Dan Monks - guitars, vocals.
Sarah Gerrish - vocals, piano, percussion
John Slattery - bass, Violin.
Occasionally John Rees - piano, guitar, noises.
Influences
I don't know if these are influences but they're people I like who may have had an effect on this particular stuff. Bob Pollard/Guided By Voices, David Pajo, The Byrds, Neil Young, George Orwell, Nick Drake, Nada Surf, Bert Jansch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Big Star, Gravenhurst, The Sky Is Blue, John Martyn, Sparklehorse Mark Eitzel, Arvo Part, Phillip Pulman, The Bees, Gang Of Four, Queen, my Father, Joy Division, Spoon, My Morning Jacket, Mastodon, Amelia Tucker,The Stone Roses, Lanson Humph, Bill Bryson, Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, Ennio Morricone, William Blake, The Shins, Janes Addiction, Matthew Arnold, Broadcast, The Dirty Three, Phillip Roth, Calvin(e)Talbot ,Gillian Welch, Scud Mountain Boys, Nick Cave, the person who invented Yahtzee...
A growing concern these days. Falling Dan grew out of a desire to make the music I wanted with the people I wanted.
I've been lucky, I guess.
Live recordings courtesy of Joe Garcia and mixed by Jon Rees.
Always live dates with the album in the pipeline.
I broke into your home
Tried on all your clothes
Caved a mirror for old time's sake
When it's you I really want to break
I wander all the time
So I can feel your skin next to mine
I put myself away
But now I can't escape.
Malevolent pop with a folk twist
My profile is as it is as a stand against the hopelessly desperate wank than seems to thrive all over myspace! it makes me die a little inside to have such a silly unreadable profile, but the happiness it brings me through the unhappiness it causes brings me some solace... bring this knee headbutting on... i'll take ya...!! Ball cupping masculine feelings of affection...
You're playing the louis on my birthday. I'm launching my album there on feb 6th if you fancy coming along. That live recording of sunday sounds great all nice and spangley
all the songs are really good, but sunday is especially good, please keep it there, tis a shame ye can't add the songs to ye profile as well, else i could a' added it to my profile ^^.
SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER - WAR AGAINST SLEEP (solo piano set) with support from FALLING DAN.
War Against Sleep - Sublime songwriting from Duncan Fleming. www.myspace.com/waragainstsleepband
Falling Dan - Top notch singer songwriter. www.myspace.com/fallingdan
With’ Department S’ - John The Mod and guests play Boogaloo, Northern Soul, Hammond Beats, Soundtracks, Lounge, Glam and anything that GROOVES! www.myspace.com/gimmeshelterclubbristol T
akes place at Encore -10+11 Denmark St(Opposite Hippodrome stage door) Bristol 0117 9256683 9.30pm-2.00am. Entry £3.
No problem re.dodgy spammed message on our myspace. Anyhow, yep, you missed a top night Steveless, Big Joan and YATAB rocked. Fancy a jaunt to Bath this Sat to the Purr gig in the afternoon? It could be gurt fun. Then maybe a cheeky ale or two in the evening. 50% of RaRaRa xx(the 50% who isn't being deeply cool like the other 50% is and DJing in London on Sat)
Liking the tracks you have here Falling Dan. If you want to send us some material, we'd consider playing it on the radio show (address details on our profile), especially if you had gigs in the area.
Thanks so much for the add request, good to have you with us. Hope you are enjoying the show.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol (your soundtrack to the watery apocalypse)
