the low countries
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Member Since	1/23/2006
Band Website	www.myspace.com/thelowcountries
Band Members	Nigel Parrington, Els D'hooge and Wes Martin.
Influences	folk radio, fermented hops, generations come and gone... ..
Sounds Like	'handmaid's blush'
Record Label	Nub Country Records
Type of Label	Indie

Upcoming Shows

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Jul 4 2009

8:30P

these are my salad days @ Golden Lion

Lancaster, Northwest

Jul 9 2009

8:00P

Beaumont College Ledge Concerts

Lancaster, Northwest

Jul 11 2009

8:30P

Living Room Concert (Overton)

Overton, Northwest

Jul 17 2009

9:00P

Blue Peter Badge Winners Get In Free @ Yorkshire House

Lancaster, Northwest

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About the low countries

"Before The Wicker Man came...the failing of the strains"

an imaginary soundtrack by The Low Countries out now on iTunes & Amazon

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debut album 'hypericum perforatum' still available

Buy CD Here DOWNLOAD IT ON AMAZON HERE or click on the photo!

'Indie folk at it's best with a home grown realism...I love it'

The Low Countries - hypericum perforatum
FolkRadio.co.uk - Wednesday, 05 March 2008

"english psyche pop folk masterpiece - syd barrett meets nick drake with glorious beatles harmonies and northern wit - album of the year - " MBop Magazine

“..The Low Countries: splendid melancholia which sounds like a North Country version of Golden Smog or Josh Rouse. Nigel Parrington is definitely onto something” Howard Byrom, The Guardian 4 05 07

"Really tasty stuff - a little beauty!!" Peter J Brown aka toxic pete (www.toxicpete.co.uk)

"Beautiful South meets Richard Thompson...really fine mellow tunes" Fresh Air FM

'shades of Ryan Adams...Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris...elsewhere Tell Her could be lifted from the Beatles' back catalogue...' www.folking.com

'warm acoustic-based americana-infused blend of classic songwriting. Melodies, harmonies, middle-eights and banjo combine to soothe your weary heads' Opposite of Robot Promotions

Indie Music Lounge 'Artist of the Month'

'Outstandingly good..' the hairless heart herald

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Electric Free Time Machine - Album Launch 3.7.09	Jun 29 2009 12:47 AM ALBUM LAUNCH EXTRAVAGANZA - FRIDAY JULY 3rd -YORKSHIRE HOUSE LANCASTER - 8PM Facebook event page: CLICK HERE Electric Free Time Machine celebrate the launch of their debut album: ’mystery with hermit foil’ with a gig at the Yorkshire house in Lancaster. ELECTRIC FREE TIME MACHINE - Lancaster recent sound carriers for Damo Suzuki:From fast and bulbous blues stomps and vast experimental krautrock ambient strangeness, to abrasive shambolic metal, strange time shifts and delicate acoustic folk. www.myspace.com/eftm SAM AND THE PLANTS - Manchester Sublime d.i.y pastoral krautrock psyche-folk (twisted nerve / rough trade) www.myspace.com/samandtheplants VOYTEK THE BEAR - Manchester Abrasive grooves, sleazy dub funk and infectious melodies www.myspace.com/voytekthebear DAN HAYWOOD (SOLO) - Lancaster singing the songs of the Puma Sutras, New Hawks and Dutch Desert www.myspace.com/newhawks also DRAWING COMPETITION + more ONLY £1 ENTRY albums at a special launch price of £4...so thats £5 for an amazing night of music and a brand spanking new bespoke embossed digipack album...have mercy Why would you do anything else? Facebook event page: CLICK HERE Lastfm event page: CLICK HERE Yorkshire House website: CLICK HERE</a
Totally Wired	Jun 28 2009 9:15 AM
Opposite Of Robot	Jun 2 2009 12:51 PM Thanks for playing a great set on Sunday night, great stuff! See you on Thursday, R
House Concert European Hub	May 15 2009 3:27 PM Thanks for joining, good to have you with us on this, please post a page with us www.houseconcert.eu and invite any house concerts, folk songwriters and open mic clubs and fans, we will accept American/Canadian House concerts as non featured members and add their URL to the Links page, infact any one you think could add to this community, particularly that friend in Europe with the big old front room who loves live music.
hedge	May 6 2009 4:16 PM May 15th May 24th Special
Opposite Of Robot	Apr 24 2009 4:52 PM
April Maybe May (ex-Fallen Leaves)	Apr 24 2009 8:56 AM The new songs are really good, enjoying them lots. New CD?
Pascal	Apr 13 2009 4:05 PM Bonjour Thanks for the friendly add beautiful music and songs Best wishes from France Pascal
Stuart Anthony	Apr 4 2009 11:39 AM
Mark	Mar 31 2009 8:55 PM LIVE MIC WEEKEND FairplayCollective members hook up with a long time friend to bring you some of the best music for all the family. A family weekend of music in the lovely surrounding of the Wicklow Hills CLICK POSTER FOR INFORMATION
sjofn	Mar 7 2009 9:25 PM i enjoyed listening to your clips but as soon as i begin to have a feel for the song it's over
Niamh Starky	Feb 3 2009 2:27 PM richard askam.
hedge	Nov 15 2008 5:26 PM
Joanne Levey "Songs My Father Taught Me"	Nov 12 2008 10:10 AM Halloo!! xx
Seahouse Records	Nov 7 2008 12:32 AM Hello you three, thank you so much for your performance at The Cinema Room tonight, it was the best we've seen you. Look forward to many more, hopefully with film too. See you at the Dickinson Day! xx
KiSS the cold	Oct 29 2008 1:28 AM Hello m'dears was fantastic to see you all in your element at the Gregson. Me and Tree had an awsome time. We will try and make your other gigs as much as possible, Keswick sounds like a possibility. If we can find somewhere to camp out then no probs. Best of luck...xx
Jimmy Dowling	Oct 27 2008 9:58 AM Happy to be friends – much appreciated. Hope you had a chance to check out a few of my tunes!
Jo Gillot	Oct 19 2008 2:23 PM Hi guys! Congrats on a successful album launch. Lovely stuff. Thanks for having me and my instruments along. J x
Niamh Starky	Oct 14 2008 11:42 AM hello guys. will try and come along on friday, is it downstairs? x
Louise Mary Martin	Oct 12 2008 5:50 PM Looking forward to seeing you guys at The Canteen. Autumnal love LMM x
ZAAM	Aug 10 2008 5:22 PM thanks for the full cup, delicious, great, grand! a true acid-folk gem ; feel refreshed too, seeing them cool pics, good times...
SimpleSongs	Aug 5 2008 6:31 PM Yeah, it's us moving to nr 65. I'm very thrilled about moving to that neighbourhood. Shame I didn't know about the gig in Antwerp... SimpleSongs album is due January 2009. As for azerty: I takes about two weeks of getting used to it. So never stay in an azerty country (surely that's a official term) for more than two weeks or you'll have to adapt again once you're home :) Don't really know about reviews apart from the obvious ones. Do check my blog for reviewers though, because I've put some reviews of the SS EP on my MySpace. See you! Ken
SimpleSongs	Aug 2 2008 4:28 PM Hey there Nigel, guess who's moving to Klappeistraat, Antwerp sometime this year? :) How are you and Els btw?
Brodbeck and Castle	Jun 25 2008 4:01 PM mellow usings from 9pm at the JOG CVheers Hugh
Tongue Tide	Jun 25 2008 3:49 PM