| Member Since | 5/28/2006 | | Band Website | http://diyhi5.bigcartel.com/ | | Band Members | Hannah- Guitar , Trombone , Glockenspiel , Vocals , Recorders , Handclaps, Hi 5's
Paul- Guitar , Vocals , Handclaps , Hi 5's
Tom- Guitar , Handclaps , Hi 5's
Jonny - Bass Guitar, Hi 5's , Handclaps with Bells on
Wendy - Drums, Hi 5's, Cowbells
Will - Trumpet, Percussion, Handclaps, Hi 5's
| | Influences | Herman Dune , Belle and Sebastian , Smog , Fonda 500 , Camera Obscura , Talking Heads , The Essex Green , Danielson , The Lovin Spoonful , The Beatles , Wrestling.Jonathan Richman,Hefner, Early Arty Talking Heads............Lists are shit. | | Sounds Like | REVIEWS....................................................................
"I get my fun and frolics with the mighty fine Rocky Nest – a band that never stop getting better" SANDMAN MAGAZINE October 2008
"An amazing EP(Golden Lights EP) full of farmyard folk pop fun" - TEN FOOT CITY mag April '08.
Brilliant jangly indie pop - SHADOWPLAY FANZINE - April '08
"The Rocky Nest are from East Yorkshire by way of Laurel Canyon and Isobel Campbell's tourbus"....................................
"How a marching band would sound if they spent a couple of months listening only to The Strokes and The Velvet Underground"...............................and
"More twee then Belle and Sebastian wearing Arran jumpers"
- HIGHVOLTAGE- JANUARY '08..................................................
"What you get when you mix an ex-Fonda,an ex-Favour and three lovely ladies playing glockenspiel,recorder,trumpet,guitar,bass,acordian and send them off to a farm to make music"
-TEN FOOT CITY MAG- MARCH '07.........................................
"...with a revamped line up and a new philosophy they are a band to be reckoned with rather than one to be patronisingly underated.The re-invention makes them vocally richer and musically more ambitious"..................."something both menacing and lush"
........"heartfelt odyssey"......and "all in all stunning"...
- SANDMAN MAG - FEBRUARY '08 | | Record Label | DIY HI 5! | | Type of Label | Indie |
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