Matthew Oakes - Vocals Jonny Moscow - Guitars Matt Dix - Bass and vocals Rob Sadler - Guitar, synth and vocals Mark Thorley - Drums
Influences
The complete madness of it all. Bob Dylan. Japan. Epic soundscapes. Short noisy pop fun. Oscar Wilde. Skyscrapers and pylons. Haruki Murakami. David Bowie circa 77. Watership Down. Old, buzzing radios. Thurston Moore's guitar tunings. Loose women. Hall-like reverb over EVERYTHING, go on, why not. Political embargo. Grainy nostalgia. Jeff Tweedy singing in his little broken voice. Mass food production. SFA-ok! Sun Ra. David Byrne's dancing on Stop Making Sense. Earl Grey. Pitch Shifter Pedals. Minutae. Euphoria. Paul Auster's bizarre cityscapes. Mellotrons. Religious bank holidays. Margaret Atwood. Ebows. Shinjuku. Gay politicians. Sheets of white noise. Meeting other lovely, talented bands. Red wine in order to conquer defeat. Brian Eno. Obsessively tidy rooms. CAN. Tim Tyler. Sega Megadrives. Scientific accidents. Lap steels. Freddy Mercury singing "Barcelona". Top trumps. Boys, and girls too. Droney, buzzy sounds. Katamari Damacy. Nels Cline's pedal board. That Jewish Museum in Berlin. Backwards loops! Thom Yorke's face (and hair). Obscure situationists. The futurists. Electro. Prog. Sex. Sexiness. Unsexiness. Unsexy trousers.
'This band will be massive. We've not been wrong before.' Rough Trade
'Frantic and tender at the same time, Saturday night discos around the land could soon find Love Ends Disaster! provoking quirky dance moves out of their inhabitants, complete with the air punching which will inevitably follow.'
This Is Fake DIY
'A spiky spunky awkward set of delights.'
Organ Magazine
'That pleasantly exhausted feeling you get when you come off an Alton Towers
ride is how you'll feel after listening to LED!...definitely worth getting your hands on.'
Sandman
'More wonderful Post Punk squalor from the loveliest LED! The raw shards of angular riffing they employ throughout this joyous nugget assures they’re head and shoulders above the competition… Genius!'
DrownedInSound
'Most bands would chew off their own legs to be able to write the kind of perfect pop songs that LED! seem to be able to muster up at will...Simply ace.'
Tasty Fanzine
'Sounds like nothing else we can think of! 8/10'
Rock Sound
New track.... "I kissed your ghost in my dreams" which i made/produced.... up on my page in loving memory of my Dad...... keeping the dream alive for you
Hello friend. It’s Festivalmania here. If you are coming to Bestival, Lovebox, 02, The Great Escape, Hyde Park Calling, Dot To Dot, Rock Ness or Creamfields let us know as we will be playing and we’d love to hook up. Get in touch x
Thanks so much for taking the time to check us out, hope you like our music! Now we like it more when our myspace friends actually talk to us so make sure you write back. Then when I've got some free time I'll write back! Stunning, and make sure you check out our gig list and come see us play.
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Hope you're all OK?? You're new single is F**king amazing!! We have a few upcoming shows to tell you about so if you fancy popping along then do let us know and we'll arrange some form of free/cheap entry for you! The dates are as follows:
28th April - Liverpool Carling Academy, Supporting Envy & Other Sins
2nd May - Nottingham Bodega Social, Supporting Twisted Wheel
5th May - Cambridge Barfly, Supporting Twisted Wheel
6th May - Northampton Soundhaus, Supporting Twisted Wheel
28th May - Manchester Academy 2, Supporting Bob Mould
Thanks to everyone that has purchased our debut E.P 'THE RECOVERY' and a reminder to those who haven't bought it yet it is available from itunes and gigantic.com. We also have a brand new website at the address below where you can play pong!
