Matt, Mike, Chris, Pete.
You knew where you were when people in bands were called things like Matt, Mike, Chris and Pete...
Influences
Ahem! We are influencERS not influencEES / And anyway Mike hasn't bought any new records since about 1994 / OK, if we must, MATT's Top 5 albums are: The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope;
The Jam - Sound Affects;
The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4;
The La's - The La's;
R.E.M. - Reveal.
He would also like Del Amitri, The Woodentops, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, and The Smiths to be taken into consideration. He would not list Five's "Keep on Moving", although he does believe it is probably the most perfect pop song ever written. MIKE offers "Smiths, Martin Stephenson and his Daintees,
Everything But The Girl, Housemartins, of course" plus "Rolf Harris" as his cute final choice which we all know is because HE DOESN'T KNOW THE NAMES OF ANY OTHER BANDS what with not having bought any new records since 1994 and everything. The favourites of the RHYTHM SECTION to follow - (naturally they are a little slower at writing...)
Sounds Like
Completely unique / the sound of suburban malcontent / OK, The Housemartins.
England. The twentieth century: Teeny-tiny indie jingle-janglers make microscopic impact on the Thames Valley "scene" (what scene?) of the early nineties i.e. two square inches in the NME, 18th May 1991; half a dozen plays on Reading's local radio station (we taped them all); more than a few sweaty evenings where the roar of the crowd and the fug from the Courage brewery convinced us were going to be the next big things.
CUT TO: The Future. (i.e. Now). Gnawing doubts emerge that we may not in fact be the next big things. Doubts trampled underfoot by the continuing appearance of dazzling new material. And the news that our debut (OK, only) 12" vinyl EP "Throw It Away" now officially "collectable in Japan". No, really.
Hi there! We've got a new EP that we're especially proud of called Summer which is the second in our series of seasonal EPs this year. We'd love for you to listen to the EP online, and to do so, just click on the graphic below. If you like what you hear, we'd be very grateful if you'd support our efforts by buying the EP for €2.50 (around $3.20).
Hope all is going great for you. Thanks for being our friend!
Hello The Chalk Ginats! how are you? hope you're well. and thank you for adding me as a friend.i love all The Chalk Giants CDs! fortunately i could buy "These Things I've Done" CD and some CD-singles.yeah,everything is great!!! i'm enjoying your music :) best wishes.
Ta for the latest comment gents, much obliged. I like your summing up, 'Light...' is a collaboration, I just wrote the tune basically. My stuff is generally more lyrical. I hope the song will eventually evolve into the guitar based stomping anthem I imagined in my head when I first read Tom's words!
Cheers again/keep in touch.
PS: Would it be possible for you to send me a CDR of some of your own corking material?
Cheers for that, it means a lot. Yep, a new microphone is top priority, plus learning to mix properly, before I record my brand shiny new song 'Big Brother Racism Row'. Now....all I've gotta do is write the damn thing!
Hey Matt!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
One week of Christmas songs (well, sort of) on my "tape"...
Thanks for the music!
Cheers and respect!
Jessel
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