Summer Sundae reviews from efestivals and elsewhere:
Atmoc Duster:
"Then it’s off to the Indoor Stage where The Falling Leaves are winning over their audience with their well thought out indie pop songs. They tend to get a tad over dramatic at times, but this doesn’t hide the fact that they hide several aces up their sleeves when it comes to a corking tune or two."
Drowned In Sound
"....maybe a little of the new bracketing we’re calling New Mod, which we’ll expand on when we’ve thought of more than two other bands in its style. One certainly isn’t The Falling Leaves, who sound more like a cross between Thirteen Senses and the Electric Soft Parade in their hitmaking days and bugger all like the "tremelo-gazed guitar...and an acid house backbeat" promised in the programme." Ed in not New Mod shocker.
The Leicester Mercury - Dave Davies
"The Falling Leaves would have had the song of the festival, The Girl With the Sun in Her Hair, if they had played outside."
Drowned In Sound
Although the Out The Box club night is still in its infancy, the fact that over 100 people are packed into a tiny bar in a small town somewhere between Nottingham and Derby on a Thursday night should tell you something special is happening...
Playing the graveyard slot while most folk are still trying to find the venue is a daunting prospect for any band, but for Leicester four-piece The Falling Leaves it’s merely water off a duck’s back. Their incendiary tremolo-glazed rock is steeped in pre-Britpop reference points such as Ride and The Weather Prophets, while their three-way vocal harmonies are a joy to behold.
http://www.schallgrenzen.de/ Music Of The Moment The Falling Leaves - The Fallen Leaves (Instrumental)
My favourite instrumental track of 2006 from a very friendly and talented band.
AhabolgoliciousHotStof
This blog is almost one year old and writing an almost daily piece has become a routine. And routine is nice on a day like today. Just do what you’re used to do. This is the best distraction for me at this moment.
Fortuitous I found the music pretty fast and even more fortuitous is the fitting name of the band: The Falling Leaves. I didn’t know this band until now but I don’t think I’ll ever forget them.
Coast-is-clear
England 1990/91... cool!
"Next up are The Falling Leaves from the UK.
Their powerpop/shoegaze is really appealing.
Bit of a boring official homepage, but who needs all the fancy fuzz when the music is that good?"
--title--’s The Falling Leaves
www.TheFallingLeaves.com
Col Sneath - Vox & Guitar
Ed Bryning - Vox & Guitar
John Moore - Vox & Bass
MikeLuff -Drums & Percussion. John Budding - Keyboards & Harp
MYSPACE: A PLACE FOR LAZY MUSICIANS.
MYSPACE is POOR for downloads so visit www.thefallingleaves.com for some hi-fi offcuts....................
--title--’s The Falling Leaves
Influences
See blog.
Sounds Like
Top right hand corner, dummy. Or, The Falling Leaves bridge the gap between Ride's youthful shoegazing birth and Massive Attack's world weary view forming a beautiful, bittersweet fuzz.
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The Music Is Everything
....fuse the skyscraping genius...down-to-earth harmonies ... hit on a sound that is the genesis of something unique. .. multiple lead vocalists...three-part harmonies... subtle synthesis...audio montage...a blend of acoustic and electric guitar to create contrasting epic songs....subtle melodic passages...darker, fuller harmonic territory...these musicians claim eclectic influences...an
unwillingness to be tied down to genre specific pigeonholes...they see all possibilities before...see what they hear, and make up your own mind. The rest of this is just words to make sure you can read the rest of our flowery PR above. If I type this much the logo should be lower.
www.thefallingleaves.com
LAVA LOUNGE 2nd BIRTHDAY SURFING BEACH PARTY SPECIAL!
It's Summer! It's the lava lounge's second birthday party! So dig out that bikini, wax that woody, and get ready to twist to some wild surfin', garage, exotica and rock and roll sounds!
with sleazy Edinburgh instrumental combo THE NUKES
and psychedelic surf merchants THURSTON LAVA TUBE live!
Kicks off at 9.00pm Also featuring trashed out surf and exploitation filmshow, cake, cheap cocktails, and dancing 'till 3am! All for a bargainous £1. 99! Wowsers!
Hey Guys, Just to let you know tickets for the 6th June are onsale on wegottickets. com and seetickets. co. uk. AND THEY GO ON SALE AT ROCKABOOM FROM TOMORROW MORNING.
It’s our OBS battle of the bands Heat. Print off this flyer to get in cheaper. If we win we’ll get to play at Summer Sundae. We really need your support to do it though. Reckon you'll make it down? Also please see the facebook event: http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=27209047392
Hoping you can join us for an evening of primitive fun!
Next Saturday at the Lava Lounge: Never before seen in Leicester, the finest 4 man masked wrestling rock and roll tag team north, south, east and west of the squared circle:
THE COYOTEMEN
described by Lava Lounge organiser Liz as: 'the best band I have ever seen in my life!' With support from teenage garage punk upstarts
THEE VICARS
(first ever Leicester show) picking up the budget rock and roll crown where the Mummies left off.
Also featuring the long awaited return of Leicesters legendary punk and roll losers:
THE POKERS
their first show for 3 years, we welcome back the most raucous party starters ever to come out of the cheese city.
And thats not all: for your £1.
99 you also get to see (also for the first time ever in Leicester) the raw garage punk explosion that is
THE DESPONDENTS
Wowza!
First band will be on at 8, all bands have to finish by 11.
don't be late or you will miss out on the wildest rock and roll blowout Leicester has ever seen!
Saturday 19th April Doors open at 7.00pm, £1.
99 entry Upstairs at the Firebug Bar, Millstone Lane, Leicester.
Followed by a swingin' dance party 'till 3, playing all the usual hip shaking, shimmy inducing Lava Lounge fare: Greasy grind, fuzzed up garage, dirty punk, sleazy lounge, sloppy rhythm and blues, wild rock and roll, crazed instrumentals and more!
Your songs are really great! I have downloaded all your songs from your web page. Thank you for the amazing music! :) Thanks a lot for finding me and your request! Kisses, Chanda
Now that's a lovely track (Girl With The Sunshine In Her Hair) - but I think you're being a bit optimistic about Summer (???)
I have just listened to Rotherhithe Diarist - it grabbed me because I'm from Rotherhithe - moved away 6 years ago but still miss it - great memories though - all written down of course...
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