laura plays her own voice with dignity and aplomb, she enjoys long walks by the sea and reading (books)
g plays his guitar with a plectrum and tells the robot what drums to play when
bonus folk for live spectaculars:
nicola, 27, has metal fingers, plays the typewriter and loves radio!
dave plays a violin, owns a car and sings at the same time
andy wanderer lu plays the bass like gary kasparov plays chess* and the accordion like a sideways piano
* with his hands
Influences
cat power, waves of all kinds, rilo kiley, seafood, shellac, venn diagrams, shipping news, saved by the bell, camera obscura, breeders, electrelane, crappy cameras, am radio, physics, douglas coupland, some emo, nada surf, pavement, collages (but not peer pressure)
Sounds Like
sappy folk music with sweet lady-singing, plinky plonky guitar and robot drums
laura and g met ages ago and still know each other. sometimes they go the cinema and sometimes they make up songs. the first two songs we made up were in french and not very good but all the rest are all in english and better than the first two. we are planning on getting five or six songs ready for an EP thingy which would be pretty cool. everything is lo-fi and lots of things were recorded on tape. a piece of 7" vinyl with our songs on it is the dream. we also help out a weeny bit with little my. you should check them out. and hornby pylons too.
new friends and cds: errr, we seem to be getting loads of new friends recently which is really cool but really weird because we haven't done much in the way of gigs for ages (but thanks a whole load to anyone who added us!). That's not to say we have been sitting around twiddling our pinky fingers, we've recorded a whole veritable (?!) salad bowl of new songs ("my first and index" is my favourite, wrote and recorded yesterday afternoon!) and getting ready for little my and hornby pylons gigs (check out their profiles for details), Hopefully gigs and some kind of cd/ep thingy soon too g (14/9/06)
gigs a plenty:Well! things have been unexpectedly busy for us recently with 2 last minute gigs in one week! after our unplugged Europa set - which was hella good fun - we played for peppermintpatty at Chapter Arts Centre which was really good, the sound was ace and the crowd joined in clapping along! we also played a Freakshow gig at Dempsey’s with about an hours notice! I think it was the most fun I've ever had at a gig! I had a fit of giggles! We have made s few more CDs and sold quite a few at gigs...and we are now in the middle of recording brand new songs for a new 'EP', probably something a little different to the oh no telephone, but I'm sure it'll still sound like us! Keep an eye out for upcoming gigs...24th April at Clwb is our next one! Little My are hibernating at the moment as Little My himself is in Canada for a little while...Hornby Pylons have been gigging without me (due to me being up north) and I am singing with Pagan Wonder Lu on a few songs as part of The Volunteers! It's all go! L (13/4/07)
Last night: was excellent! We hadn't played in a while (cos i was in Canada!) and we had Andy join us on bass and guitar so that was cool too. The sound was great meaning everyone could here themselves and David's violining was top! Thanks to all you guys who came to support Oxjam and to see us (especially those of you who saw us for the first time) and a massive thank you to you guys who bought CDs and said nice things - you made me blush! Our next gig is in Deby for the Treetops charity gig...but keep an eye out on here for more dates in and around Cardiff nearer Christmas!! Peace out. L (10/10/07)
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Laura's understated vocals over g's thoughtful guitar and effects really works. I hope I can see you guys live someday, maybe in the yurt with some rotgut vodka on a gray day in Cardiff
Wowee Zowee! What a fab line-up we have for No.10 on THURSDAY 26TH FEBRUARY, check it out! NOW UPSTAIRS AT THE BUFFALO BAR, Windsor Place, Cardiff - 8pm till Late - £4.00 *** Drink offers include £2 a pint and £2 for a spirit + mixer ***
HAIL! THE PLANES [Alternative / Experimental / Folk] "Hail! The Planes began in October 2007 when four friends got together and made a folky racket in a small room above an estate agents"
STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR [Alternative / Blues / Rock] "Like the White Stripes fisting Elvis Costello"
THE FUZZ BIRDS [Indie / Pop / Folk Rock] "The intense humming of evil and a very fucked up bi-lingual Fleetwood Mac"
SILENCE AT SEA [Alternative / Folk Rock / Indie] "Sappy folk music with sweet lady-singing, plinky plonky guitar and robot drums"
...plus DJ's for a good old dance!
Get the weekend started early ;~) Luv, [Thee alternative - EVERY month!]
This year Meltdown is proud to offer you 2 completely contrasting seasonal specials!
