The Beatles, My Bloody Valentine, Joy Zipper, Giant Drag, Jeff Buckley, Ben Folds, The White Stripes, Nirvana, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Beethoven, Richey-era Manic Street Preachers, Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Tilly and the Wall, The Libertines, 'Indie' in general
Sounds Like
"Blessed with the same life affirming melodies and jangle of Dirty Pretty Things, The Pistachios deliver a lot of promise with their demo, the female vocals adding much needed depth to the melodies, one’s to keep an eye on!" - Subba-Cultcha.co.uk
"The Pistachios have a warm glow around them; their brand of sing along songwriting is both at times enchanting and unpretentious. They both can sing, and sing together well." - The Plastic Ashtray.co.uk (for full review go here)
"Music you can sit back and relax to and just let the notes take you away. Their high energy radiates a warm glow from their very being throughout every note, keeping you completely hooked and listening. There's a perfect twist of gentle and soft to a bit edgier and dark, which makes for a surprising listen!"- Infused zine
"I'm sorry I can't resist. You would be nuts to ignore this recording, 'cause this duo definitely ain't green. Consisting of Sarah Morrey and Richard Kavanagh, The Pistachios, deliver a highly energetic ep that features some great vocal dynamics as Richard and Sarah switch lead and harmony vocals during the course of the songs. They make it all sound so simple, the songs are really stripped back, but surprisingly complex under the surface. You feel that this is a band that can't quite decide to be gentle with you or cut you to the bone."- Fatea Music Reviews, News & Services
"Comparisons are difficult, as they appear to be playing for the love of music and not trying too hard to sound like anyone in particular. This is refreshing and results in an easy, uncomplicated listen stuffed full of simple acoustic pleasures- handclaps, tambourine, muted strumming and a frankly ace "Yeah Yeah Yeah" from the female vocalist."- Glasswerk.co.uk
The video above is of us playing in Sheffield on 13th June 2007.
The songs are 'Purple Feet' and 'My Favourite Disaster'
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The Pistachios are an Indie-pop band.
Richard Kavanagh and Sarah Morrey share the lead vocal duties which, when merged with catchy hooks and quirky rhythms results in an original, harmony laden sound. Sometimes it's just the two of us performing, but sometimes Jack plays drums too.
hey The Pistachios!! hope you're coming to our next gig on 12th may at the new roscoe in leeds! we're supporting christopher rees, who was welsh singer/songwriter of the year 2007!!
hello! there are a couple of lovely things coming up, I hope you like them!
The first: Monday May 12th... envelopes!! coming back again to see us!! sooo good!! www.myspace.com/envelopes
bringing their special friend SPORTSDAY MEGAPHONE minimal dancing stardust!! www.myspace.com/sportsdaymegaphone
plus special sweethearts DOG YEARS www.myspace.com/dogyearsmusic at The Cumberland Arms (www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk) 8pm - £7 advance, available now.
Then..... Bank Holiday Weekend Sunday May 25th
our old friends THE LODGER
new single / album out on Bad Sneakers with bouncing bass and
extra jangle. here is their new video which is reallly nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGQ114DPvuY
www.myspace.com/thelodgerleeds plus:
ISOSCELES Glasgow art pop 'angulated white funk manoeuvres' on Art/Goes/Pop! video for their new single here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsK8r6hEDkU
wowowowo like orange juice / esg / bis / the zombies - I am really excited about this band!!! www.myspace.com/isoscelestheband
finally.... there is a new issue of The Cuckoo Press coming out soon!! watch out for updates.. we have a couple of very limited edition spaces left for nice adverts, so if you know anyone who would like to be involved as a sponsor, drop us a line!!
Thanks for the add and appreciate the support. Send pics of you rockin your FHC gear to be part of our show piece!www.forherclothing.com & www.cafepress.com/forherclothing www.forherclothing.com
Got a gig on tomorrow at The Bristol Pear (Thursday 15th)! Doors open at 8pm. Got four great bands and lots of cheap booze so, great night out by all accounts!!!
I love this group! Great stuff. A friend sent me to listen to Joe Allen (who is great too) and I ended up here. Good to know about you. Check out the site I help out, THE HUB myspace.com/themusichub
See really i should find that comment really offensive, but i dont lol!!! and i think u might be pleased to know since saturday i have called several people douchebags lol (my new favourtie word!) xxx
Alright Rich! How you doing? God, i haven't seen you in ages, not since xmas i think. I've been listening to your songs, they're pretty damn good, you know! I like them! Haha! How was Paris and Amsterdam by the way? Hope you are ok, speak to you soon.
alwite k man and sarah, finished our second demo, give it a listen....and dont be like too harsh....good luck in paris....bring em a bit of redditch u brummies
