Ye wiles are an odd amalgamation. In normal circumstances such diverse personality types wouldn’t mix together musically or socially, but we did and we do..........................................................
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YE WILES, from Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury in South East England, are a lazy critics worst nightmare - sometimes described as a post punk, ska-core, violin/folk experimental left field, psychedelic low fi punk rock band.......... Their first releases were on UNLABEL, which included the EP "Think Again Mr. Swindler" (2000); CD EP "Fine Words Butter No Parsnips"(2001), "The Canvas That Hums" CD single(2002)..........They built up a very strong live following with performances of style, wit and quality skanking, including numerous support slots and tours with the likes of Capdown, Citizen Fish, Flogging Molly, Rude Bones, UK Subs, Mad Caddies, Joeyfat, Five Knuckle, Bonze, Big D and the Kids Table along with slots at the first ’Beautiful Days Festival’ and other similar affairs...........the recording of "Smoothing Away the Horrors of Indigestion" (2003), their first album, was possible after YE WILES had built the "RAMSHACKLE FACULTY STUDIO". all by themselves. Their artwork could be a painting similar in form to "The Last of the Old Guard" creative collective.This would feature sackloth, the backdrop would imitate Regal and Egyptian designs as if he wore a headress....................................................
............................ Alomst inevitably the "rock world" proved tedious to half the band and they simply stopped playing gigs in early 2004 and went off to see the world. Since then YE WILES reform show sightings have become a pastime in parts of southern England.....................................................
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................et patati et patata.............theres much to add. Many want to know what we’re doing now and whether we will ever play music again. Well, Gabriel is studying greenback tortoises in fiji, Shlauff is filming a feature on the "demise of sanity amongst the working classes", Ginger is gardening and Ed is off on a walk (www.myspace.com/awalkaroundbritain ) We all still play music, ginge now drumming for legendary psychedelic funk outfit "bonze" - www.bonze.co.uk -, Shlauff is setting the work of Edmund Blunden to music, looking to become a maker of fine documentaries and ed & ginge play various silly songs like "water from the petrol station", "aerogard", "i’ve got negative ions coming out of my thalamus" etc etc.........................................................
....................Thanks to everyone that has supported us so much over the years and keeps egging us on to play more. it is a blessing and it is hoped that we will be able to return the love
we have been shown.......................................................
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theres no way of saying whether or not we shall play gigs again, maybe, possibly in different forms, styles and head spaces. If we do, please don’t expect it to be churning out the same old tunes, that really is so tedious on poor old bands, give them the chance to expand! Perhaps we want to stay in the vague realm of rumour for a while.......
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