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Powerpop / Surf / New Wave

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Hackney, London and South East
United Kingdom

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Member Since6/24/2006
Band Websitewww.myspace.com/favours4sailors
Band MembersJRC/AKDB/MA/DSS/Maltese Falcon

InfluencesPavement, Les Savy Fav, Q and not U, The Cars, Cap n' Jazz, Scott Walker, Modest Mouse, Television, Fugazi, The Band, Built to Spill, Beach Boys, Captain Beefheart, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Destroyer, Islands, The Who, Vampire Weekend, Minutemen, Paul Simon, The Pogues, Dexys Midnight Runners, Animal Collective, Thomas Mapfumo, Shangri Las
Sounds LikeWORDS FROM THE MOUTHS OR KEYBOARDS OF OTHERS...

"THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY CLASSIC ABOUT THAT, IT'S NOT JUST INDIE ROCK BY NUMBERS... LATE 70S FM ROCK... WICKED" – Zane Lowe Radio 1 - FFS Fresh Meat winners 09/02/2009

"BIG TUNES... BIG SHINY GREAT POP SONGS" – Steve Lamacq, 6music

“F4S need no frills to dress their wares in – these songs sell themselves quite brilliantly.” – www.clashmusic.com

"Self-conciously wordy, but also way too much fun to be merely smug. A blast." 4/5 UNCUT magazine

“Like a breath of fresh air through the smog, FFS are on course to make themselves national indie treasures” The Fly

"I LOVE FAVOURS FOR SAILORS WITH A PASSION." – David Roy, Dananananaykroyd (soberly)

"It's rare that a band without a single proper 'release' makes it to the pages of any magazine but Favours for Sailors are a trio with potential enough to eclipse the all-conquering indie-pop titans of Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Chiefs given a hefty slice of luck and a hearty following wind." – Mike Diver in Rocksound magazine

"a taste of what is sure to be many great things to come." - CMU - Furious Sons review

“Like Ron Jeremy after a fun-filled bucket of Viagra, Furious Sons is wired and shamelessly unsubtle, but all the better for it” - beardedmagazine.co.uk

"joy lies in letting ourselves get swept into FFS dream world of off-kilter pop. It would take the grouch with a heart of stoney economic turmoil not to." - ARTROCKER

"'I Dreamt That I Dreamt That You Loved Me In Your Dreams', is possibly the most fluently vitriolic song Rivers Cuomo never wrote, all doo-wop harmonies alongside an infectious melody that masks a false sense of security" - Drowned in Sound review

"a pleasing diversion" - NME (from what?)

“If you’re a music fan, you’ll probably like ‘Furious Sons’. If you’re a music snob, have it as your guilty pleasure.” www.choononline.co.uk

"Doing American blissful, off-kilter quirk-pop better than our friends across the pond, it’d take a heartless soul to resist this. Hello, sailor." –Kirstie McCrum - http://www.musosguide.com

Being the evil world that it is, we‘re lucky to have the comfort blankets that are songs like ‘Shy Times’ and ‘The Nihilist Prays’ to retain our joy and sanity, recharging our life-force with their jaunty rhythms... the best damn chorus this side of 2009" 4ortherecord.com

"Their catchy, low-fi melodic pop which sits somewhere between The Cribs and The Beach Boys is currently making definite waves at the moment." – www.itsnotforthecock.co.uk

"Unlike Vampire Weekend, Favours For Sailors are altogether more likeable, and much less pretentious." – www.thelineofbestfit.com

"FAVOURS FOR SAILORS have given us some excellent powerpop in 2008 - ploughing a nice Jags furrow, a la Gentleman Jesse. Via Stephen Malkmus." – www.artrocker.com

–PEOPLE WHO HAVE PLAYED US ON THEIR RADIO SHOWS:::

STEVE LAMACQ – 6MUSIC/RADIO 1

HUW STEPHENS - RADIO 1

ZANE LOWE - RADIO 1

COLIN MURRAY - RADIO 1

MARK RONSON – EAST VILLAGE RADIO

GIDEON COE – 6MUSIC

JOHN HILLCOCK – XFM

JOHN KENNEDY – XFM

SHAUN KEAVENY - 6MUSIC

JEAN-PAUL SABLIER - VIRGIN RADIO FRANCE

COUNTLESS NOBLE-HEARTED BLOGGERS, PODCASTERS & ONLINE RADIO DJS!
Record LabelTough Love Records
Type of LabelIndie


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Sad news: our ship has been boarded by pirates, who have executed the crow's nest and made the starboard walk the plank. We have decided to call it a day.

