Dan Buchanan - Voice, Casiotone and Glockenspiel
Jessica del Rio - Guitars and Voice
Graeme Moorcroft - Bass
Andrew Aitken - Drums
James del Rio - Guitars
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, Strokes, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, The Cure, Pixies, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Bloc Party, Kings of Leon, Jeff Buckley, Doves...
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Comfort Comfort Video (Alexander Browne)
Formed in 2004, Reading 5 piece The Race released their debut album Be Your Alibi on Shifty Disco on 11th September 2006. From the fevered urgency of opening salvo - forthcoming single Find Out - to the cascading, sprawling beauty of final epic Wash Out, The Race pack more ideas into one song than many other bands manage in an entire career. Their talent is for corralling a wayward artistic sensibility and a Sonic Youth informed twin guitar frenzy with a natural instinct for melody. They judder and stumble with visceral intensity before alighting all at once on the big pop hook with an apparently effortless grace.
The Race admit to turning to North America for musical inspiration to the magical realism of Arcade Fire or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs rather than the current crop of UK indie kitchen sink dramatists. But turn to the twin male/female vocal led Research if you want proof that The Race realise ambitions of capturing the big spaces of U2 and the emotive Americana of The National and inform them with a distinctly English sensibility. Be Your Alibi is a consistently surprising, giddily mercurial and utterly captivating debut.
It all started with two double A-side single releases in 2005, these received rave reviews in the UK press and enthusiastic radio play from Radio 1, Virgin, XFM and BBC 6music as well as live sessions with Radio 1, XFM and BBC 6Music. Over the past 18 months (in support of their debut album) the band have toured with Cooper Temple Clause, The Others, Morning Runner and Seafood, and supported the likes of Supergrass, Fun Loving Criminals, Captain, Zutons, The Spinto Band, The View and Babyshambles; along with an appearance at Reading Festival and festivals in Holland, Germany, Czech Republic and Spain. The band are currently working on their second album.
Nous partîmes bien seuls Et par un prompt renfort Nous voici déjà mille Au jeu de nos accords Mille amis comme un seul Ayant tissé leur toile L’un vantant son single L’autre cherchant l’étoile
A chacun d’entre vous Devenu mon millième A ces liens qui se nouent Dans nos vies Myspaciennes A peine un petit mot Ou belle découverte Chacun portant l’écho Par sa page entrouverte
Merci pour ce fil tissé entre nous voisins de la Toile. Au plaisir de vous croiser au clair de la Terre, dans mon univers d’auteur en perpétuelle expansion.
Hi brothers and sisters - we hope you are well! Long time no see! Now for a bit of shameless promo: New song up on our page, you might like it - AND tmrw night - that's THIS WEDNESDAY 30TH APRIL, as part of Grace Festivals, www.grace08.org , we are pleased to announce that we will be supporting the incredible [dweeb] on the last date of their current tour. We're really looking forward to it, and hope to see lots of friendly faces their!! The event starts at 8pm and finishes at 10pm - you are invited to get in 100% FREE! It is being held at Tor Leisure which is on the outskirts of Glastonbury, Somerset (next to Morrison’s supermarket)
howdy racers thought you may like to peruse a video of us back in action on saturday night doing Polythene check our page out umbrellas will on there in a couple of days too!
Hey guys Just to say well done for all your hard work - especially at a time when more responsibilities wend their way towards you 'off-stage'. You all rock. Hurrah for The Race! :o)
Thanks for adding us to your friends list. We really appreciate everyone who takes time to listen to us. Any chance of getting a gig down in Reading do you think? We'd love to come and play down there.
you should head down, think your man Just Rich is coming along with some of the former fopp crew...although i got this info second hand so dont quote me... cheers dan
