So prolific they had to make their own label...
Electronic, rock with hip hop drum machine beats and an amusing album name 'The Satanic Satanists', this can only be mad prolific Alaskan based four piece Portugal. The Band
The band consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Jason Sechrist, Ryan Neighbours and Zachary Carothers. Gourley and Carothers grew up in Alaska, the former living in a woods in a log cabin for a year, fully off grid..
With two albums released last year, and one already in the pipeline this year, its amazing that any label can keep up with such a prolific crew, indeed, that may well be the reason they have their own imprint now, Approaching AIRballoons.
Anyway, they are making some excellent sounds, the mixture in genres deftly performed, drawing you in and full of originality, this song is about an insalubrious sort of establishment, where low life's have been known to hang around, The Dead Dog…
The band consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Jason Sechrist, Ryan Neighbours and Zachary Carothers. Gourley and Carothers grew up in Alaska, the former living in a woods in a log cabin for a year, fully off grid..
With two albums released last year, and one already in the pipeline this year, its amazing that any label can keep up with such a prolific crew, indeed, that may well be the reason they have their own imprint now, Approaching AIRballoons.
Anyway, they are making some excellent sounds, the mixture in genres deftly performed, drawing you in and full of originality, this song is about an insalubrious sort of establishment, where low life's have been known to hang around, The Dead Dog…
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A few words: classic, rhythmic, poetic, original.
As session musicians, these guys have been lucky enough to share stages and play with some great people, including Florence and the Machine, Soko, Elbow, Mumford and Sons, Oli and Clive, the Sans Pareil, Kid Harpoon, Noah and the Whale, Unkle, Helsinki etc... But now, here they are, with their own brand new website, artwork, shows and material for everyone to hear.
There is not much written about the quartet, currently residing in London. The songs were collaborations between all the musicians in the band but based around songs previously written by the main signer Florian, who used to front F. Lunaire. The band have only played 2 low key shows, one at the Stags Head supporting the Good Shoes, and another at the Old Blue Last for the re-opening of the Vice pub.
Musically this band is very advanced, even though they are just at the start of what will hopefully be a fruitful career. Made up of 3 guys, and 1 girl (Gillian) who shares the lead vocals and keys with Florian. There is only one song recorded at the moment and we are lucky enough to have been given it by the band to play to you. I have also attached an old video of F Lunaire performing at the World famous Sarm Studios.
I wont try and describe the music, to be honest I don’t think it will do it justice, but do keep an ear out for this band as there is definitely something special there!
There is not much written about the quartet, currently residing in London. The songs were collaborations between all the musicians in the band but based around songs previously written by the main signer Florian, who used to front F. Lunaire. The band have only played 2 low key shows, one at the Stags Head supporting the Good Shoes, and another at the Old Blue Last for the re-opening of the Vice pub.
Musically this band is very advanced, even though they are just at the start of what will hopefully be a fruitful career. Made up of 3 guys, and 1 girl (Gillian) who shares the lead vocals and keys with Florian. There is only one song recorded at the moment and we are lucky enough to have been given it by the band to play to you. I have also attached an old video of F Lunaire performing at the World famous Sarm Studios.
I wont try and describe the music, to be honest I don’t think it will do it justice, but do keep an ear out for this band as there is definitely something special there!
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