Stuart Pearson Wright - Vocals, Ukelele, percussion /
Joe Schneider - Accordion, Melodica, Glockenspiel, Harmonica, Backing vocals/
Guy Connelly- Musical production and on Polly: bass and backing vocals
Influences
Tom Waits, Queen, Tom Jones, Andy Williams, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Coco Rosie, Kurt Weill, Taraf de Haidouks, Beirut, Gogol Bordello, The Ink Spots, Schumann, The Beatles, Goldfrapp, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, The Fallout Trust, Yma Sumac, The Doors, The Platters, Madness, John Barry, Schubert, Fanfare Ciorcalia, The Smiths, Sun Ra, Neil Young, Scott Walker, George Brassens, Bobby Lapointe, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bob Dylan, Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Yves Montand, Tina Turner
Sounds Like
Amy Winehouse's secret sibling meets prospective urban emu keeper. Both poppets. Beards all round. Ukulele and accordion and often a glockenspiel which also doubles as a curtain in the bedroom when it is not being a glockenspiel. Very rude and very heartwarming. Instruments which cost a million pounds, are from the Victorian era and don’t work are warmly welcomed into the family (egg.). Possibly a stuffed zebra onstage. Or, if Stuart can’t get one from brummiestuffingfarm because one hasn’t died in the zoo, a stork instead will do. As they have already got one of those. And it’s nice to stroke. Audience participation strongly recommended. Coin washing facilities available. And a Russian doll. Please insert here
I was at your lecture in London Friday - well, technically, I guess, it wasn't anybody's lecture, but for me, you made it your lecture. You were a really interesting speaker, and you are a really interesting artist. I love your work. Ha.
Me and my friend watched your full-lenght Knight's Tale yesterday evening, too. The whole forty minutes or so of it. Or maybe it was more. Our lives are now complete.
