Stuart Barter - Robert Wicks - Toby Knowles - Tom Walker - Ed Seed
Influences
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"Beyond brilliant...a band I fell in love with from the first myspace listen"
Mike Diver - Drowned in Sound (quotation from this feature)
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Left With Pictures are the closest imaginable band to truly embodying that overused 'ensemble' tag convincingly...
they have legs enough for walking, swooning, harmonizing and lilting with the very best of their contemporaries."
Daniel Ross - Drowned in Sound, from LWP DiScover feature
"A band that are currently making many a staff writer weak at the knees; Left With Pictures ‘ new EP Secretly is an enchanting stroke of chamber pop genius."
Rich Thane - Line of Best Fit
Left With Pictures...combine folk sensibilities with an honest heart that connects with all in the room; genuinely universal themes filtered through a sound that's as pop as it gets when it comes to instant gratification, but also soaked in the woozy melancholy of the finest Arcade Fire. As they step from the stage to play entirely acoustic in the middle of the room, a hush of real reverence descends, and unanimous respect is followed by the sort of applause (and encore requests) regularly reserved for a headline act. Clash Magazine
"Like early Belle & Sebastian, fronted by Euros Childs, and gently exposed to jazz" Bella Todd - Time Out
"Left with Pictures are a classically trained trio who admit to attempting to recreate the colour, beauty and textures of Debussy and Ravel on a shoestring budget - it is admittedly something which they are close to achieving. ... this inspired gem has bewitched us. ‘Bows and Arrows' is simply enchanting and utterly beguiling, it transcends the normal parameters of pop providing a pretty picture box of ever evolving melodic landscapes. ...deliciously disarms your defences." Losing Today Magazine
Beyond Our Means - 2009
Debut Album - Organ Grinder Records - Released 9th November
1. Every Stitch, Every Line
2. 1,2,3...Go!
3. The Subjects
4. We Are Striving
5. Her Father's Nose
6. Jubile
7. Stuck Outside
8. Yours, Tom Maclean
9. Running Round
10. The Flight Paths
11. Beyond Our Means
12. Ghosts of '89
1. Secretly
2. Super-8
3. We Clutched
4. Professional Help
5. Boats
"This is simply one of the nicest pieces I have been allowed to hear this year and even if you are of the R&B or Metallic persuasions I urge you to listen to what great English music can sound like. 5/5" Andy Snipper - Music News.Com
1. 1, 2, 3...go!
2. Minor Miracle
3. The Night the House Came Down
4. I Grew Up Too Fast
5. Caliper Boy pt. 1
6. Caliper Boy pt. 2 !!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!!
Hope you’re all fantastic! Saturday 28th November sees THE PLAYGROUND present the Nominees for the Best Breakthough Act BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB on the decks along with the most exciting, innovative and genuinely imaginative force in music right now- GAGGLE.
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB- DJ// GAGGLE// THE COOLNESS// COLD IN BERLIN// PUSS IN BOOTS// ELECTRIC RIOT// MICRON 63// LEIGH DE VRIES// THE GAA GAA’S // THE DEEP BELOW// DJ Darkorse// Straightola (VJ Set) and Burlesque performances
Expect a sell out show so to avoid frustration at the door get your early bird tickets in advance below!!
THE PLAYGROUND is proud to host the OFFICIAL WHITE LIES AFTER PARTY on 20th November with a DJ set from WHITE LIES and live performances from White Rose Movement// Post War Years// Danny Valentine & the Meditations// Hektor Red// Dangerous Heresy// Divine Incest DJ’s// DJ Darkorse and Burlesqueshow.
THE PLAYGROUND presents Filthy Electro Trash on Saturday 14th Novmber. Come along and celebrate with:
Punks Jump Up (KITSUNE)// Punx Soundcheck (KITSUNE)// Steed Lord// Gobsausage// Glass Diamond// TOY TOY// The Education// Mr. Beasley// Ben Osborne// DJ Darkorse// Circa Burlesque- Little Bo Freak// Chrys Columbine// Slinky Sparkles and Straightola (VJ Set)
Hey! We've added a new demo here on our page. Its of a track we've been playing called Little Lost Lamb. Do please feel the noise and give it a show! x Thanks x
hi toby & tom! how are things? i'm back in san diego until november, finishing up my album! i hope to get back to london soon! let's play some shows!! xo, GS
How are you guys? We just posted a couple of new awesome songs - would be great if you wanted to check them out! Hope everything's magical on your end, it is here.
Shot By Both Sides' reanimated corpse shambles back into life! Expect a spektakular soireé at the Brixton Windmill on Thursday 17th September. Degeneracy, bloodlust and Bacchanalian debauchery in abundance...
Fanzine handout, cakes, poetry, stories, humanoid beasts, a gritty psych/freakout jazz/fucked-pop/post-punk soundtrack, and some disturbingly delightful live sets from THE MULES, THE BRIDPORT DAGGER, NASEBY FOX and MARMADUKE DANDO.
The deXter Bentley Hello GoodBye Show returns to the airwaves on Resonance 104.4 FM this Saturday 5th September between noon and 1.30pm. Today's broadcast is in conjunction with PESTIVAL * With contributions from the Mosquito expert Dr. James Logan, an essay from the author Tim Burrows (on the subject of insects in rock and pop), plus live music from the London based alt/art duo Plug, who will debut new insect related material especially written for Hello GoodBye.
* PESTIVAL is a festival celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. Pestival 2009 runs from 3rd-6th September @ The Southbank Centre and is jam-packed with insect-inspired talks and debates, as well as comedy, music, walks, workshops, installations and experiments. For further information, please visit: http://pestival.org
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