sent out at random to fans on the Distant Guns mailing list. ....Egress UK release 'EP4: The Invisible Observer' 2 Aug 2010. Tracklisting: ....'Paper Lanterns' ..'Your Plans Are Just Lists Of Things That Won't Happen' ..'Captain Birdseye And His Shit Mate' ..'CSI: Nowhere' ....EP4 (and EP3: The Redundant Pioneer) will be available for download through ..Egress Records.. , ..Amazon.. and iTunes ..... ....For Christmas 2009, our giveaway track was 'Arson Attack On A Christmas Tree' available FREE from ..Egress Records...... All CD copies of 'EP1: The Complacent Pacifist' and 'EP2: The Peaceful Technophobe' have now gone and will NEVER be reissued... but the songs can be downloaded FREE from: .... ..The DISTANT GUNS Soundclick Page...... It's better quality than Myspace, which is an utter shed that can't even cope with substantial song titles, never mind high bit-rates..... If you would like the opportunity of receiving future releases, please email distantguns@hotmail.co.uk or sign up at ..Egress Records... Your thoughts, questions, poetry, recipes, death threats and offers of Florentine patronage are most welcome. Our pledge to you:.... "We promise not to share your details with knobheads." .... Oh, and for what it's worth... we are deeply suspicious of the Myspace phenomenon (& social networking sites in general) and lament that the word 'friend' has been so devalued. So don't even bother trying to add us as a friend... we will politely decline. It's nothing personal, we decline friend requests from absolutely everyone. If this offends your sensibilities, it's probably best if you switch off the computer, go for a walk and try to work out the crucial difference between 'making friends' and 'adding' them. .... .... We use anything and everything....... Fender Jazzmaster & Stratocaster guitars, a medium chisel, Focusrite compressors, Fender Jaguar bass, Stella Artois, Boss pedals (especially the PS-3 Pitchshifter / Delay), birdsong, Ashdown bass amplification, Soundforge, Garrison G-30 acoustic guitar, Rode microphones, ..E-fects Scrambl-E & Bias Fuzz pedals.., righteous anger, Eventide Eclipse, 9V batteries, SONAR, Roland XV-5050, kitchen scissors (get an adult to help you), Vox amplifiers, Dr.Rhythm DR-55, Robert Keeley FX, Lexicon Vortex, toy xylophone, Rickenbacker 360 12-string guitar, Hohner Harmonium, rally cars, Ampeg amplification, Electro-Harmonix POG2, home-made piezo contact microphones, "Magnetic" cider, Olympus S914 cassette dictaphone with dying batteries, Line 6 M13, E13 Truly Beautiful Disaster, ..Fredric Grumbly Wolf, Harmonic Percolator & PFXM Jehovadrive pedals.., Fender Baritone Special guitar, a theremin built into a TARDIS, Amdek Percussion Synthesizer, 1968 Yamaha SB-5A bass, Roland V-Drums, Fender "Input Device" Telecaster, ZVex pedals, Line 6 UX8, Martin D15 12-string guitar, sleighbells, Barry Seaborne, microKorg, Digitech XP-1000 Jetpack, OUR FUCKING IMAGINATION. ....Now a lot of bands claim that last one, maybe your favourite band says it. But have they ever dropkicked a Hammond organ on their first record? We have......... DISTANT GUNS KUDOS FILE: .... Kyle plays Distant Guns and other shoegaze / dreampop on ..Florida Uni Online Radio.. Tuesdays 1000-1200 EST = 1500-1700 GMT.....
Members
Mr. Deathray.. ..Mr. Riviera
Influences
Widescreen, windswept Northern indie .. (Doves, Elbow, The Smiths, Glasvegas, Longview, The Twilight Sad)... ..Post-rock .. (Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, Talk Talk, GYBE).. ..Shoegaze / Dreampop .. (Sigur Ros, Slowdive, Ride, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, July Skies, The Sundays).... US melodic alternative rock .. (Deftones, Pixies, Guided By Voices, Everclear, Sugar, Statistics).... And The Fall, who are unclassifiable.
Sounds Like
Faraway artillery...... "We Set Sail From Granadaland: locks into a wiry, bass-driven Fall groove, complete with what sounds like Mark Radcliffe doing a guest spot on megaphone. A fantastic rant.".... - Palmer Eldritch (Die Shellsuit Die)........ "Shakerley: Majestic indie-shoegazing from wilfully awkward customers and DIY duo Distant Guns... lovely and soaring... a hymn to hometown hate. And the best example of towns being listed in a pop song since The Beautiful South's 'Rotterdam'. ".... - Morgan and Parkin........ "A Torch Is A Case For Holding Dead Batteries: melds the best of Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Syd Barrett and some Simon Armitage-like poetry to pretty devastating effect .".... - Palmer Eldritch (Die Shellsuit Die)........ "We Set Sail From Granadaland: features a Park Life-esque, very British rant that sparks similarities to post-punk bands such as Gang Of Four... with a front-man who sounds like a tuneful Mark E Smith." .... - BBC Norfolk 'Introducing'........ "Arson Attack On A Christmas Tree: Deep, funny, chaotic, nonsensical at times, yet insightful.".... -Solid, Pineapster.com ........