"...love the Byrds feel so of I went to my local iTunes store and bought the album. Love it!"
a fan of The Gravitons
Influences
Fleet Foxes, Jeff Buckley, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Leonard Cohen, Stereolab, The Byrds (Love them especially Goin' Back and their version of the Pete Seegar classic Turn, Turn, Turn), R.E.M, Robert Wyatt, The Smiths, Soft Machine, Beatles, Beach Boys, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, The LA's, Gram Parsons, Steeleye Span
Belle and Sebastion, The Sex Pistols, The Doors, John Lennon, The Kinks, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, The Pixies, Mamas and Papas, My Bloody Valentine, Pere Ubu, Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Led Zep, Free, Public Enemy, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Miles Davis, Sigur Ros, Roy Harper, Ryan Adams, Wild Mountain Thyme, Fairport Convention, Stevie Wonder, The Orb, Sven Vath, Steve Hillage, Vampire Weekend, Peter Bjorn And John, The Shangri Las, Love, Crosby Stills & Nash, Mozart, Fluorescent Leech & Eddie, The Mothers of Invention, Morrissey, Vegetarians & Vegans, Roy Orbison, Nil Jones, Air, Dinosaur Jr, Beethoven, World Party, Family, The Strokes, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Pink Floyd, House of Love, Cocteau Twins, Aphex Twin, Octopus, Little Richard, Fats Domino, People who overcharge for a second rate product, Nancy Sinatra, John Martin, Thin Lizzy, Janis Joplin, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Psychedelia, Television, Taj Mahal, Lemonheads, the Pooh Sticks, The Beta Band, Sugar, Husker Du, Frank Black, Johnny Cash, Mountain, New Order, Spirit, Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop, Jimmy Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Scott Walker, Syd Barrett, Curtis Mayfield, Mercury Rev, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stone, The Nice, Brian Wilson, Bob Marley, Van Morrison, Moby, The Monkees (Porpoise Song is a truly wonderful song), Simon & Garfunkle (America being one of the greatest) , The Family, Hatfield & the North, Joy Division, Wedding Present, Buffalo Tom, The Cure,The Kooks, Switchfoot, The Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, The Vines, Vampire Weekend, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, John Martyn, Black Sabbath, Caravan, New York, California, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pheonix, Seattle, London, Manchester, Edinburgh, America, England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, Punk, Rock, Funk, Pop, Rap, Ska, Folk, Contemporary & Traditional Folk, Indipendent Artists, Brian Wilson, Acoustic, Alternative, Bizarre, Unusual, Strange, Uniqueness, Blues, Emo, Goth, Primal Scream, The Primitives, The Sundays, Burt Bacharach, Cheese, theme tunes, big band, jazz, classical, orchestras, buskers, the sound of electric fans, the gush of warm air in the tube, the scuttle of mice along the rails, rain, sunshine, Roger McGuinn, hot and cold, animals, cats, hedghogs, rabbits, squirrels, electric vehicles, the prospect of mass market hydrogen fuel cells and the desire to generate ones own power, windmills, solar cells, heat exchange pumps, food, packaging that makes out the contents are so unbelievably good that you have to buy it, dissapointment, vegetables, nuts, berries, crisp, chocolate, caffein, tea, coffee, decaf variations, pizzas, pasta, sauces, soups, lavender, blue, green, red, orange, turquiose, magenta, sunshine, light, sound, variations on a theme, lateral thinking, innovations, tradition, new, old, hydrids, internation, itteration, scrabble, forthwith, lindisfarne (at their best), Eddie Cochran, 80s British Indie Music, The Faces, Yardbirds, Rod Sterwart, Elvis, Damien Rice, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Music Festivals, Captain Beefheart, John Denver, Lee Hazlewood (aka Nancy & Lee), Humble People, Arrogent, Egotists, Midlake, Cat Stevens, Edwyn Collins, Tir Na Nog, Mellow Candle, Canadian Music, New Zealand, Anything Interesting, Serious Stuff, Cheesy Stuff, Dance Music, Chill Out Music, Ballads, Spacemen 3, MC5, Teenage Fanclub, Hard Rock, Mellow Rock, Heavy Metal, Emo, Indie Music, Shoegazing, Folkies, Hippies, Greboes & Punks, Buskers, 70s Sci-Fi Films, spaghetti western soundtracks, Soylant Green, Logans Run, Omega Man, Italian Sound Tracks, Ennio Morricone, Garage Bands, A fistful of dollars, Free Music, Expensive Music, Pay what you can afford music, Music Technology, CDs, Wax discs, Cylinders, MP3s, iPods, Chaos, Structure, Architecture, Wildlife, British Weather, Dreams, Visions, Door to Door Salesmen, Delusions, Mild Altering Substances (such as Tea and Oxygen), Meditation, Extreme