FURIOUS SONS RELEASED MONDAY MARCH 2

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Nov 1 2009 1:47 PM

Top of the Ox

Top of the Ox



Oct 28 2009 5:26 PM

Upload your latest songs to www.topoftheox.co.uk and you could win a record deal as well as get loads of other real opportunities. This week the top artists will win an acoustic guitar and massive promotion at www.topoftheox.co.uk
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David Ziggy G (Samu.co.uk)



Oct 27 2009 3:17 PM

You guys doing ok in your separate cabins?
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BRATTWELL RECORDINGS



Oct 22 2009 1:11 PM

After that Safari night I left my records behind and when I went to pick them up the next day some sod nicked my Furious Sons Record, the sods, it looked bloody luvlee (probably why it got snatched) can I have another one and I promise I'll keep it under lock and key this time x
Jordan

Jordan



Oct 21 2009 7:42 PM

YA~
Marzey

Marzena Dabrowska



Oct 15 2009 6:48 PM

Get on tour!!!
Chamber

Chamber



Sep 28 2009 12:30 PM

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Andy Willson

Andy Willson



Sep 4 2009 6:34 AM

Cheers for the add guys.
Andy
Sue Crawford

Sue Crawford



Sep 3 2009 8:45 PM

Still playing the record tho'!
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♥ Moja Mila ♥

♥ Moja Mila ♥



Sep 3 2009 6:46 PM

Please come back. I had the CD on in the car the other day, it cheered me up no end!
Top of the Ox

Top of the Ox



Sep 2 2009 3:48 PM

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Chamber

Chamber



Sep 2 2009 12:47 PM

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Aug 28 2009 7:19 AM

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debut track up!! check it out!

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The Chairmen

The Chairmen



Aug 27 2009 10:06 PM


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Aug 27 2009 2:24 PM

Sue Crawford

Sue Crawford



Aug 23 2009 4:49 PM

Hey, Jon, Sam Baker is coming to The Maze in September!
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Aug 23 2009 11:08 AM

Hey guys! Come down to our next gig night at Mother Bar on the 2nd September to see some hot ladies rock out!!





Loyal Trooper

Loyal Trooper



Aug 17 2009 10:20 AM

You have split up. I did not know this. This has made me particularly sad.
4 or 5 Magicians

4 or 5 Magicians



Aug 5 2009 5:42 PM

I'm assuming you guys have nothing to do now your band is dead, so instead of sitting at home this weekend twiddling your thumbs, come to this!

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Chamber

Chamber



Aug 4 2009 12:52 PM

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BRATTWELL RECORDINGS



Aug 2 2009 10:04 AM

Oy, so you buggers split up, shocking behaviour.
Can I get one of you 10" vinyl records please? I don't have one and I want something to hold tight to me chest as I cry myself to sleep. Computer files just arn't the same.
X
Alice

Alice



Jul 31 2009 9:27 AM

booo.. when are you playing in London again?! 
The Drowners

The Drowners



Jul 28 2009 9:32 AM

Hi!

The Drowners have a couple of gigs we want you to know about:

Friday 31st July @ Hope & Anchor, Islington - onstage 8:30
Friday 7th August @ The Bull & Gate, Kentish Town - onstage 9:00

Hope you can make one of them..

xxx
DOCTOR POP

DOCTOR POP



Jul 26 2009 2:08 PM

Well done last night guys. Was worth missing the last train. Much love x
Chamber

Chamber



Jul 22 2009 4:31 PM

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 Episode 2: Televised Crimewave, The Slow Blade and Phantom - Here

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