The Shrieking Violets is an indie supergroup currently boasting Natalie, former violinist in Planet Earth, Dom of weird bleepy band Peanuts and Coque the Bear on drums and occasional singing, and Sarah Hill on violin. Other people who have played with the Violets include Rachel from Said James on flute, guitar and singing, Stuart from Pantomimes in June on accordion, melodica, backing vocals and tambourine, Mat Riviere and Grace Denton from the Middle Ones on drums and Tom Whyman and Lauren Velvick from MRBLKRSHRRRRR on Stylophone/ Chinese keyboard and trumpet respectively.
Influences
Hope Sandoval, The New Record by My Bloody Valentine, Syd Barrett, Jeffrey Lewis, John Fahey, Adrian Orange, Young Marble Giants, The Would Be's, The Shop Assistants, Gram Parsons, Josh T Pearson, Adam Gnade, David Thomas Broughton, Jad Fair, Iron & Wine, Jandek, Daniel Johnston, Viking Moses, Neil Young, Vashti Bunyan, Shirley Collins, Rio en Medio, Big Star, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Sambassadeur, The Fall, Fiery Furnaces, Hole, the Magnetic Fields, Kimya Dawson, Jonathan Richman, Jim O' Rourke, Bob Dylan, Nico, Devendra Banhart, Low, Herman Dune, M Ward, Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees, Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, Broadcast, Langley Schools Music Project, Bert Jansch, Love
Sounds Like
"The best band in the whole world!" - Grace from the Middle Ones.
"Pavement in their more extreme Fall tribute stage, but slowed down" - our friend Jim, the first time he heard us.
"Fronted by a female singer seemingly straight out of some jean luc godard film, the band were a kind of cross between belle and sebastian, beat happening and my bloody valentine: shambling c86, cutie-pop by way of shoe-gazing. the bands amateurishness (some bloke appeared with the drum-kit three songs into the set...) a massive part of their charm.", Yawn blog
"All the best elements of outsider music and girl-group pop thrown together in one beautiful mess"/ "The Shaggs and the Langley Schools Music Project get signed to Motown and create what is universally considered to be the greatest music ever together in the past, then come forward in time and infect Natalie Rose Bradbury in a dream" - Tom Whyman
"An anti folk hero in the making..and an indie boys wet dream.
Isobel Campbell after going to a Smiths disco" - Mushaboom!
"Student years, halls of residence, yearning, heartbreak and English rain" - Evripidis and His Tragedies
"Half Japanese gone alt-country"/ "Charming and delightful...Shirley Collins meets Nico meets the Fuggs" - Jamboree
"Outsider bloopergroup: Shaggs meets Budweiser band" - a listener in Carlisle
"Una de les sorpreses de la temporada dins del moviment antifolk britànic. Imagineu a Vashti Bunyan fent Antifolk?" - the Missing Leech
"Blending the English eccentricity of Syd Barrett with Nico’s off-kilter harmonics and Vashti Bunyan’s pop sensibilities, Nat creates music that is entirely her own, unique and beautiful." - Sam from Planet Earth
The tail end of Song for Matt, plus William Harvey Statue, live in Carlisle featuring Stuart on accordion and backing vocals, Andy Raven of Hows My Pop, One Chip Potato and Ottersgear on keyboard and egg shaker and Mikey Kenney of One Chip Potato and Ottersgear on drums.
This is Natalie Violet live at the 13th Note in Glasgow with Lauren Velvick of Marblekrusherrr on trumpet.
There are some more Shrieking Violets endorsed things here: http://theshriekingviolets.blogspot.com/
We have some washable Shrieking Violets tshirts for sale here, for £6 including postage and packaging. Each is slightly different, as they are all hand drawn with great love.
As well as some cassette tapes, also homemade, featuring 7 tracks for £2.50 including postage and packaging.
This is a Shrieking Violets tshirt being worn on University Challenge!
This is a 16 page Violets fanzine which, whilst not about music, refers to things that are in Shrieking Violets lyrics like blackberries and canals. To get a copy email Natalie.Rose.Bradbury@googlemail.com/ download and print the pdf http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e0d8d53f3da369260c814df2efeadc50e04e75f6e8ebb871
I heard the latest Hope Sandoval record last night... <3
Looking forward to playing with you soon, not long now! You'll get to meet my friend Evan who's coming down for the Magnetic Violets and Raveonettes gigs. :)
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Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
Cool, thanks! Maybe you could write a review for your blog or zine too? I really want to raise the profile of Jamboree. And yes, Lunch sounds super lovely. I'll drop you a text. Hope to make your party tonight too, though I'm feeling a bit under the weather (icky colds going around...). I'll see how I'm doing over the next few hours. Kyle xx
Haha, that video of us in Carlisle looks so fun! I need to repair my accordions, the straps have snapped on the both of 'em. Have you spoken to Dom about this e6 night I'm doing? I've been practising the saw loads recently, mainly because all my other instruments are in some form of disrepair...
Yeah, I heard about the Preston radio thing. Cool! I'm really sad that I won't be back in Manchester in time for the show at Andrew's house. But he and I are gonna be planning another Jamboree for later in october or maybe early november. Let me know who you'd like to see play!
And New York's been amazing. Had two gigs here, done the touristy stuff, stayed in a really cool Hostel, met tons of interesting people, hung out with Major Matt a little bit. I'll give you the full story when I see you, which will probably be in the next few days. I'll need a day or so to get over the jetlag, but we should hang out sometime next week. I'll text you when I'm back in Manchester.
I've really missed running Jamboree these past few months. I'm all fired up and ready to do it again!
Hi, thanks - I'm pleased you like my art! Yeah it is good at Rogue, the studios and views are amazing. I'll definitely look out for the printed version of your mag - I'll find it somewhere! x
I'm back in manchester on friday. Should make the doris gig on tuesday. Not sure how my money's holding up, so I might be back in Manchester for awhile, or i might jet off elsewhere! Either way, I want to set up a Jamboree in October ... it feels like so long since I've seen everyone. It will be good to play in Manchester again, I have new songs too!
You should definitely play some gigs on the antifolk scene in New York when you get chance. I closed with a cover of Beat Happening's Indian Summer and everyone danced and sang along, and the sound guy even joined in on tambourine.
So yeah, there will be a jamboree in october .... more details soon!
I'm still in New York at the moment, but I'll be back in Manchester for a bit next week. How's things with you? I've had one gig whilst I've been here, and one more to go. Much fun! K xxxx
Trespassers William (Seattle, US) are the duo of Matt Brown and Anna-Lynne Williams. "Subliminally sublime and pragmatically perfect, you would have to possess an ashtray for a heart not to feel this coursing through your soul" (DSD Music Magazine). A new EP, The Natural Order of Things, is set to be released on Gizeh Records. They will make a church performance with special guests.
Glissando (Sheffield, UK) “have the kind of atmosphere that can captivate and relax in equal measure- never before has tranquillity sounded so urgent. While track lengths of over 10 minutes may fail to hold the attention of the ADHD sufferers among us, with patience it plays like a majestic dream. And it's one you'll never want to wake up from." NME
Operations (Chris Anderson) is a Manchester based conceptual music producer and sound artist. He performs and records with an array of analog synths and effects, reel-to-reel tape and casette players, and guitars. Followers of Tim Hecker, Slowdive, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stephen O'Malley, Type and 12K Records will surely nod in approval.
