The Smiths, Radiohead, Suede, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, Morrissey, Luke Haines and The Auteurs, Belle and Sebastian, Blur, Lambchop, Tindersticks, Jack, David Bowie, The Boo Radleys, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Gene, Sparklehorse, P J Harvey, Broadcast, The Fall, Edwyn Collins and Orange Juice, Stereolab, The Kinks, The Housemartins, Slumber Party, Stereolab, Joy Division, Pulp, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Strangelove, Einsturzende Neubauten, Paul Weller, Graham Coxon, Echo and the Bunnymen, Camera Obscura, The Stranglers, The Magic Numbers, Arab Strap, Kraftwerk, The Supremes, Derek and Clive...
First appearing on the Angular record's "New Cross" compilation and again in "Rip Off Your Labels", voted best compilation 2004 by the NME, before releasing their own "Childhood Gang Reunion" EP in 2005.
"Gifthorse are a band who will wrap themselves around your heart for weeks. They have the ability to see the romantic in the tragic and produce the aural equivalent of it" -Bill Cummings GIITTV.
We are gifthorse. We write songs about: being thrown out of libraries, never ever being asked to dance, boys with their heads stuck in railings, hopeless infatuation, the romance and glamour of chip-pan fires, the loneliness of long-term retail employment, unromantic rooftops, the Sexodrome... People say we sound like: Morrissey, Pulp, The Auteurs, early Suede, The Magic Numbers, Elvis Costello (we neither confirm nor deny these accusations).
Personnel: B. Bryden (pop misanthropist); K. Schoolcraft (sociopath); B. Wright (glockenspiel specialist); Jonny B. Gifthorse (textbook shimmy).
..Our latest single is out soon! It's a split single with a new SPC band, Standard Fare, and features two of our new songs "Angel of Death" and "Tricks":
Download now or pre-order the 7" from our profile or www.theespc.com ..
I didn't even catch a cold. That was in Tampa, we met some bloke named John and he took us fishing. While I was fishing a woman came up and asked if I wanted to be on tv and thats how I ended up doing the commercial :)
Hey,
Just to let you know the digital download of Magazine has finally gone up on VirginDigital.co.uk, Napster.com, TescoDownloads.com & WoolworthsDownloads.com! If you have 79p and a working set of ears, *please* download it!! WSF xxxx
Wasssupp!! I thought i'd let you know that I just sold 4 more $500 Macys Gift Cards on eBay for $300! I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GETTING THESE FOR FREE FROM MACYS, AND CAN TURNAROUND AND SELL THEM ON EBAY! HOW SICK IS THAT!!! Hurry!!! Get as many as you can before they stop doing this!
Yo folks! Listen to our songs and vote for us on XFM at XFM uploaded Click play on ther player to register your listen! I love you so much i could cry. In fact, i am crying right now. xx
thanks brian,
we're recording also at the moment.
I heard of this famous program and thought I should perhaps buy a f**ing apple computer just to get it.
looking forward to hear your new songs!
felix
