Dave Russell (drums)
Stephen Brett (vocals/guitar)
Steve Hoile (bass/keyboards)
Adam Atkins (guitar)
Jon Chandler (vocals/guitar)
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Influences
Broken Social Scene,The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Lemonheads, PJ Harvey, Jim O'Rourke, Tortoise, Frank Zappa, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, Sonic Youth, Orbital, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Love, British Sea Power, Mew, Big Star, Neil Young, Kiyomori, The Smiths, Cat Power, Bjork, Red House Painters, Scott Walker, Stephen Malkmus, The Shins, U2 (first 3 albums) you get the idea...
DEBUT ALBUM 'THE SOUND THAT I STILL HEAR' OUT NOW! AVAILABLE THROUGH AMAZON RECORDS WITH PAYPAL
The Debut Album ‘The Sound That I Still Hear’ (AMAZCD19)
OUT NOW (through EMI distribution)
Also available from Brightons Resident
and many other online stores.
“The stellar chime pop instincts of the Sundays, the careering melodic disjointedness of the Go-Betweens, the sadcore sophistication of Red House Painters…all in one band? Truly. Brighton’s The Mojo Fins are a remarkable proposition, and this is a desert island disc of a debut”. 9/10 Rock Sound Magazine
“Its spellbinding harmonies run over their constantly pleasing blend of pop/rock and laid back acoustic work. New single 'Always Now' is an absolute pearl and latter tracks 'Final Correspondence' and the brilliantly performed 'Trick Of Light' will no doubt bring the band to stereos nationwide”. www.subba-cultcha.com
“The Mojo Fins are a very fine proposition indeed... gorgeous melodies abound and the widescreen wistfulness should see them clean up amongst those who enjoy a nice tune... sometimes you just don't need 'edgy'”. www.thecrackmagazine.com
Weeks spent recording. Years spent writing. Lives spent believing. This is what it takes to make a debut album. This is what it took to make The Sound That I Still Hear.
Of course, when The Mojo Fins suffered the tragic loss of singer and guitarist Jon Chandler in a road accident in May 2007, many people questioned whether the band could even continue. The remaining members did not. They knew they had to: because music, like friendship, transcends death, and the dream that four school mates once swore they'd make a reality lives on.
Today, following wide critical acclaim for their first single Piñata Face in September 2007 – a non-album track, sung by and released in memory of Jon, from which all royalties were donated to UK charity RoadPeace – Brighton's finest pop-rock exponents are once again a four-piece, and while Stephen, newest member Adam, Steve and Dave celebrate the general release of The Sound That I Still Hear on April 6th (with the digital version available a few weeks earlier), they remain grounded by values that first saw the band signed to independent label Amazon Records in late 2006.
Talk to The Mojo Fins and you'll get to know a band in love with music, rather than the celebrity it can bring, their devotion to the art inspired by the likes of Elliott Smith, Tortoise and The Shins. Listen to their album, co-produced at Brighton's Red Room studio with colleague Stuart Troop, and you'll hear a body of work composed with painstaking care and attention to detail, coruscating guitars, intricate rhythms and driving bass bound together by the unifying force of melody, that most primary of musical elements so often neglected when substance is sidelined for style. Watch as the guys' heart-felt live performances light up stage after stage, face after face from the front of the audience to the back – then you'll see how much this means.
And that's the point. For The Mojo Fins, the gigs they play, the songs they write and this album, The Sound That I Still Hear, have never held more meaning.
This Wednesday 15th July is gonna be a busy one for us! We've got a FREE acoustic show at The Western Front at 9pm. Then, we're doing a full electric show upstairs at The Pav Tav at 10pm.
Would be good if you can come to one, even better if you can come to both! :)
If you send an email to: info@lostaura.co.uk with the heading 'EP', and pop along to the gigs, tell us your email adress and we'll give you a free copy of our EP! Sweet!
Ello!! Thanks for your comment, defo up for coming to see you in August or September, we are festivaling in July. Catch you soon Lily & Bee (Brighton Calling)
Hey I just wanted you to know that Terminal Funk is now out on www.beatport.com Its doing very well, especially the Thomas Penton Remix. Check it out! Thanks for your support.
You are so nice with your compliment, I like when I get a Thank you from a band, because I do not take anymore , I love music and and passed you guys onto my friend.
He is from Denmark, but knows music very well, he has turned me on to Arcade Fire, White Lies, Nada Surf, Joy Division, he Love Manic Street Preachers. I of course adore Death Cab and Love Jeff Buckley, but that is a legend in itself. Please look on my website for more and ask anyone you see. Ask for Dan Rose he is my Denmark friend, it may take him awhile to approve, he has been writing. Oh the Unknowns are on my space Joshua James, Billy Jon, and some other trying to make it in the business.
Wotcha. If you are up and about on the 16th May check out the Family Festival at the Wild Park, Lewes Road, Moulsecoomb. Between 12 and 3.30 apart from me djing there will be sets from Jack & The Candlesticks and Los Albertos.
Brightons Finest presents Q Music / Glastonbury Emerging Talent Finalists The Mojo Fins Live at the Latest Music Bar Sat 9th May plus special lunchtime acoustic performance from 1pm CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
Hey :)
Thought I'd get in touch because I think I'm supporting you at the Joogleberry on the 9th May?
I checked out your stuff and I really really like it! Very excited about seeing you play!
Hey hey hey it's Jimmy The Fingers! If you haven't seen this video please take a peek... This is me singing my song "Grace." If you buy one mp3 this year make it a jimmy! BUY NOW – CLICK HERE!!!!!
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