Gabriel on bass/vocals
Will on guitar/vocals
Joe on drums
Influences
"The Customers somehow retain a peculiarly British restraint which enables them to just about avoid any unfortunate over-indulgences. It’s this talent that marks them out from the rest of the overwrought crowd. In truth, The Customers would probably sit uncomfortably in a genre which at times seems to pride itself on a lack of originality or invention. They exhibit enough nous and imagination to ensure that they’re destined to escape any musical straitjackets they may ultimately find themselves forced into" speakerspushtheair.com
Sounds Like
UNPEELED.CO.UK - We like this band and we like the latest offerings from their messily productive rock-pop palette. "Black Water" being a weirdly compelling thing that combines a shambolic Beck with a hybrid Ray Davies and Steve Marriot to batter an altogether too together Blur into a Camden collapse, but… "Every Time I Hear Your Name" is the killer, it shimmers, strolls, spangles and glides so effortlessly into it’s graceful balladeering style, "I got my pound of flesh" indeed. The Customers are genuinely excellent and I can think of a dozen 'name' and a gross of 'buzz' bands who might be slaughtered at their feet to clear a way for this lovely stuff.
THESTEREOEFFECT.COM - The Customers have the vocal lilt of a particularly jaded Stephen Malkmus, but that’s where the Pavement wires are cut. The rest of the song is a storm of indie riffery that travels from the dark recesses of "bedroom music" to a distorted guitar fest of feeble noise and absolutely entertaining guitar solos that sound like a strangled violin
SOUNDSXP.COM 'Black Water' escalates into crashing waves of squealing electronics and loopy feedback that are expertly kept in step by short, sharp riffs.If ‘Every Time I Hear Your Name’ sounds like the title of your usual heartstring-yanking that’s because it is; Mogwai-esque guitars come across like a de-tuned string section and the melody sounds like it’s been penned just to be howled drunkenly up at slammed windows.
The Customers have been working together in various constellations since 1996. Will met Gregg over a cigarette on a sun-soaked Devon day while in a neighbouring village Gabriel and Joseph began playing together under the same southern skies. Some years later with Gregg as a remote, travelling lyricist and with a move to Brighton Joseph, Gabriel and Will became The Customers.
we're playing the great escape in brighton in a couple of days. its gonna be a great atmosphere down there whatever happens, but if its still this hot, its gonna be out of this world.
the festival organisers asked us to make a video message for their site, so we did one on our myspace blog.
what happened next? comment on the vid and we'll make a video of our favourite. don't stitch us up though ;-)...
see you at the great escape!
Hullo there,
we finally have a single, and set of lovely guests.
if you can make it, please come down and help make our launch party a night to remember.
tickets cheaper from komedia in advance
Big City Redneck Presents the third installment of our ongoing series (which have been gathering quite ridiculous momentum) of showcases for up and coming swellegant, magnificent and downright stupendous bands on Thursday April 17th (this thursday!!) at the Buffalo Bar in Islington.
The Laurel Collective www. myspace. com/thelaurelcollective “The Laurel Collective are 6 nice, affable young bachelors and two sick, ultraviolent delinquents who play a simmering stew of musical influences. ” – Channel 4
The Great Statesmen http://www. myspace. com/thegreatstatesmen “The Great Statesmen live show is more than just a gig - it a full body workout with a massage at the end. Go and see them!” – Clubfandango
Hey THE SCARLET STREET RESISTANCE are headlining the Brighton Joogleberry with support from Mooli and Jenny Stanley on 6th march - this thursday , come down.
Buffalo Bar 259 Upper Street Nr. tube: Highbury and Islington 21st February £6/£5 concessions Doors: 8.30pm – 1am
The Chap http://www.myspace.com/thechap “Like Underworld if they’d decided to be a lo-fi rock and roll combo instead of a stadium-selling dance act. Stunning, it’s ridiculous, but in a great way.” Vice Mag
The Guillotines http://www.myspace.com/headswillrockandroll “Snarling spunk-punkers The Guillotines come across like Gallows meeting the Rat Pack, with a flame-haired Lauren Bacall wielding a bass, outside a Brighton S&M shop psyching themselves up to buy leather gimp masks. Wanton sax appeal, voodoo rock'n'roll magnetism and growling dirty lounge” NME
Creepy Morons http://www.myspace.com/thecreepymorons “The thunderous blues crunch of The Creepy Morons first materialised in 2005 having risen from the ashes of Hot Tradition and The Beatings. I know its rubbish when I merely regurgitate information from a myspace, but when a band describes its influences as ‘Women, Drinking and Death’, and their sound as ‘Drunken monkeys assembling an Ikea butchers block’, I’d be daft not to.” Jon Hillcock, XFM
Hullo,
hope you're all warm and toasty.
why not come to this?
it'll be the last one for a while,
lovely music, great other acts,
new songs from us,
and all for a fiver
c'mon, c'mon
xx
Hope you can make our gig next week, Thursday 31st. It's at the Pressure Point in Brighton, we're headlining! Supporting us are, Without Warrant, and, A Man Down.
