Occasionally, musicians send details of what they do to the Spill, asking to be featured. One recent request came from Matt of Tiny Birds, who said: “We just wanted to tell you about our new song, The Photographs That You Took (streaming at www.tinybirds.co.uk).
“It’s about morning-after type regret, but never has the sound of regret been so damn jaunty. We recorded it in a live session in June, and hope you like it.”
Well, I gave it a listen and I like it, so I asked Matt to tell us a bit about Tiny Birds, and this is what he said:
Q: When was the band formed, how many and who are the members?
A: The band started in September 2009, rising from the ashes of a loose indie folk collective that played glockenspiels, mini-accordions and ukuleles under a backpackers bar in south London. Only Matt and Dave remain from that time, with Mark, Tom and Tim posting and answering a variety of online adverts to create the current five piece that’s been going since about March 2010.
Q: What instruments do you all play?
A: Dave sings and plays the ukulele, guitar, percussion and thundermaker. Matt also sings and plays ukulele and guitar. Tom drums and sings, Mark plays banjo and Tim is on bass.
Q: Are you London-based, or elsewhere?
A: We’re all London-based, with each of us living in a variety of far-flung parts of the city.
Q: How many albums have you produced?
A: We released Hymns for the Careless earlier this year, a new single called The Photographs That You Took in July 2010 as well.
Q: What or who are your main influences?
A: One sound guy who had worked with Arcade Fire did say that he thought we sounded like them, and we’re likened to Belle and Sebastian a lot; obviously they’re both very flattering. One blogger also said our music conjured images of Buster Keaton, which is a massive compliment, and a German blogger described us as “Pogueseskem Folk” which apparently means we sound a bit like The Pogues. Cross all of those and that’s a good summary of our influences. Continue reading →
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Welcome to the special Cross Cultural Edition of He Said – She Said ! ! ! This time we decided to show what we think is typical of the music from each other’s counties ! ! ! So I will be picking typically English tracks and Mr P will be picking typically Japanese tracks ! ! !
This time we have chosen to visit each other’s musical heritage in a fantastic cross cultural exchange type of a thing. I think it’s interesting to see how others see us, through the medium of music. We have chosen one contemporary track, one oldie and one traditional. We hope you enjoy the tracks.