Sports such as Darts, Dominoes & Dom, Blues, Moody Blues, Yoga, Yoghurt, Buddhists, Self Mumification, Tantric Flying, Levitation, Science, Really mean and ugly people and really kind lovely people, Documentaries, Adverts, France, Greece, Spain, Estonia, Germany, Africa, free thinkers, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Monkeys, Bluebirds, Blackbirds, Nashville, Mississippi Delta Blues, sparrows, hawks, eagles, humming, whistling, crazy horse, Dueling Banjos, Deliverance, Waffle, Waffles, Silence, Eduardo Paolozzi, Kurt Schwitters, A&R, Band Mangement, Artist Mananement, Publishing Company, Record Company, Bands from San Franciso, LA, Seattle, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Nottingham, Durham, Sheffield, Skipton, Middlesborough, North West US & UK, Wales, Ireland, Scottish Folkies, Mods, Indies & Rockers, Robert Fripp & Brian Eno's classic tune Evening Star, long lists of gibberish
Sounds Like
The Byrds, Pink Floyd, Fleet Foxes, Jeff Buckley, Cass McCombs, Woody Guthrie, Californian and English 60s & 70s Psychedelic Folk Rock, Roy Harper, Robert Wyatt, Beach Boys, David Bowie, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, John Martyn, Simon & Garfunkle, Contemporary British Folk Music, , The Beatles, Fairport Convention, The Gravitons (Gravatons, Gavitrons)
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From the wilds of the north of England come The Gravitons with songs of beauty, ugliness, hope, failure, love, loss, joy, melancholy ... and other stuff.
The sound of The Gravitons could be said to be Psychedelic Acoustic Indie Folk Country Rock and have been described as Syd Barret (Pink Floyd) on Vocals and Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) on Guitar. The Gravitons last performed at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool and are currently locked in the studio recording the next album. The founder member of The Gravitons supported acts such as Bat For Lashes, Paul Weller & The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, had sessions on BBC Radio 1 and was signed to Island Music.
In 2009 The Gravitons released the debut album 'Redetermination' which received great reviews (see below). Later in the same year 'Institutionalism' was also released which contained tracks that never made it to the first album or the forthcoming third album.
Thanks for checking out the music .. plenty more coming soon.
Review ... boiled down to its basic essence, their sound is an original and challenging sub-genre all its own. The Gravitons offer up a refreshing, uplifting style on Redetermination by fully excercising their original adventurousness and shamelessly injecting large doses of McGuinn-inspired axe-work, early Floyd-ian vocal and lyrical approaches, and unexpected blasts of raucous roots rock. You'll also find smirky traces of Rufus Wainwright's cheeky humour here, snippets of Ian Anderson-inflected lyrical interplay, and more than a few tips of the axe to folks like Richard Thompson and Ry Cooder. The songs here run the gamut from the daydream opener "Maybe Tomorrow," which sonically recalls an impromptu run-in between the Finn brothers and Syd Barrett, to the sly, catchy romp of "Man With A Gun Again" and the daring, harmonica-laced cow-punk nugget "Everything I Do." "Man With Gun Again" proves the band is not only highly aware of today's edgy political/socio-economic plight, but have a firm enough grasp on it to pen a jumpy, paranoia-laced rocker that ranks right up with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY on the relevant protest song scale. "Controlled" lurks in a shadowy corner like a spurned lover or a crafty undercover agent, and "Betterway" rides a delightful, half-crazed rock n' roll groove with equally potent lyrical mastery. Tracks like "Where Is Our Song" are beautiful, brittle arrangements that hold the same subtle charms as material from groups like The Polyphonic Spree, while "Ocean Blue" could be a mid-period Donovan outtake and "You Were The Night" wafts out like a gentle reminder of hot summer evenings brimming with romantic possibilities and a chance at carnal bliss. The album eases out on the ringing, urgent keyboard riffs and impossibly catchy guitars populating the barely-a-minute long instrumental "Your Dream," a cut that speaks volumes about The Gravitons without uttering a single word. They're on a musical and spiritual journey that's starting out just as promising as those of their artistic forebears, and one day in the future it wouldn't be such a big surprise to see them linked in a direct line to Super Furry Animals, The Kinks, Roy Harper, and Barrett-era Pink Floyd. This outfit's released an amazing debut album in Redetermination, and are rapidly garnering favorable attention both in and outside of the U.K.- don't be surprised to catch 'em playing live on one of your favorite "alt-music" sources sometime soon, and if ya wanna run a bit ahead of the pack, check 'em out at www.myspace.com/thegravitons --Round the Dial
