D P Quinn - vocal, guitar, etc. Andrew Blick - trumpet, sound treatments. Merek Cooper - bass, synth. Laurie Waller - drums, but car got stolen. And augmented live by James Weaver - guitar, backing vocals.
Influences
CONTACT: Dan Quinn danpquinn@googlemail.com
Sounds Like
"Quinn remains our best bet for a next-generation British cult figure likely to continue surprising us in 10, even 20, years... these are artists at work, and your applause is as the gurgling of a far-distant toilet." 5/5, Pop CD of the Week by Stewart Lee in The Sunday Times
"Odd as a bag of badgers, but very good."Four Stars - The Independent
"...like a less mantric Can, overlaid with suggestions of Miles Davis and ambient-period Brian Eno... The result is unaffectedly bucolic, alternately hazy and acute" 3/4 - Mojo on 'Isle of Grain'
"It's the Can-like trance-funk, woozy folk, Henry Cow-style chamber rock, Eno-era Roxy Music and the prog-jazz of trumpeter Dr Andrew Blick that makes this great" 4/5 - Uncut on 'IoG'
"One More Grain are a strange bunch" - The Guardian
"Post-punk with brass? Don't be scared - this London-based quartet mix sleek sounds with John Cooper Clark-esque wisdom" - NME
"A pheasant drive with laser guns... A compelling album." - The Wire
"This is psychogeography with trumpets and sumptuous locked down grooves... a ramble through the dales with accompaniment courtesy of New Orleans and Detroit." - PlayLouder
"Great English talent...4/5" - The Sunday Times on 'Pigeon English'
"Weird yet wonderful" - Drowned in Sound
"Go. Seek. Buy. This record feels like the start of something special" - Make Noise and Dance
"Pigeon English is the work of a unique mind... Pere Ubu and Can for a new generation" - 4/5 - The Stool Pigeon
"One More Grain perfectly pinpoint the wonder and disillusion inherent in these damp isles." - Plan B
"A band who provide Technicolor contrast to the Capital's current crop of dayglo dreamers" - Channel 4's 4Talent
"So special....fantastic and utterly unmissable" - Whisperin & Hollerin
"Punk funk jazz with story telling, it sounds weird but it's excellent, honest" - John Kennedy, Xfm
"This is One More Grain, it's called Having A Ball. It tickles us in the right place... One of the most catchy songs of the year we think. It's great." - Zane Lowe, Radio 1
"A woozy, modal stream-of-consciousness narrative of escape that displays them at their inimitable best." - BBC Collective on A Town Is What You Make It
To all those people that have been down to our nights this year, played them, enjoyed them and to all that are coming down in the future to play and enjoy!
JOIN US on 18TH DECEMBER @ THE HOBBY HORSE, for our XMAS PARTY! and last date of the year...
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Hi, I'm pleased to announce that "Toughts of Rabbits Are Rabbits" album is finally OUT and it's available on iTunes at a very special price. Just click on the image here below to be redirected on iTunes:
Hi there! We're holding a competition at SUPERSWEET and you could win an exhibition at Beyond Retro as part of their East End Lights series + a month’s worth of exposure on our digital Art Gallery in Feb 2010. Click on the banners if you're interested in finding out more!
As you may or may not be aware SoundARC hold a charity gig every year at Club 85 in Hitchin in aid of the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, and this year we are going to try something a little different from previous years.
This year we are going to take over the club and host 37 acts in one weekend putting full bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs in an event that we are calling ARCfest!
It all starts on Friday 4th December at 7pm and then continues on through Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th from 12pm-11pm
As well as raising money for the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, ARCfest will showcase all the different genres of bands that we at SoundARC have come across over the last 4 and a half years. Over this weekend a lot of the acts that you will see don’t get a chance to play a great local venue like Club 85, So as well as hearing new music you will see all manors of genres and styles from acoustic - Metal - Indie - Rock - Punk - Electro - Ska - Funk - Hip Hop/Rap - Alternative - Rhythm & Blues - Reggae - Grunge and loads more that I cant remember!
Join us this November @ THE HOBBY HORSE, for the launch of our new weekly FREE Fridays. LAUNCHING 6TH!!
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Joining us this month are: Artefacts for Space Travel, Islington boys' club, Electricity in Our Homes, The Duloks, Man Flu and Ice, Sea, Dead People to name but a few...
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
