ending with: james penny - vocals/bass
toby jackson - guitar/vocals
james oshea - drums
having featured: chris mill - drums
dan johnson - synth
matt cargill - vox/drums/triggers/noises chris coupe - synths/noises
Influences
run for your life - 'pop songs for people that drink oil and chew rocks'
the star - 'local young boys wow pigeon eyes, a loud, grungy, slightly math rock inspired band with gluttonously poppy tendancies'
moderate rock - 'Looking and sounding like they’ve stayed up way too late drinking and listening to everything off of Steve Albini’s CV (yeah, even that Bush album) local trio Wow! Pigeon Eyes ruffle feathers first. And despite their more angular attacks the band make good on promises of pop music, combining their punk spit with some shining off-kilter melodies. Sure they’re sloppy and fuzzy and gloriously out-of-tune in places but they aren’t half satisfyingly loud and direct. And at least they ply their trade from an actual stage.'
the north foreland - 'hot new band with brilliant name.'
ingue records - 'wow pigeon eyes are an exciting young band worth checking out.'
Sounds Like
our song 'korea everyday' features on a 'let us progress' compilation which can be bought below with paypal for £3. cheers.
01. rampage - cassette cassee
02. learn a lesson - bright white light
03. the frequency - kidnapper bell
04. we are the undercurrents - a genuine freakshow
05. maps - venice ahoy
06. ghosts of electricity - kontakte
07. cross, cross eyed - pictures
08. the angry fisherman - umber
09. house whores for winners - we are and you
10. hurt crane - adam kirkup
11. god. i hate old friends! - run, walk!
12. all the centrifuges - keepsafe
13. out of my league - candidates 14. korea everyday - wow! pigeon eyes
wow! pigeon eyes was first used as the name for toby jackson's various weird and wonderful projects, but later went on to become the name of the rock band which played its first gig on the 12th july 2007, with an ipod instead of a drummer, and its last gig on the 12th july 2008, having played 18 shows with three different drummers (will may-millers cover set in woking probably doesn't count). thanks to everyone who put us on this last year, its been pretty shradical. x
hey, just uploaded the wow! pigeon eyes back catalogue which you can download from the link below:
20 songs we recorded in our year of existence (the first 5 toby did by himself) hope you enjoy.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wj00bp
these days toby plays in 'in case of moon disaster' which is along similar lines, just a bit angrier and more ballsy.
you can check it out at:
http://www.myspace.com/spaceisbigger
oshea came back from australia and picked up his band 'jealous again'... again! a wicked mix of rock n roll and hardcore mixed, think english bronx, maybe a little bit more r'n'r.
you can find this here:
http://www.myspace.com/jealousagainband
towards the end of pigeon eyes i was playing in a million dead/reuben/biffy clyro influenced rock band called 'hold your horse is', we have a new rad ep coming out soon.
you can check this out here:
http://www.myspace.com/hyhi
i doubt anyone will read this and care, but if you have, thank you. it's more for self-nostalgia than for anyone else.
x james
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!
we definately have a free song for you to have at www.hyhi.co.uk you definately should go there now and download it now definately thank you please excuse me x
To help you keep recording during these times of economic crisis and price rises we would like to offer all our myspace friends a 40% discount on all bookings for band recordings from the 24th August to the end of September 2009. This means an hourly rate of just £25.
The heart of our recording studios is a Pro tools HD 2 system (x2) with C24 control surfaces together with an Allen and Heath 32:8:2 analogue desk for analogue mixing. We provide a mixture of classic, analogue audio equipment and cutting-edge digital technology. see our website www.altrecordingstudios.com for further details.
please mention myspace if booking, this is a one time offer prompted by our recent studio refurbishment
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