Bookings/Enquiries contact Rosco- 07941 690695.
e-mail the band - menincaves@hotmail.co.uk
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Influences
Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Django Reinhardt, 22-20s, PJ Harvey, Biffy Clyro, David Bowie, QOTSA, LCD Soundsystem, The Kinks, Portishead, The Beatles, Reuben, Bloc Party, The Who, We Are Scientists, Radiohead...
Sounds Like
Highlights of what people have said about us below below. For the full comprehensive collection CLICK for blog page...
"its 4 tracks reflect a confident diversity of influences, which create a refreshing sound...In a year when the likes of Nine Black Alps have achieved great success, it appears with this EP that Men In Caves can offer a fresher, more assorted and less contrived alternative to the grunge resurgence." more... Concrete Magazine
"...a breezy West Coast vibe...It's not very often that you get rock shanties with muscle (no pun intended)- and they're done well here in a Nirvana VS Decemberists way." more... Artrocker
"Lead Singer Tom Brindle has a beautiful and strong voice, frequently angst filled and emotion saturated. The accompanying band strike up a bold grungy rock sound, which is well structured and highly polished.
Stand out tracks for me are ‘Am I The One?’ which is a bluesesque yet jazzy toe tapper and ‘Why Did You Bring Me Here?’ for its slowly increasing tension to a head bashing climax before dropping away into meak exhausted heap. Great finisher" more... Liquor Is Quicker Magazine
"An enjoyable romp through the raw passionate delivery of kelly jones via a slightly modified Nirvana (if they’d been listening to post-punk funkiness)…" Subba-Culture
"The Caveolae EP from Cov band Men in Caves impresses with its polished and melodic, yet unrestrained, sound. Before you realise its happening, your subconscious will be oo-oo-ing along with standout track Spiders." Cathryn Newbery, Warwick Boar
"With up beat and well paced songs, Men in Caves are a powerful trio who manage to make lots of noise and movement for just three guys. Their set was full of distinctive and unrelenting lyrics and vocals, finishing with the set with the haunting melody of Why Did You Bring Me Here?" Dan Searles, BBC online
Click image to enlarge Caveolae EP review Click image to enlarge Lost At Sea review
"Lost At Sea" CD available with full colour artwork and inlay, designed by Albini's Cat. Featuring:
1- For Your Country
2- Am I The One?
3- Potions
4- The Funniest Thing
Remastered Bonus Tracks:
5- Spiders
6- Why Did You Bring Me Here?
Buy it for £3 from Head Records (formerly Fopp) Royal Priors, Leamington Spa You can also buy it at a gig show of your choice for a mere £3.
OR buy it online & have it sent to a location of YOUR choice.- £4 inc postage, packing & M.i.C badge and sticker! Pay with paypal/credit/debit card.
Buy Men in Caves tracks through i-tunes, including the 3 brand new songs WASTED LIVES, SLENDER FINGERS & A CERTAIN CODE.
Men In Caves pin badges also available in 4 different designs from gigs, or add an extra pound on paypal when buying a CD & we'll sort you out!
Debut demo "The Caveolae EP" has now sold out. But for the benefit of all you fact fans
it featured the tracks - Depth, Spiders, Tiptoe and Why Did You Bring Me Here? + artwork by Justin Case.
"For Your Country" Live @ Godiva Festival, Coventry, 2007. Video by Drunk Dan
CLICK HERE to view BBC video clip of "For Your Country" live at GODIVA FESTIVAL 2007
TV studio performance of unrecorded song "See Through You", UCE student production.
Band titbits:- Tom
is currently an archaeologist. He likes muddy holes and hidden temples. Tom also likes to mimic 1960s rock icons in front of mirrors. Parts of his face do not reflect. It is rumoured that Tom can shatter street lamps with his stare. His dislikes include spiders, wearing suits and Ross phoning him up pretending to be important members of the Record Industry. An interesting fact: Brindle is a place in Lancashire, a colour, and is also a type of Indian Aubergine.
