Bill Murray, alll ya'll, Syd Barrett, Ennio Morricone, Jesus and Mary Chain, Brian Eno (first 3 albums), Thee More Shallows, The Unicorns, Centro-Matic, Suicide, Phil Spector (pre murder-wall of sound era) anything with alot of reverb
.......................we've played with//////////////// Ra Ra Riot, Say Hi, Sam Amidon, Jookabox, Decibully, Early Day Miners, your balls.............
Sounds Like
“...lost Bowie demo tape overdubbed with acid confessions.” - CokeMachineGlow
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"If you want to get Coffins in a single sound bite, try “lost Bowie demo tape overdubbed with acid confessions.” That should warm you up for Whetro’s eleven-track, half-hour romp and prepare you for what first feels like alt-country experiments with a lunatic wailing at the back." - cokemachineglow
"...freewheeling pop songs flavored with a splash of sonic whiskey." - No Ripcord
"..takes the refined distortion of the National Beekeepers and combines it with his wry and quirky vocals to make what I can only categorize as basement tape beauty." - Dane101
"Where many have compared the guy to Beirut and Neutral Milk Hotel (I’ll give you the lite-psych of “This Means Nothing”) but to these ears it’s more Spoon-noir shuffling." - World of Wumme
"..fans of bedroom pop and maybe, just maybe Neutral Milk Hotel will dig Icarus Himself.." - 24hourpartypooper
"..this ain't a party record. In fact it'd probably go down a storm at the National Society of Depressives annual disco if they had one." - The Devil Has The Best Tuna
"iCARUS HiMSELF" EP/CD PRESS:
"The solo outlet of National Beekeepers Society's Nick Whetro. Icarus Himself emphasizes what lurks under NBS's reassuring guitar fuzz...he accompanies his death 'n' degradation tales with lonely echoes, double-tracked vocals, and the occasional drum machine." - THE ONION - A/V Club
"...sounds like meeting someone exactly like yourself, but better in almost every way..." - justsayingisall.com
"Confused characters traipse through a cold, ill-fated world, in which everything and everyone are imperfect and death rattles the bones of both the living and the dead." - Isthmus
"...Whetro makes great use of macabre lyrics over music that is oftentimes soft, or at the very least unassuming." - DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY
"It's minimal goodness emotive enough with piano and space to keep me wanting more." - World of Wumme
thank you so much for doing what you did. i woke up on the floor of phil/gabes living room the next morning with digging holes in my head.. and not 2 min later i hear this faint twinkling through the floorboards and it was gabe upstairs watching the footage he took of you playing that song and THEN phil came out of his room singing it ..heh.. watch out icarus.. youve got a few more rabid fans to deal with from now on.
Bonjour Thanks for the friendly add I appreciate your musical universe and your sound Best wishes from France (Follow me on twitter.com/pascal95 ) Pascal
Enjoyin' the new album! You boys did a fine job on it, was worth the wait. some crazy sad and morbid lyrics, balanced with brilliant music. Much love to ya both as you continue your tour, which I hope is a roaring success.
Finally went to buy the album off cdbaby and poor me they were out of stock. I refuse to buy just the mp3s, I want it physically in my hands. So this is me crying tears of disappointment.