Sun Dec 14th Mr & Mrs Clark present a Christmas Cabba Hey! Milgis Lounge Bar, City Rd, Cardiff. FREE! Exorcise the ghosts of everything that’s excruciating about Xmas. A surreal, funny journey into all our festive fears featuring the globally renowned performance duo, the magic of the Milgis YURT, plus Satellite City star Boyd Clack and more surprise special guests. “like Terry and June on crack”. Amy Stackhouse www. mrandmrsclark. co. uk
Sat Dec 20th Meltdown & Secret Garden Christmas Cavalacade A snow-Globe of sumptuous seasonal shennanigans in aid of award winning mental health charity Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan brought to you by two of Cardiff's most adventurous promoters - Meltdown and Secret Garden Soundsystem and including a a 20-piece jazz/ska wall-of-horns, sassy cabaret, top DJs, a seductively bizarre Mancunian collision of hip-hop, folk and scat, and Santa.
Acts include: Gideon Conn, Wonderbrass, Radio 1’s DJ Huw Stephens, Lilywhitesass Dancers, Kareoke Carols with the Helium Choir, and much more. All in a splendid new 350 capacity venue: The Globe, Albany Rd, Roath, Cardiff. £8. All the fun of the annual Secret Garden Xmas Bash with added Meltdownery.
The Merry Christmas from Allo, Darlin' EP is now on sale for 4 pounds! You can buy one via paypal or just send me a message and I'll pop it in the post. It's a sweet pop stocking filler. Merry Christmas everybody! xx
Hi we're GONNA HAVE A MAD ONE!! This Saturday 29th November at TJS Newport. We're doing an all dayer gig at the legendary TJs Newport hope you make it down (you might even know about it already!), Its 14 acts for £4!! check out our profile if you are interested, if not at least tell someone that might be!
Hi we're GONNA HAVE A MAD ONE!! This Saturday 29th November at TJS Newport. We're doing an all dayer gig at the legendary TJs Newport hope you make it down (you might even know about it already!), Its 14 acts for £4!! check out our profile if you are interested, if not at least tell someone that might be!
THIS SATURDAY - a night of girl groups playing fun bubblegum pop with a naughty sense of humour - for fans of Moldy Peaches, Heavenly, Tullycraft, Vivian Girls, Dressy Bessy, All Girl Summer Fun Band!
Silence@Sea + Yurt = bliss - let us know when you're up for playing again. Meantime ...
Magical multi-instrumentality, superb songcraft, new comedy and award winning performance poetry, all from some of Wales' most charismatic women performers in the biggest Yurt in Wales, on an Autumn evening! And no credit crunch excuses for not being there - the price is whatever you want to put in the Meltdown Hat!
STACEY BLYTHE A one-woman meltdown, Stacey Blythe plays harp/whistles/keyboard/ accordion etc in internationally acclaimed Welsh folk band Ffynnon. Stacey has performed with Billy Bragg, Meredith Monk, Michelle Shocked, and rising American singer Pamela Wyn Shannon (at last months amazing Meltdown) to name but a few. "Blythe's versatility shines at every note" Radio 2 Folk Reviews.
RACHEL TAYLOR BEALES Her latest album Red Tree - produced by Welsh troubadour Martyn Joseph - takes British folk as its starting point, adding in hypnotic, echoing vocals, subtle strings and country/blues tones to create something entirely new. 'Highly Recommended" BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris "hauntingly beautiful’ Acoustic Magazine www. myspace. com/racheltaylorbeales
CLARE POTTER One of Wales’s most successful performance poets, lived and taught in New Orleans for many years and has won the John Tripp award for spoken poetry. "Crackling with wry humour, affection and defiance".Rachel Trezise
Hi there silence at sea, its so very nice to meet your acquaitance, and thanking you muchly for being my (our) friend.
I hope you enjoyed our tunes - I thought you might do judging by the stuff you seem to be into like - if you fancy a couple of our mp3s for you ipod/nonbrandedmp3 player then just ping me your email address back for our mailing list (info about gigs and the like) OR just click here on these here words and I'll sort that out for you, probably in the next couple of days, quite busy.
Forgive the indulgence but I've just worked out how to do this so i'm gonna put it in here - its a video of us playing one of the songs we would send to you live @ Bull and Gate last month just to show you what it may be like, hope thats ok :)
Our next gig isnt for a while but will probably be at Metro on Tottenhem Court Road - (so not really that close to you if I'm being honest ha ha :), but who knows - you may be on holiday, or finding out what its like to visit somewhere with 10 million people in about a square mile :)
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