John Riches: Drums, 808, percussion///
Chris Bryan: Guitar maestro...
Thomas Geyrhalter: voices///
"strangely flavoured frozen junko-pop"
Influences
Guided by Voices, Genesis, The Clash, Pere Ubu, Wire, Cocteau Twins, Rozz Williams/Christian Death, The Cure, Deerhoof, Mission of Burma, The Blue Aeroplanes, Tindersticks, American Music Club, Yo La Tengo, Liars, Sonic Youth, Bad Brains, Tocotronic, X-Mal Deutschland, Fehlfarben, Virgin Prunes, Cabaret Voltaire, Fish Madonna et cetera
Sounds Like
"Teenager, Rotating Futures (Demo) & Flickering Curtain" set to about 100 photos from a show we did at the Cross Kings in March '08:
"Ephedrine Daddy" - first ever live airing of the Thomas Pynchon influenced paranoid anthem @ the Pleasure Unit, November 05:
"when i'm pretty" @ the Rhythm Factory, April 2006
"Seeing Time" and "Ephedrine Daddy" at the Rhythm Factory, April 2006
"Teenager" @ The Rhythm Factory, April 2006
"Steamrise" & "Teenager", live at the rampART first birthday party, May 2005 (this gets WEIRD...)
Dark, spidery noise-pop/rock with improv elements. Stripped down instrumentation: just guitars, drum machine and live drums, and vocals.
Broadcasting since 1998 ;
Albums:
"In The Safety Community" (2003) ;
"when i'm pretty" (2007) ; "Colony Collapse" (2009 ; mini album) All recordings by Simon Wring at Waterhouse Studio in Stratford and at Simon Wrings lovely house;
John Riches: drums, sofas, 808 ;
Chris Bryan: Guitars ;
Thomas Geyrhalter: (Guided by) Voices
Anläßlich der Veröffentlichung unserer neuen CD „live hier und jetzt“ am 27.3.09, erhalten alle myspace-Freunde die CD für 12,-€ inkl. gratis Tour-Shirt, aber nur solange der Vorrat reicht.
Thanks, you lot are none-to-shabby yourselves! We've not made it down to London yet but it's on the cards, no doubt. Bit of a trek though - have you ever been up to Newcastle?! We'll keep you posted when we do come down.
Rah! Sucks to cancel the show tonight, we've been working even harder than usual for it! On the PLUS side, I've made a snowman already :) hope to see y'all soon, Mr S
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