Martin "crying, talking, sleeping, walking" SkarenDAHL
bass/wonky of legs
Alfonso Sharlando
Stick-Ferret
Influences
Greetings traveller,
Growing up in monasteries around the outskirts of Antarctica proved a musically challenging environment, as well as a cold one, especially when caught with "outskirts": Brrrrrr. Still, whenever he could, Martin "crying, talking, sleeping, walking" Skarendahl would sneak out a one-man band (a most versatile instrument) and we'd all write songs of, through, on and by him. Sadly our years of scribing resulted in us writing our debut double album. "Hey up there narrator", I hear you think, "I thought you said "sadly"; what's so sad about writing a double album?" Well I'm glad you asked friend, I truly am. The sad thing was that the fruit of our musical loins turned out to be, note for note, The White Album by the Beatles, by complete coincidence. Amazing considering none of us could play an instrument - some would say we still can't, but those would be "unkind" people. We don't like unkind people.
Now a loose fitting assemblage of verse, an ode, if you will, to songs that we have five words for: "Mmmm", "mmmm", "mmmm", "mmmm" and "mmmm".
"Don't think of modern music as a bore
come with us and look for the CURE.
In a den of gambling vice you'd do well to pick-up hot tips, whereas we sing odds-on to win with our "FLAMING LIPS".
If you need a light, we've got a lamp,
even if we were homeless we'd be SUPERTRAMPS".
In the order of influences with numbers in the title first: 1984, Catch-22, Lord of the Flies, Brave New World, Ren & Stimpy, Garth Merenghi's Dark Places, Anchorman, M is for Murder, Metropolis and Arthur Miller, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens, Luke Warm and The Conflicting Opinions.
Sounds Like
XTC, Supertramp, Talking Heads, Sinita and a set of rusty spoons cling-clanging their way through the britches of Jeff Buckley.
Worried About Ray
Worst Case Scenario
Run Rabbit Run
A Sadness Runs Through Him
Clinging on for life
Cops and Robbers
Everything Goes Dark
Killer
The Trick to Life
Money To Be Made
*Hidden Track - The Feeling You Get When...
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ok so tonight i was on iTunes and my Genius suggested this song called Worried About Ray by this band that i'd never heard of called The Hoosiers..i listened..INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE! then i ended up searching for any other Hoosier songs i could find!! your music is just soo fantastic!~love love love it!! come to Australia so i can hear some more!! :) love! x
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Heiii Ya guyS When iis you album comiinG out? I'm really waiitiing to heaR iit Ohh I love you guySs!! Please iif you are Goiing on toUr... cOme to MexxiiCo! I'll be aweSome!
so where the frook are you Hoosiers? You were little, you got more popular, you toured, you grew beards and you now randomly tweet, but where the bezesus are you?! I want to feel old in a sea of 14 years olds again with my drinking buddies, so we need your tour as an excuse to get together :) Oh, and hi to Sam and JP (if you ever see him - a few of us still miss Grace :(
Bonjour! Was flicking through some of my albums and reignited a Hoosier-addiction! Then I realised, "You're never REALLY a complete fan unless you stalk them on MySpace or Twitter!" So, here I am! I don't know if you've realised, your songs are used in so many Doctor Who videos on Youtube! Which is a good thing :) Anyway, I ramble. I exit. Au revoir!
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