After the great welcome given to their debut album ("and... The Winnerys", Rock Indiana/Rainbow Quartz, 2003) within the indie pop scene, The Winnerys present their second work "DAILY URBAN TIMES", released world-wide by the United States record label Rainbow Quartz (licensed by Rock Indiana for the Spanish market).
Recorded and mixed throughout almost one year since May 2005, this second and long-awaited release of this Madrid band is a big step forward from every point of view. The high quality of their compositions and the dedicated and thorough recording, production and mixing of the 15 songs included in the record, make it a product of a very unusual standing in the musical scene nowadays.
The style of the songs spreads in more varied rhythms and genres detaching from the purest beat style that prevailed all over their first work. Still, they keep the spirit of their unmistakable sound based on brilliant vocal harmonies, powerful guitar riffs and those worked-out but fresh and direct melodies that stay engraved within your mind.
History
The Winnerys started in 1997 as a covers band called The Bad Boys. After two years performing sixties classics all over the pubs and halls of Madrid, the main songwriters of the band, Fausto Martín and Javier Polo, began to put together a set of original songs.
After a few changes in their line-up they started playing live their own stuff in the summer of 2001. Their first demo, from 2002, opened them doors to media and audiences until the Spanish indie label Rock Indiana offered them a recording contract that same year.
Their first record, "And...The Winnerys" came out in June 2003. Soon after its release it was licensed by the american label Rainbow Quartz and released in the USA and other countries.
Apart from their multiple gigs in Madrid and other places of Spain, their most important performances abroad included:
-IPO Festival in Liverpool, UK (The Cavern) in October 2003
-RQ Night in New York and IPO in Chicago, USA, in May 2004
-Beatle Week in Liverpool, UK, in August 2004 (Beatles stuff)
-Beatles Day in Wasquehal, France, in March 2005 (Beatles stuff)
-CMJ Festival in New York, USA, in September 2005
-SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, USA in March 2006
-Beatles Day in Mons, Belgium, in October 2006
Also, "That Magical Wonder", a song included in their first record, was used in a chapter of the Canadian TV series "Queer As Folk" in 2004.
The Winnerys are, like many other Rainbow Quartz bands, influenced by the melodic 60's sounds of the Kinks, Beatles and the Hollies but have created a sound that is distinctly modern while still tipping their hats to the founding fathers of melodic guitar-based rock, sounding at times like more 70's artists like Badfinger and The Knack.
With each member displaying a high degree of musicianship, The Winnerys have cast a spell on many an audience with the alternating jangle and growl of Fausto Martin's and Borja Bonafuente's guitars, the rock steady grooves of Javier Polo's bass and Nacho Garcia's drums and, of course, their irresistible four-part vocal harmonies.
Lyrically, they exhibit an emotional range from poignant to downright mysterious in a delicious mixture of catchy power pop, beat and psychedelia.
In February 2007, just two weeks before the start of their new album Spanish tour, both guitarists of the band decided to quit this acclaimed musical project which led to their unexpected break-up.
