Streetlights are: Simren (Vocals), Dugal (Guitars), Tom (Drums/Vocals), David (Bass), and Tim (Guitars/Vocals)
Influences
Captain / Death Cab for Cutie / Arcade Fire / The Strokes / Delays / Blondie / The Shins / Bloc Party / Los Campesinos! / Maximo Park / Sons and Daughters / The Cribs / Editors / a bunch of music we don't sound anything like / Adem / Justice / Foals / The Postal Service / other bands with girls in / musicians who wear glasses / nerds / weird math rock / dirty electro and the fans of dirty electro / sweaty clubnights / good relationships / bad relationships / cups of tea / Lego / slap bass / what our parents expected of us / British TV comedy 1994-2007 / student accomodation / the city of Leeds / public transport / the novels of William Boyd.
Sounds Like
Wholesome indie-pop goodness, a bit sugary, suitable for girls and boys of all ages. Kind of like Cheerios. But in the form of a band.
For a taste, listen to our ELFM live session podcast here.
The year was 2007. The place was Leeds. I can't remember the month or anything but the weather was probably drizzly.
Against this gritty, post-modern, urban backdrop, Tim and Tom asked very nicely if a total stranger called Sim would like to come and sing some songs that they'd written and weren't really brave or talented enough to sing by themselves. They decided they liked Sim, because she wanted to be like Deborah Harry and was a little bit ethnic, so they decided to take a bold step and form a band. Then the threesome became a foursome when they roped in Dugal, who could play guitar and more importantly had been their friend since school and kept hanging around like a bad smell. Finally they chanced upon Dave and with the line-up complete got down to the business of recording the Three Short Words E.P. and playing gigs pretty much anywhere that would have them. In 2008 they wrote some new songs, and decided to record three of the best on a second EP, which you're probably listening to now.
Streetlights fun facts:
- We have a combined age of 98
- Four of us enjoy Pro Evo
- We drink much more tea than most bands do
- Only two of us have 20/20 vision
- We enjoy making distasteful jokes about public school kids
- At least one of us has a strong dislike for the music of Michael Buble
Get in touch for info, bookings etc through streetlightsleeds@googlemail.com.
Hiya We’ve been working on some new songs and are in pre-production for the recording of our first commercial CD release which will be recorded over the summer, with a hopeful release October time,
Our last live performance before our summer holiday will be at the Selby outdoor festival at the James Street 'bowling green' in Selby on the 21st June, the event starts at 1pm and we’ll be on stage at 5pm others on the bill are Dirty Secrets, Chantel McGregor, The Beautiful Sound, Last Gang and headlining is the Bryan Adams Experience, we hope you can be there.
Hiya It’s been busy in the K&Q camp and we’ve a few gigs coming up in the next few weeks. We are starting in York at the Speakeasy on the 28th April before moving on to the New Roscoe in Leeds on 25th May and then onto Nottingham Trent Students Union, Brackenhurst Bar, NTSU Brackenhurst Campus, Southwell on the 29th May, It would be great to see you at one of them if you can come. love K&Qs xxx
Hello,
We are playing the lovely Cardigan Arms on the 21st of March, being foreigners from Sheffield it would be grand if you could pop in and see us and bring a few other Leedsies with you if you are free.
Here are a few nice things people have said about us have a listen on our page and see if you like what we are up to:
Reviews:
"AN AMAZING LIVE ACT, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN" (Sandman Magazine)
"AN IMPRESSIVE SET FROM A BAND WITH A KNACK FOR WRITING CATCHY SONGS AND DELIVERING THEM LIVE AS WELL AS IN THE STUDIO" (Sandman Magazine)
"PROMISING SONG WRITERS" (Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6)
"THESE DAYS I FIND THRASH AND POWER POP A BIT REPETITIVE, BUT THIS WAS REMINISCENT OF MORRISSEY WHILE STILL BEING PERSONAL, I HEAR THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOOD FUTURE. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU COULD SUPRISE US ALL ONE DAY".
Hiya We are playing at the Junction in York next Sunday on March 8th (with RED ZEPHYR, THE LOCALS and JONNY KAY) and the Wardrobe in Leeds on the 19th March. These gigs will be the first outing for Katie and the Questions with our new Drummer, Guitarist and Bass Player so we hope you can come and check us out love K&Qs xxx
And... We're just starting a blogspot so you can keep in touch with us and see where we are! There'll be rambling stories about what we've done at gigs and other crazy stuff (cos we're insane mofo's..) http://overreactmusic. blogspot. com/
We do comment back everyone who comments us so don't think we're just posting things like this for nothing!
We want to talk to you..! So don't be afraid to say HI!
We are headlining an Oxjam Charity gig at the Junction in York on this Sunday (26th October) with support from Hannah & the Junk Funk, Euphoria Audio & The Review, £3 on the door (8pm start), We hope you can make it; we’d love to see you there.
We are also playing the York Speakeasy 6th Nov, the Packhouse in Leeds on the 7th Nov and back at the Junction (in York) on the 21st Nov,
We have nearly finished mixing our mini album ‘Kitchen Drums and Turn-up Tantrums’ which will be freely available from us at gigs Hope to see you soon
Hi We’ve enrolled in the Orange UnsignedAct competition and we’d like you to vote for us. The voting is from now until midnight on the 14th September, you will be able to vote for us once each day, as a thank-you for voting for us, we’ll give you our new 7 track mini album (download or CD) which we are just in the process of finishing.
You will need to sign up with Orange UnsignedAct as a fan http://orangeunsignedact. co. uk/ to be able to vote, e-mail us once you’ve started voting to let us know and remember to vote every day until the 14th September.
Also we'd love see you at any of the following gigs: The New Roscoe, Leeds - 15th Sept (£3 flyer on our Myspace) The Stone Roses Bar York – 18th Sept City Screen, Basement Bar York – 20th Sept (Acoustic gig)
The one:day:life street team is up and running. Just for helping out your favourite band, you get FREE rewards and exclusives. Sweet.
There are FREE exclusive songs, photos, videos, and other fantastic give aways.
Also, coming up is the Great Spring Give Away. We have Teamed up with the guys at Engineer Records (www. engineerrecords. com) and we're going to be giving away loads of FREE CD's ad DVD's.
nothing much streetlights, just wishing we were in leeds town so we could see you play, but no worries im sure you will stop by australia on yr imminent world tour! best luck x
Hey guys, thanks for the add! We're playing the same venues as u just different dates, never mind eh! I'm sure our paths will cross at some time in the future. Love YMNM xxx
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