Entry is only £3!!! 3 Bands, 3 quid. You cant go wrong!
I just stopped by to tell you that my new album "Shortcut to Nashville" has just been released and I've uploaded 5 tracks from the album to my MySpace page for you to listen to. Also, you can listen to all of the tracks, download, or buy the CD from my website. Just click the link below. I really hope you enjoy the music. .. All the best Bob Chambers.
hey my friend saw your profile and thinks you look hot! she is new to myspace but wants to chat with you on msn messenger her name on there is emily24green@hotmail.com
Hullo there,
hope you're well and sitting comfortably.
We've been away finishing an album, but we're back next week. Come show your face, and see the wonderful Moonshine~Moonshine and Sons of Noel and Adrian to boot.
The 1st Woo!Worths gig in our new guise - a 2 piece extravaganza! (ok extravaganza might be an overstatement but its going to be a hoot)
Its on Friday 2nd Feb @ The Hope, Queens rd, Brighton, we play @ 8:30pm.
The night is 'One happy riot' hosted by 'The Happiness' every month. Its normally packed to bursting and 'riot' is a pretty acurate description to be fair!
Come along and witness the fitness as Roots Manuva would say!
Saw you were on at Paradiso in the Dam on New Years Eve. How do the Presidents sound nowadays? I was in town but i had other people to think about so i couldn't get to the gig..... What did you reckon to the midnight firework craziness....? Them dutch sure do know how to have an explosive night.....f*ckin' multiple rockets fired from every street corner! Nutters.
Hello there Customers!
On behalf of Quality Portraits I would highly like to cordially invite you to the extremely fun art party we are going to be having on Wednesday at the Pelirocco Hotel. The party starts at 8pm and there is going to be some extremely skilled and yet highly good value art products/merchandise on sale including everybody's FAVOURITE "Egghead"TM eggcups and other stuff. Also the marvellous bar staff there in have been formulating a perfect Hasselfhoff shooter for some time -- it is hot, it is creamy, it coagulates in your mouth just the like the man himself.
The theme is "The ULTIMATE OFFICE Party album 1989" and so the dress code is strict BHS and smudged peach frost lipstick. We're going to party like it's 1989 and we're on the Isle of Wight drinking cocktails from the kiddies cocktail bar in the Butlins entertainment zone - hook me up with a scotch on the rocks, no ice! PachoW!
See you there Customers and tell ALL your friends.
Your highly professional friends at
Quality Portraits.
Hello just wanted to let you know that we are playing at the Pressure Point this tues 21st. If you are around please come along. We need to get as many people there as poss, so drag along who ever you can.
'Tis some form of minor miracle, or possibly a fluke, that Dates have managed to get the funding together to complete their debut album. Untitled as of yet, it will contain fourteen tracks of nonsensical pop wisdom and should be available for all to purchase at gigs and order online just before christmas. Their will be a January release party in their hometown of Brighton, Uk.
The album was recorded over seven days at The Metway studios in Brighton.
For a sneak peak of what's to come check out Dates Myspace page.
The four songs posted are;
Into Stella philosophy - a tale of perfect love that never happened.
Sad - Why do the things we love doing most start out cool but turn out to be naff?
15 Minutes of Shame - Ah.....the realities of reality TV in a 3.5 minute pop song.
Thief - Sticky fingers and bike gang politics, a song for the boy who has everything.
The Customers makes Jim'll's Brain pulsate with electric energy and transform into a Jim'The Customers'll's Brain. I hope The Customers thinks Jim'll's Brain is tasty, like a big Chocolate Cake. :)
i like your songs very much: the #2 & #4 are very beautiful (i haven't been able to hear 1&3). i like the piano in the #2 & the beginning of the #4 it's reminded me to Beck & also the singer's voice is very beautiful too. the development of the #4 song is great ---> voice & guitars.
Lots of love,
Bizkor:)
Thank you so much for your recent support of The Stirring... thanks to you we have been getting some great airplay on JuiceFM's Damo and Ace Show... and thanks to you the last two Brighton gigs were packed out and rocking... xoxo
But here's the challenge...
Komedia Thursday August 17 will be our biggest "Stirring" gig to date with 300+ capacity. HECK YEAH :-) We would like to personally invite you to be there and to bring some of your great mates for a great Brighton night out!
Sounds great hey! but seriously it will be a fantastic night and we would love you to come.
