Sleeping States

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General Info

Genre: Experimental / Folk / Punk
Location Bristol, UK
Profile Views: 368909
Last Login: 4/29/2012
Member Since 6/16/2005
Website www.sleepingstates.co.uk
Record Label bella union; etch n sketch
Type of Label Indie
Bio
......In the Gardens of the North.......... ....8.0/10 - Pitchfork.. 9/10 - Drowned in Sound.. "An album of rejuvinating beauty" 7/10 - NME.. "With In The Gardens Of The North, Starkie has reinforced his status as a dream-weaver and not merely a conventional songwriter." 4/5 - MusicOMH.. "Strange, seductive and utterly original" 4/5 - Evening Standard.. "Surrendering to these meandering harmonies and his mesmerising voice is to feel thoroughly, wonderfully, lost" - Observer.... ..Order from:.. ....Pure Groove.. ....iTunes.. .... ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Video for 'Gardens of the South', dir. Alex O. Smith ...... ..Faceache... ...........................I lost my best friends and now I cannot find them again. ..
Members
markland. .. ......bookings: .... for shows please contact ......steven.. at .. tout partout.. (uk & europe)....ryan.. at ..kork/agency.. (north america)
Influences
tape hiss. optic nerve comics. knitting. los angles. alfred bester novels. sturgeon white moss. our band could be your life. michael borremans paintings. friendships n familyships. you made me realise. d boon and mike watt. ono + eno. sam prekop and archer prewitt (sound and vision respectively). booji boy (not booji boy high). jeannie gateaux. the pretenders. roger mcgough's strange ways. marcel dzama's scribblings. nostalgia for the unrembered 80s. david grubbs. robert heinlein. robbie basho. fireworks. s..s..sitting in a room. delia derbyshire. panty lions. head over heels and blue bell knoll. unwound. seasons of the year. homocrime. the corporation. calvin + k. school. kate and cindy. jim o'rourke. cool trannys you don't know about. holidays. pop gun war comics. pkd. stina nordenstam. stratford on avon. douglas coupland novels. homeground fanzines. maggie and hopey. chris watson. burt bacharach. gary wilson. london. kims we love.
Sounds Like
video for rivers (out on tome records), directed by alexosmith..... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..