The sounds of Spiritualized, Sparklehorse, SFA, Sigur Ros, Pulp, Broken Social Scene, Sufjan Stevens, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Blur, Beck, Mogwai, Grandaddy, Elliot Smith, Mercury Rev and Elgar. The films of Sophia Coppola, Tim Burton and Sergio Leone. The pages of Teletext, The Ecolinguistics Reader and Debrett's Heraldry.
Sounds Like
A band it would be easy to fall in love with...dazzling. The Sunday Times
The spoken word symphonies of iLiKETRAiNS and the evocative harmonies of Low...A record that becomes more engaging with every listen. 9/10 Drowned in Sound
Beguiling...file next to the Beta Band and Tindersticks Q
Nothing short of spectacular...Don't miss what could be this year's best debut...5/5 Alternative Ulster
A thrilling record...Exceptional...5/5 The Birmingham Post
Touching tales of our polluted world… UNCUT
Songs alive with quiet texture and glowing colour...An album to sink yourself in for hours and hours...Beautiful. Organ (Album of the Week)
Utterly captivating and magically melancholic…A psychedelic pop marvel…9/10. Music Mart
From The Ground Up is simply beautiful. Losing Today
A strong and satisfying introduction…Melodic and thoughtful. Music Week
Apo ta pio omorfa debouta this chronias...mousiki lo-fi pou akougetai excharista kai ginetai ap'tin proti akroasi agapimeni sou. Lifo (Greece)
Stunning...Listen, and hear the humanity. Tune Tribe
AND PREVIOUSLY...
Ambition and beauty resonate from every note...Beautifully tender while rocking like Lost's polar bears. Channel 4 Teletext - Planet Sound
Penguins possesses the frailty of early Arab Strap, the mercurial astuteness of Radiohead and the tormenting stature-forming radiance of Godspeed.' Losing Today
shady bard sound out of place…They’re so …pro-f*cking-fessional. Not a note out of place. Every instrument swap as efficient as a Mariah Carey costume change…string parts so anaemic that only an academic would enjoy it. Music for sexually repressed librarians to drink green tea to whilst leafing through the Guardian Guide and dreaming of a social life. Rant Magazine
shady bard are currently putting the finishing touches to their second full length studio album.
Their debut album, From The Ground Up, was released in the UK on Static Caravan and in Japan on XTAL.
Described as 'wonderful' by Word and 'dazzling' by the Sunday Times, the album also received praise from the likes of Drowned in Sound (9/10), Q, Music Week, Organ (album of the week) and Uncut as well as radio plays from Steve Lamacq, Phill Jupitus, Marc Riley and XFM.
Their arrangments combine pianos, guitars, strings and horns, building from fragile folk-pop to cinematic post-rock crescendos. Over the past year, their music has been regularly featured on ABC’s award-winning Grey’s Anatomy, winning the band a new following in the US. Tracks have also been used by the BBC and by MTV, who selected Treeology to soundtrack their climate change campaign broadcast across the world.
I listened to your album fully for the first time today. It is absolutely stunning. Not a poor track on it and difficult to pick a highlight as each song has its merits.
