michael conroy - words/vocals
bruce magill - music/production
Influences
electro, rock n roll, punk, acid, theme tunes, music for films, films, comedy, friends, family, life
Sounds Like
drawled narratives over grooves and soundscapes, sometimes sparse and delicate, sometimes harder, with beats. leftfield concoctions staring at early 21st century life, mixing sex, politics and the paradise myth into a darkly humorous and cynical cocktail.
'royal shit' (supermarket records, '06) and 'cheap shots' (skinny dog records, '04) are available from record stores in the UK, via Shellshock Distribution, as well as selected stores overseas and online retailers ( itunes etc )
artwork for 'royal shit' by russell miller of www.mydesignclub.co.uk
Popjunkie.tv 'like all the best far flung bits of your record collection rolled in one'
Q 'confrontational, intelligent and hauntingly visceral'
Las Vegas Rocks'lyrical pulp fiction'
Sandman Magazine... a menacing beast of an album. ... the comedown from the night before in all its bleak squalor, so turn off the lights and turn the volume up. Reality never sounded so alien and its all the greater for it.
Unpeeled 'Royal Shit' is the first 22nd century album'
NME'black humour and brooding anger give this reality check real style'
Flux'to oblivion and back possibly the greatest album you will hear this year.'
High Voltage 'the most thought-provoking thing released for years, inspirational'
To Hell With 'un-easy listening, yes, but rewarding'
City Life'the perfect snapshot of the claustrophobic city'
normanrecords 'a sublime ride taking in krautrock, poetry & grooving Mancunian beats, hip hop, sinister electronics, hypnotic repetition, The Fall & a healthy dose of sneering misanthropy'.
BBC Collective'a landscape of shifting shapes of almost unbearable beauty. Stunning'
Superqueens are featured in my latest July show for Dandelion Radio, a Peel-inspired online station playing exciting new and unsigned music. We are a fully-licensed Internet station that is run and presented by volunteers recording monthly shows.
To view the schedule and listen to the audio stream, visit our website www.DandelionRadio.com, or find us on MySpace at myspace.com/dandelionradio. Hope you can find the time to listen to our fine shows...
Happy New Year to Superqueens from all of us at Kool Rock Radio. Per Ardua Ad Strangeways has made it into the top 50 tracks of 2006 on Revolution. All the best in 2007.