Ross currently enjoys a low profile job within the music industry (aside from his role in Men in Caves). He dislikes sobriety. He likes drinking games, elaborate birthday celebrations and phoning Tom up pretending to be important members of the Record Industry.
An interesting fact: Whilst travelling in Laos Ross mistakenly got onto a bus driven by local drugs and weapons smugglers, thinking it was his coach. This is true. Luckily for Men in Caves he lived to tell the tale. (Some of the drug dealers are now on the mailing list).
Pete is currently a molecular biologist, or a nuclear physicist or some other sort of scientist so important and top secret that Tom and Ross arent quite sure what he does. Despite such elevations, it is his life ambition to own a teashop and some cats. An interesting fact: Pete is by far the tallest member of the band, a giant at 6 ft 7½. There was talk of lowering him into a trench before each gig to create the illusion that he is the same height as the others. However, current EU health & safety laws prohibit this.
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Alright Cavemen, hope your all well, i saw pete pretending to be interested in a seminar to get some free food in MOAC. Theres new tracks up on ourspaz, and this news:
Alright all!! Now that exams and gale force winds have left us, it is time for fun and frivolity. To that end we are playing a FREE PIAZZA GIG at 5:30 pm tuesday, after all the breakdancing and shizzle.
And then excitingly we've got our EP launch at the JUG AND JESTER on THURSDAY, for more details see:
It will be kicking off at 8ish with a relatively early band finish at 10:30ish to allow everyone to go to the last supercool. Entry is two english pounds, but for that you get Ivan Dobsky, Wolf and Bear, our new EP for free and DJs.
THE ENEMY / PSR / & FRIENDS - COVENTRY INSPIRE - JUNE 7TH
TOMORROW Saturday the 7th of June a gig will be taking place for VINNY MCELVENNY, a legend for promoting coventry bands, attending gigs and supporting cov acts at grassroots level.
Vinny has had a bad run of late, which has culminated in a freak accident with his house burning down and him losing everything. So Myself (john dawkins) Mick Leape @ inspire, and a few acts that have benfited from vinny's support have come together to put a fundraiser on for him and get him back on his feet.
tickets are pay on the door, so first come first served policy.
TICKET PRICE - BARGAIN - £5.00
doors at COVENTRY INSPIRE will be @ 6PM http://www. beerintheevening. com/pubs/s/19/19165/InSpire/Coventry
The line up will be as follows with all bands playing acoustically: -
TOM CLARKE (THE ENEMY) - 10:30PM - 11:00pm
PINT SHOT RIOT - 9:45PM - 10:15PM
JERSEY BUDD - 9:05PM - 9:30PM
EXIT CALM - 8:35PM - 8:55PM
SENSES - 8:05PM - 8:25PM
MBE / JESUS DELUXE - 7:35PM - 7:55PM
SHACKLETONS - 7:05PM - 7:25PM
NO CASSANDRA - 6:30PM - 6:50PM
DJING IN BETWEEN BANDS WILL BE SIMON LINDLEY (CHELSEA DRUGSTORE) & FARRIS (POCKETS), PROMISING A WIDE SPECTRUM ON THE FINEST GUITAR MUSIC OF THE LAST 40 YEARS
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR READING THIS AND PLEASE REPOST.
LETS GET VINNY BACK ON HIS FEET, AND LETS PROMOTE LIVE MUSIC AND NEW ACTS!!!!
Men in Caves: Granny says, welcome! Thanks for finding me! I just checked out, all of your, tunes! Keep on rocking! Your new, "OLD", fan! "Jackie Generic" [ThE hEaVy mEtAl gRaNnY!] ~A Rocker with a Walker!~
Cheers man, thought you guys were really great too. Good lookin' site and some real cool tunes. Guess we'll be seeing you fellas at Covstock then...have a sound week!
thanks for the comment guys.. we try our best!! i know when i was a kid i wanted to go see bands but was never able too.. plus all money raised from the gigs goes to this years young carers school of rock.. markyg
