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About Me

Angels Look Down considers itself a fairly young project. While Doug and Brian were close friends throughout their time at Capital University, and often threw joint parties, they only united, musically, this past August, 2006. Brian only recently departed from his college band October and post-college collaboration Old Phoebe with Berklee Grad, Dan Shanahan. With Dan leaving for Dublin, Doug & Brian thought: Why not? They threw down a couple of covers of Better than Ezra and Josh Rouse, and were off.Angels found themselves, however, bursting at the seams with original musical ideas. They quickly began writing and recording, from the very beginning. It was at that time they decided to officially set-up shop, get a name, a website, and so on.Angels Look Downs music was originally set out to be of the Indie/Folk nature. While this remains their basis, it really branches into any genre that most influences them at the time. It can range from Ryan Adams, Josh Rouse, Iron & Wine, to bands like Sigur Ros, Dashboard, and Copeland.This profile was edited with The CricketSoda Myspace Editor

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Member Since: 8/27/2006
Band Website: purevolume.com/angelslookdown
Band Members: ---Brian Ward - Vocals, guitars, Harmonica, Mandolin, Trap Set, Piano ------------------------------ ---Doug Smith - Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, Percussion, Recorder, Guitar -----------------
Influences: Josh Rouse, Red House Painters, Better than Ezra, Dashboard Confessional, the Innocence Mission, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Ours, Duncan Sheik, Great Lake Swimmers, Tears for Fears, Blind Melon, Snow Patrol, Pete Yorn, Dishwalla, Nada Surf
Sounds Like: Josh Rouse, Red House Painters, Eisley, Dashboard Confessional, Sigur Ros, the Innocence Mission, Duncan Sheik, Copeland, Ours, Ryan Adams, Sun Kil Moon
Record Label: Ward Coast Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Tunes...Still Rocking!

Hey guys,While Doug and I don't have as much time as we'd like to devote to writing/recording/performing (does anyone?), we are still working and churning them out. We can't just put down a great song...
Posted by angels look down on Wed, 16 May 2007 05:48:00 PST

Solo.... READ for NEW MUSIC

Hey guys, Yes we did actually go into the studio. It went really well and poorly all at the same time. I would think many bands have the same reaction. What great quality for us, but perhaps not the s...
Posted by angels look down on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:05:00 PST

One week

Howdy - I've been blogging a little more than my norm - 1.) Next Monday, 'angels' will take their 1st trip into a professional studio. Here goes nothing. We have some surprises in store. You are like,...
Posted by angels look down on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:05:00 PST

Ramblings

Well, it has been a while. Just some updates really, for those who might read this...1.) Remember Silverchair? Well the US kind of put them away for a couple albums or 3. I never stopped listening. Fr...
Posted by angels look down on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:43:00 PST

bad weather

Hey gang! B Ward and I are going to pop out some new tunes pretty soon. we have both been working on some good stuff. i am getting married this weekend and am kinda busy with that right now...pl...
Posted by angels look down on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:04:00 PST

the Roots

Hey guys. It appears that few people read this. I'm not convinced, though.Well Doug is doing his best to practice and write as much as possible. He is doing a pretty good job of it, though. So we a...
Posted by angels look down on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:27:00 PST

Thank you

Within the same week, our myspace page went over 1,000 views and 2,000 song plays since being posted in very late August. Thank you to everyone who has visited us even once. Do stay and listen. Giv...
Posted by angels look down on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:57:00 PST

Uh-Oh

I am not sure if anyone checks these goofy posts...but here is an update...First off, enjoy the new material. Mother Nature we like quite a bit. We hope you like it too. It was inspi...
Posted by angels look down on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:53:00 PST

Absence

As Doug mentioned, ever since we put up 3 BRAND new songs, we haven't done much. I've been cramming for graduate school deadlines. Those deadlines are near, thus, we will be back at it soo...
Posted by angels look down on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:44:00 PST

messing around with inverted recording

b ward is working on grad school applications...and props to him for that because they are hard as hell. so, for the past week or so i have been messing around with the keyboards and the ukelele reco...
Posted by angels look down on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:53:00 PST