Pavement, 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
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WORDS 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!
INSTANT ACCESS TO WHOLE ALBUM IN MP3 FORMAT WHEN ORDERING from Tough Love Records
>>TLV024FAVOURS FOR SAILORSFurious Sons 6 TRACK GATEFOLD 12” + CD SET MINI-ALBUM. 500 COPIES. 1. Erode My Empire 2. No Room At The Buffet 3. The Nihilist Prays 4. I Dreamt That You Dreamt That I Loved You In My Dreams 5. Shy Times 6. Our Name
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Management & Booking: Jason@TheArtofAgency.co.uk
Management & Other Enquiries: Stacey@TheArtofAgency.co.uk
Press: Anorak London - info@anoraklondon.com
"Shy Times" on my radio show, The British Breakfast on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond, Virginia USA and streamed live on wrir.org. this Saturday between 9-11AM EST and 2-4PM UKTIME.
UK TOUR STARTS NEXT TUESDAY!!! Oh yes it does! Cats In Paris are on tour and I'll be clinging on to compliment their most amazing music by VJing live visuals! Come and watch the greatest show on Earth.
May 12th: WINCHESTER - School Of Art May 13th: CARDIFF - Buffalo Bar (w/ The Mae Shi + Abe Vigoda) May 14th: BRISTOL - Start The Bus (w/ Rainbow Arabia) May 15th: COVENTRY - Inspire (w/ Between Us And The Fire) May 16th: WORCESTER - Firefly (w/ Between Us And The Fire) May 17th: BIRMINGHAM - The Sunflower Lounge (w/ Between Us And The Fire) May 18th: NORWICH - Unit 5 (w/ Brontide + Theo) May 19th: LONDON - White Heat at Madame Jojo's (w/ Girls) May 20th: SUNDERLAND - Independent May 21st: GLASGOW - Bar Bloc May 22nd: ABERDEEN - Tunnels May 23rd: EDINBURGH - Cabaret Voltaire
They will also be lugging several boxes of a new 7", a double a-side called 'The One/Vampires' that they will selling alongside a beautiful new t-shirt. Exciting! Do come.
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