Old country songs, John Cale, Fleetwood Mac, The Langley Schools Music Project, The Magnetic Fields, the sea, New York, Coney Island, Brooklyn Lager, Woody Allen, 70's B-movie horror, Motown, Beirut, Built To Spill, Danny Elfman, real ale, The Eagles, early Sugababes, Flying Burrito Brothers, Daniel Johnston, German Expressionism, Harry Nilsson, Smog, Douglas Coupland, Magic 105.4, John Denver, Ivor Cutler, Julian Cope, Victorian Lowbrow, Southern Gothic, Russian literature, A.M. Homes, Miranda July, Yo La Tengo, Douglas Sirk, XTC, Patience & Prudence, Kurt Vonnegut, The Walker Brothers, The Mama's & The Papa's, Edison Lighthouse, Jonathan Richman, J. D. Salinger, Sir Isaac Newton, Neutral Milk Hotel, Twin Peaks, Riget, Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Elliott Smith, Edward Gorey, Red House Painters, Weezer, Fantagraphics, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Jens Lekman, Devo, The Carpenters...
The first demo is nearly done - keep checking back, we'd love to hear what you think. In the meantime, enjoy our video for God Bless the BBC.
See you on the other side, folks xo
The Noughts & Crosses Band create a sugarsweet whirl of perfect pop with melodicas, recorders, brass, ukulele, marching drums, and vocal harmonies. They're also the latest pop creation to be unleashed upon the world by manager/svengali Monster Bobby (of The Pipettes), which should give you a good idea of their swoonsome brilliance." - Ian Watson, HDIF
"Recorder-toting tweemo supertroupe" – The Guardian
"Three-part harmonies to die for..." - Twee as F**k
"The Noughts & Crosses Band’s first and last songs are reminiscent of Talulah Gosh! with sweet girlish harmonies, plenty of ba ba bas and tumbledown, runaway melodies. In between they go folky dolky with recorders, ukulele, a drummer girl and g-a-s-p MELODICA DUETTING! Truly, the instrument of indie is being utilised in mysterious new ways. Fashion news: the three Noughts and Crosses girls (there are boys too) wear skinny braces to hold up their breeks, but weirdly they’ve got them clipped onto their pockets rather than their waistbands. Is this the hip new way to wear braces? Those crazy kids!" - Kitten Painting (Review of HDIF Show)
Would love to play your stuff on my radio show, The British Breakfast, on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond, Virginia USA and streamed live on www.wrir.org every Saturday. Can you make that happen?
Respectfully,
Gene Pembleton 4248 Hickory Road Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA
