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Blind River Scare

Killing time, while time kills me

About Me

Blind River Scare from Newport, South Wales, UK were formed in late 2004 by three friends, Tim M, Jem and Tim B, after a night out at Alt/Cardiff in Chapter Arts Centre.
A shared love of alt/country, Americana and pop/rock, and the realisation that eveyone was available sparked the idea of a new band. After the addition of Debbie on fiddle and Lisa's vocals, Blind River Scare was created.
Blind River Scare have played their Americana-tinged, original pop/rock songs throughout the UK, both headlining and supporting touring bands including Clem Snide (U.S.A.), Midlake (U.S.A.), Amy Wadge (U.K.), The Deadstring Brothers (U.S.A.), Redlands Palomino Co. (U.K.), Mark Eitzel/American Music Club (U.S.A.), The Believers (U.S.A.), OX (Canada), Fionn Regan (Ireland), The Silent League (U.S.A.), James Walbourne (U.K.), Songdog (U.K.), Morning Bride (U.K.), Vetiver (U.S.A.).
Blind River Scare - Hot Burrito @ Le Pub, Newport. (Out Of My Hands)
Blind River Scare - The Station Inn, Pembroke Dock. (Falling Down)
Blind River Scare (Acoustic Trio) - Saint Bonaventures, Bristol.
(You Take Something For The Pain)

My Interests

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Member Since: 9/9/2006
Band Website: blindriverscare.co.uk
Band Members:
Tim Manning - Vocals/Guitar

Lisa Matthews - Vocals

Jem Ponsford - Drums/Backing Vocals

Debbie Hawkins - Fiddle

Tim Brooke - Bass

Influences: Bill Janovitz, Buffalo Tom, Clem Snide, Cracker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dolly Varden, Fairport Covention, Free, Grant Lee Buffalo, Green on Red, Jay Farrar, Leanord Cohen, Lou Ford, Neil Young, Pavement, Red House Painters, REM, Richmond Fontaine, Son Volt, Sparklehorse, Steve Malkmus, The Band, The Broken Family Band, The Guthries, Uncle Tupelo, Vic Chestnutt, Wilco, etc.
Sounds Like: Americana-tinged, original bitter sweet songs, played within a fiddle-laced, laid back pop/rock template.
Killing Time EP

1. You Take Something For The Pain
2. The Way The Story Goes
3. Out Of My Hands
4. Wolfman Jack
5. Killing Time

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Record Label: Creosote Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Killing Time" EP Review

Blind River Scare EP - Killing Time 'Original Americana-tinged indie/folk rock' is how Newport's Blind River Scare describe their music. And hey, that pretty much nails it! However, I think 'A...
Posted by Blind River Scare on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST

Levitation - A Tribute to Jon Langford

Release date - Saturday 1st March 2008 - on Country Mile Records.Available to buy from :- www.countrymile.org Blind River Scare contributed - "Walking on Hells Roof (Looking at the Flowers)"From the...
Posted by Blind River Scare on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:51:00 PST

Hot Burrito - EP launch

A big thanks to everyone who came down to Le Pub in Newport for Hot Burrito 8, it was great to see you all. We used the evening to launch our Killing Time EP and again thanks to ev...
Posted by Blind River Scare on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:53:00 PST