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Well the 6 of us have very different musical backgrounds and we try to incorporate that in our music, rather than feel the need to be a particular style, so I guess you should probably try and make your own mind up and tell us, coz we haven't got a clue...
Whistling Biscuits are Owen Bowley, David Morris, Tom Jackson, Andy Davies, Rhys Owen, and Steve Powell.
We are music lovers making music we love, an acoustic based 6-piece from Cardiff, Wales. Our sound is formed through a fusing of the our varied tastes, so far bringing together elements of Blues, Country, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Folk, Soul, and more. We've never felt the need to categorise ourselves, we just write music we love, you can make your own mind up.
We formed in February 2007, through a mutual love of genre spanning music and firm friendships, from there we embarked on a mission to write and play whatever style of music we felt like. After 7 months of relentless jamming, writing, and rehearsing, we took to the stages of Cardiff and have continued to build a mighty fine reputation for our live shows since.
Highlights so far have been recording our first e.p 'Stealing Strangers', playing the Coal Exchange closing party on our 2nd gig, headlining the twisted melon stage at Workhouse festival (powercut included), playing The Globe's New Year party (what we remember of it), playing the SAFE foundations barndances, and supporting Ben Ottewell from Gomez.
Future plans include world domination, hopefully in a pleasant way, but we're open to ideas...
"This is so many levels of awesome. Trumpet, sax and harmonica layers, bends, and chills. Then add some vocals. It's like chocolate vodka cyanide." mrvelvet
"Dear Sir/Mdm, please send 3 forms to join Whistling Biscuits Fanclub. We luv um! And Ed's mad bruver, who's a painter, just plays the cd over & over in his studio. Any t shirts?" Ethel & Eddy Ewstarock
"The PinkPanther is dying of an O.D. on a bench in MacArthurPark while his birthday cake melts in the rain.SweetJeezus - potent! Best bluze I've heard since BozScagg's 'Mr., can u loan me a dime.'"AudioMurphy
"Their tunes feature great arrangements and the melodies and vocal harmonies literally made my hair stand up on end" Manky Pasty
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We're making some finishing touches to our new EP, recorded at The Animal Farm London. Be sure to head back soon and have a listen :) Come by and say hello anytime.
Thanks for letting me share the stage with y'all last night. So sorry i had to shoot off early but i'm sure it was awesome! Keep in touch and we'll hook up a roots night in Swindon ;-) take it easy Jim/ Hip Route
Hello Whistling Biscuit, thanks for the add. The songs sound great, look forward to hearing them live. The Sleeveface pics are a blast. Cheers for now, Tim (Blind River Scare)
TICKETS NOW ON SALE... Dave McPherson lead singer from INME will be playing an acoustic set at Le Pub in Newport,South Wales on Saturday 21st March. Tickets for this event are £5 and are very limited (so get them early) you can purchase them from: www. livesoundpromotion. co. uk or Rockaway Records (Newport Indoor Market)
Hi there, thanks for the add :) yeah - owen has asked me to do a solo slot to open up the night - really looking forward to catching you live dudes :) See you there, good vibes Jim / Hip Route
Would love to have you play a meltdown in 09. Meanwhile ...
This year Meltdown is proud to offer you 2 completely contrasting seasonal specials!
Sun Dec 14th Mr & Mrs Clark present a Christmas Cabba Hey! Milgis Lounge Bar, City Rd, Cardiff. FREE! Exorcise the ghosts of everything that’s excruciating about Xmas. A surreal, funny journey into all our festive fears featuring the globally renowned performance duo, the magic of the Milgis YURT, plus Satellite City star Boyd Clack and more surprise special guests. “like Terry and June on crack”. Amy Stackhouse www. mrandmrsclark. co. uk
Sat Dec 20th Meltdown & Secret Garden Christmas Cavalacade A snow-Globe of sumptuous seasonal shennanigans in aid of award winning mental health charity Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan brought to you by two of Cardiff's most adventurous promoters - Meltdown and Secret Garden Soundsystem and including a a 20-piece jazz/ska wall-of-horns, sassy cabaret, top DJs, a seductively bizarre Mancunian collision of hip-hop, folk and scat, and Santa.
Acts include: Gideon Conn, Wonderbrass, Radio 1’s DJ Huw Stephens, Lilywhitesass Dancers, Kareoke Carols with the Helium Choir, and much more. All in a splendid new 350 capacity venue: The Globe, Albany Rd, Roath, Cardiff. £8. All the fun of the annual Secret Garden Xmas Bash with added Meltdownery.
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