Music:
Member Since: 9/20/2006
Band Members: (mattfleetwood)
(neilward)
Influences: Everything is an influence, work, friends, Oxygen, Love, Hate, "Culture, Alienation, Boredom & Despair". Books & Films are a big influence too, but seeing as I'm a musician - of some description - here's some bands/musicains/artists that have been a great inspiration;
Cardiacs
Nick Drake
Góreki
Cat Power
Joy Divison
Tortoise
God Speed! You Black Emporer
Aereogramme
Palestrina
Micheal Andrews
Steve Reich
'The Holy Bible' era, Manic Street Preachers
Jackson and His Computer Band
Yann Tiersen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Vincent Gallo
Pixies
Can
Mclusky
The Focus Group
Sylvain Chauveau
Oceansize
Sounds Like: @ Nottingham, Bodega Social Club
"A message to those who arrive at live shows just in time for the headline act: one day you'll turn up when the doors open and maybe discover some hidden gem lurking at the bottom of the bill whose existence you were completely oblivious to mere minutes beforehand. One such example: Matt Fleetwood. His stage persona may seem shy and unassuming, but that's just the kind of guy he is. Let him loose near a guitar and a microphone, though, and he turns into alter ego TheCusp, a delay-infused melee of Josh Pearson’s scorched noise and Thom Yorke squabbling with Guy Garvey over inner city one-way systems; his howls transfixing those who've made the effort to venture in early."
Dom Gourlay; Drowned In Sound
@ Leeds Library
"Matt Fleetwood certainly endears himself to me by
opening his set with a cover of Cardiacs' 'Billion'.
He's very Thom Yorke, no bad thing when that
makes for some powerful singing and battering
away at his acoustic guitar, plus some fun solos. He
throws in a bit of intricacy here and there, but for the
most part this is robust fare without frills."
Rob Wright; Sandman Magazine
Type of Label: None
