The Fast Camels

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Swiggin in the Griffin

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Released: Mar 7, 2013

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Swiggin in the Griffin
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She's Seen Enough
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Like A Magic Optician
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General Info

Genre: Powerpop / Psychedelic
Location Glasgow, Un
Profile Views: 50436
Last Login: 2/4/2013
Member Since 7/28/2005
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vdGhlZmFzdGNhbWVscw==
Record Label Magic Optician Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
The Fast Camels explosive blend of 60's influenced psychedelia, freakbeat and classic power-pop has been turning heads on the live circuit in their native Glasgow since their formation in 2005. The band have already clocked up over 100 live appearances, highlights including several shows at Glasgow's premier live venues King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, The ABC and Classic Grand..... In the summer of 2006 the group recorded their superb debut album 'The Magic Optician', and before the end of the year the camels signed a one album deal with Neon Tetra Records. The album hit the shops in March 2007 accompanied by a wave of favourable reviews in the likes of Record Collector, Classic Rock, The Skinny, OMH, The List, Daily Record (largest daily in Scotland), Sunday Mail, Popism, Freak Emporium, and Shindig. This lead to live radio sessions in Glasgow's own XFM, BBC Radio Merseyside and Malcolm Dome's Total Rock Radio..... As the weeks went on their airplay intensified too, the Camels sound has been embraced by U.S. and Canadian College Radio clocking up hundreds of plays on the likes of Jeff Shelton's Power Pop Show, Radio Free Phoenix, UIC Chicago and University of Toronto Radio. The Fast Camels stateside success is made all the more impressive given that a licensing deal for the album in the U.S. is still in negotiation, the record only being available until now as an on-line purchase via the likes of Amazon and I-Tunes. Word of mouth regarding the band continues to spread like wildfire across the US and the Camels are currently being courted by several US based labels with a view to the licensing of the current album and future releases. TFC's have also been played in various European countries including Spain and Germany..... One of the band's proudest achievements was being chosen as the only British representative to play at the 40TH ANNIVERSARY MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL MAIN STAGE with bands such as the Doors and Jefferson Airplane. This lead to more major press coverage all over the UK....... Album two is very much on the go... ...... ..Myspace Backgrounds....
Members
Drew - Vocals, Guitar... Mark - Vocals. Lead Guitar... Stephan - Drums... Joe - Drums, Vocals Allan - Vocals, Piano Jason - Bass, Vocals
Influences
The Byrds, The Jefferson Airplane, Love, The Kinks, The Who, The Zombies, Syd Barrett, Julian Cope, The Beach Boys, The Strawberry Alarmclock, Neil Young, The Beatles, Blur, Tim Buckley, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Small Faces, Jimi Hendrix, Gene Clark, Buffalo Springfield, The Mamas and the Papas, The Beatles, Supergrass, Moby Grape, The Monkees, Bob Dylan, Julie Driscoll, The Pretty Things, The Electric Prunes, The Hollies, The Left Banke, The Animals, Country Joe and the Fish, The Chocolate Watch Band, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Rolling Stones, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Sounds Like
SOME QUOTES ON "THE MAGIC OPTICIAN" ALBUM ...... The Magic Optician's brand of modern psychedelia successfully captures the uncertain climate of today by putting beautiful harmonies and minor chords on a sonic collision course, while injecting a bit of humor to raise a wry smile... .... ''You'll love it the first time you listen, you'll still be hearing something different a thousand plays later...'' -Dominik Diamond, XFM.... ''Pretty cool'' - Jon ''Mojo'' Mills, Record Collector.... ''A great disc!!...Very flashback-y to the psychedelic 60's'' - Andy Olsen, Head of Programming, Radio Free Phoenix.... ''An early contender for the best album of 2007" - Goran Obradovic , Popism.com.... ''An intriguing mix of Barrett-era Pink Floyd, the Pretty Things psych-pop period and small dollops of 'Forever Changes' period Love...a fine debut" - Phil Suggitt, Shindig.... ''An authentic 60's sound with a bit of something 21st century in the mix'' -Martin Myers, London's Resonance 104.4FM / Vox FM.... " I really dig The Fast Camels album - very cool" - DJ TigerBee, The Lollipop Shoppe, Dallas.... ''Classic psychedelia brought sharply into the now with cutting lyrics, eerie sound effects and edgy guitar riffs'' - Freak Emporium.... "Got the album, love the cover and the music" - ~Ron Burd, CIUT FM, Toronto .... "There's some great stuff on this album and I'll look forward to including some of the (tracks) on my show" - Rob Leighton, Radio Caroline .... "If Glasgow's Fast Camels were a beverage, they'd be a cup of coffee laced with hallucinogens. Alternatively - at times, concurrently - ethereal and driving, their sound can hit you between the eyes and induce headbanging or take those same eyes, lift them towards the lights, and set the brain behind them whirling with swirling, psychedelic mélanges of vocals and instrumentation. In this well-produced debut, one can hear the compositional influence of early Pink Floyd, sweet Byrds-esque harmonies, elements of thematic vastness and darkness reminiscent of The Cure, and the crisp undertow of 60s surf-rock. Yet these are all like well-cited references; The Fast Camels have an original sound all of their own. The album's single, 'Like A Magic Optician' shows what the band can do in the studio. But 'The Hump', with its menacing vocals, tribal drums, incisory riffs and eye-of-the-storm chorus, is where they perhaps shine the most. Then again, the achievement of this cut is no mean feat considering the strength already proven elsewhere on the LP. -Ben Howe, The Skinny....