Elliot hall - guitar,harmonica,vocals and anything else I can get my hands on in the studio.
Suzie Hall - sometimes plays percussion
Mark Tristan - has been known to play bass with us as well
Influences
anything that rattles, shrieks or squeaks particularly Bob Dylan, T.S Elliot (though he's a poet and dead so I doubt he does much squeaking now) , Pete Doherty, Jack White and Neil Young
Sounds Like
An acoustic based monk who moved to the city had a breakdown and abandoned his principles and also Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Tom McRae, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave.
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My new album 'sonnets and singers' is finished! Thanks f**k for that. you canbuy it on cd from
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It was actually quite cheap to make because it was recorded so quickly. That means I can spend the rest of the budget at the bar! In all seriousness I'm pretty chuffed with the record. It sounds all croaky and spluttery which I like and also it sounds nothing like James Blunt - see I'm full of optimism today, not my normal moody barsteward self at all.
here's what some other people have said about my music in the past. If you can make sense of it you're a better man (or woman!) than me.
'a demon-eyed and thoroughly broken singer trying to separate shards of God and mutated angels from urban disease...a fascinating performance.' venue magazine
...at some stage I may have to get a proper job...making music makes you skint..particularly this type of music.... I knew I should've learnt to play catchy pop, but the thing is I've been writing these songs for years now and I just can't change. I wish I was around in the days when dark, moody singer songwriters were in but now it's all fluffy bunny stuff and I don't fit in...oh bollox.. I really thought there was a market for throat cutting ballads these days...I hate describing my music but here it goes...
If you like James Blunt I'm probably not the man for your ears. If you like Britney Spears, I have a slightly blond tinge to my hair and could even try wearing a dress but frankly it ain't happening. I'm a singer songwriter from Bristol playing a kind of 'unfluffy' acoustic music. I tend to find acoustic music these days tends to be full of people with 'pretty voices' playing 'pretty songs', this is an attempt to get away from that. I also have a heavy interest in poetry, not the english tea party kind but the blood and guts, fire and lightning kind. I have released two E.P.s and an album called 'next to nothing', you can buy it from
I have also toured Ireland. When I feel I've had too much music I like to put on my boots, grab my electric guitar and front Indie rock band 'groundless'. You can listen to them if you want at
Have a good one tonight in Lodnol, heard that it shall rain good things upon ya and not a hard rain's a-gonna fall at all. C'est rare, that sorta thing. Thunder on the Moomin, gave up giving up smoking again pah! Pathetic wench! Wytch M x
The putney gig sounds cool, if you're on that early then we can start pulling in the pints after your set :D
I'm afraid I won't be in London from the 1st August onwards, so the phibbers gig I won't be able to make.
London is treating me pretty well, I've neglected James and Charlene's gigs recently because I've been on holiday in Greece but I'll try and pull in together over this last month.
i cant believe it's been almost a month since I stiffed you on your last gig here. Time flies when you're a pig. But yes, the 30th. Done. How is everything? Your gig line up looks ace!
These tracks sound brilliant! Lovely stuff. Cheeky I know, but if you get a minute it would be great if you could vote for me at Stern. de I need those 6 red dots!
hey lovurr, lookin forward to tomorrow me young fellow. let me know if you need me to duet on bridge over troubled water again, the chicks love that shit. there is of course a (not so cold in May) tiny lounge room to rent out if needed. glad you enjoyed the fillum, there will be more soon. till then. x
Thank you for your kind comment on 'Blood, Water & Wine" - the lead guitar was played by the ineffable Richard Riley at his Denny Dias best! Hope to see you before long R
Hey stranger, you catz free next Monday early morning? Moomin be out wonderin an dlook ingfor freecoff ee black... long time no drinking up. Love to Suze, may the daisies curl themselves into chains for ya.
Hi, I have a new song up! It's quite different from my previous stuff, and I hope you like it. The song is called "In early spring" and it's from my upcoming EP#3. Just thought I'd let you know. Take care Emil
Alright scuzzmaster? I'm feelin all light of heart today like a flitty wench oh flit flit goes I round n round the houses. Life is not hard, it's piss easy when you're off you're head! Open another bottle sir I'm gettin dry! Moomin on red xx
Life is hard... amen brother! Harmonica like ethereal out of the room sounding thing, v.ramlblesque man, what else to expect! London based cellist? - you movin? Schmoon x
