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Tue 26th Live Nation presents FANFARLO + Sleeping States + DJs
Doors 7.30 "Fanfarlo are pretty close to perfection at the moment. Brutally beautiful… Great things are coming." [Drowned in Sound, 9/10] This is a party for the launch of Fanfarlo and Sleeping States' split 7" single release. Fanfarlo are a London based six-piece, fronted by Swedish exile Simon Balthazar. After replacing an irritable laptop with real life multi-instrumentalists, Fanfarlo have gone from venturing out of London for the first time on tour in the spring of 2007, approval from a legendary popstar (Bowie), a headline tour of Italy, shows in Sweden, the main stage at Greenman Festival in Wales, to wowing the cool electro kids at Durrr. "Fanfarlo are one of those bands you wish you discovered. But on this occasion, David Bowie got there first." [The Independent, 4/5] "Fanfarlo have that particular knack of being able to create uplifting music that's blessed with a delicious melancholia at the same time… I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot more of them..." [David Bowie] Instead of the standard guitar based line-up; they use a whole host of acoustic instruments including violin, mandolin, saw, trumpet, glock, sax and homemade contraptions. They make lush folk-tinged pop songs that sound like the school marching band got lost in the woods and decided to have a disco. The band have just finished demoing their debut album, mostly in Simon’s living room. A split 7” with friends Sleeping States will be released on February 25th, followed by a spring appearance at SXSW in Texas. Sleeping States is the result of one young man, Markland Starkie, working in a format he has sincere reservations about working in: "When I started Sleeping States I gave myself a set of rules because I had a real problem with singer/songwriters. I find the whole thing cheesy beyond belief." Markland told Dazed and Confused. The rules he laid out for himself were simple: no strummed acoustic guitars and only basic instrumentation. The results, heard here on There The Open Spaces, are hypnotic and riveting. Markland's voice floats atop modestly virtuosic noisy guitar work, seeking out the harmonies many vocalists avoid. Songs come to life before dissolving into quiet noise sections which still retain a melodic centre. "A phenomenally engaging mess and a classic example of how small can sound big." [Filter Magazine, 9/10] "A low-fi masterpiece that capture the best hazy moods and daydreams" [Rolling Stone, 4/5]
"...hands down, one of the most beautiful and gorgeously composed pieces of music I’ve heard this year...The crippling fear of the future is what is represented and, joyously, it has never sounded so lush and stunning." [Exclaim! Magazine]
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