Review
... has more surprises than a shady investment banker. Based loosely on a lively backdrop of UK/US Psychedelic Folk, ..redetermination.. is awash with classic audio imagery. Alliances are formed with the US West Coast signalling The Byrd..s jangling guitar sounds, mid-seventies Floyd reminiscent of the ..Animals.. era and I swear ..Betterway.. has some fearsome Jethro Tull overtones. It..s ultimately rare for an artist to combine so many obvious sublime influences and pull it off with such amazing results, ..redetermination.. is the continuation, maybe the next phase of a British psych/folk renaissance. -- Mojophenia
Review
... armed with a list of influences that rivals any other I have come across, the Gravitons are self-described as sounding (among others) like Californian and English 60s & 70s Psychedelic Folk Rock. A broad but fitting description, their sound has nuances that you can t just nail down to one genre. The name The Byrds seems to come up a lot in reference to them, however I think a more fitting name is Cass McCombs (a less electronic reliant version). That is to say, the Gravitons Psychedelic Acoustic Indie Folk Country Rock is steady and very real, the Contemporary British Folk Music that they liken themselves to is a good movement that they fit nicely into. I think I have used enough quotations in this review, as such here is something straight from my mind: The Gravitons 2009 LP Redetermination, is the album you put on mid morning, on a day that you have to do something stressful, the LP soothes you, makes you happy, and reminds you that everything is going to work out fine. --Even In The Future
Like many artists, The Gravitons spend more on making music than is acually earned from it; it's a vocation as opposed to a 'sensible' career move. Most tunes have been funded by a combination of CD & MP3 sales and by selling off stuff on ebay. Help save the ornaments and keep The Gravitons recording new tunes by buying the CDs, Downloading the MP3s or making a donation ... it all helps...... if you're skint too, you can also visit the adverts on TheGravitons.com or Stream the music at sites like Spotify where we also earn fractions of a penny for you doing this..... it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock'n'roll!
Ha Ha, amazing stuff. Love random adds; Sometimes the band will be utter shit, but sometimes, just sometimes, the band will be actually amazingly amazing. Thanks for the add, love the retro song!
hey guys, I love the feel to all of your stuff, it's very traveling wilburysesque, if you don't know them you should look them up, they're very good. I'm going to look into your album soon boys, keep up the good work! come to America!
Hi guys, I love your music, thanks for finding me. I'm actually coming to the UK next year for a while so maybe we'll bump into each other at a gig? Take care
Danks for tha add! Much love, respect and good luck! Be sure to check out my supergroup "Tha Dankseid"( myspace.com/dankseid ) and my homie "Swift's" brand new page( myspace.com/ktownswifty ) Pretty much all my friends are worth adding if you've got the energy but I've got most invested in these two right now. Also you will soon recieve event invitations, if you don't then you weren't listed as local,if you do then come shake n' get loose with your underground scene! Big shows are on the way, all ages shows are on the way! Shedding new skins with old knives under open skies -a lot of changes on the way, change is good! Soon my three man group Tha Dankseid will drop our first cd, probably by New Year's eve and look out for an X-mas track. My solo will drop by summer and I will start doing shows in Tooele for all you local kats. May need a new producer soon, who is willing to work for pretzels and cheese, after the new year and I want to get a mobile stage together by then so I can backyard show whenever, wherever I want...your house, maybe. Also working on getting some merch made and perhaps some radio time on KRCL 90.9 to promote local acts once a week. Get at me with any and all questions, suggestions or otherwise trivial chit chat- Peace out! p.s. check out the new track "Magic People"(written for Halloween Horror 4rrr) to give you an idea of the energy purged. Thank you again for your support!
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Institutionalism
Redetermination
