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Manuel Da Costa

About Me

Manuel Da Costa is a twenty four year old singer songwriter based in Manchester. Drawing inspiration from influences like Coldplay, Travis, Guillemots, The Divine Comedy and Sigur Ros, his songs encompass love, loss and everything else in between. Not the usual acoustic guitar folky-singer/songwriter type, his music moves from intimate and acoustic at one point to loud and edgy in the next, blurring the genres of singer/songwriter, Indie & Post Rock.
His new album ‘The Ghost of Summer Last’ is released on dPulse records and is available to buy from Amazon UK/US and iTunes.
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GLASS HEART EP


Be it the ambient to prog-rock transformation of 'Glass Heart', the warm guitar-led lullaby of 'Life After Love' or the indie-pop of 'When Tomorrow Comes', the production really sparkles and the songs shine. - The-Mag
Grand, melodic, Neil Hannon-esque composition – with the guitars, keyboards and strings hitting all the right sentimental buttons- 24/7
The EP has an epic feel, orchestrated with strings and intensified with delay/reverb. Sonic sounds also dart through the mix like flashes of lightning - Whisperin & Hollerin

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/09/2006
Band Website: www.manueldacosta.co.uk
Band Members: Manuel Da Costa - Vocals , Guitars, Piano, Synths and composition

Craig F - Guitars /Synths

Critch - Drums & percussion

Ji-Kyung Kim - Bass

Additional musicians
Grace Turner - Backing vocals
Adam Poole - Drums & Bass Guitar *Studio*
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Influences: Nick Drake, The Divine Comedy, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Travis, Guillemots, Doves
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Long Absence and related news

Hello everyoneHope all of you are fine. I havent been on myspace and I know there have been a lack of updates recently. Musically , Im still active. The reason things have been a bit quiet recently is...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:44:00 GMT

Article in Plymouths Evening Herald

..>..>..>CARNIVAL OF SOUND FROM DIY MUSO MANUEL By Hannah Wood 07 December 2007  Plymouth Evening Herald Indian-born musician Manuel da...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:22:00 GMT

Review(s) of Glass Heart EP

The-Mag          ; 7/10  http://www.the-mag.me.uk/?ArticleId=1944Musically, Manuel Da Costa has created a beautifully composed EP that documents a heart...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:09:00 GMT

Podcasts and A NEW EXCLUSIVE SONG!

So theres this wonderful thing out there called Podcasts (And no! u dont need an ipod to listen to one)Recently this lovely podcaster GD played my music on his Bite size bonus show! not once, not twic...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:14:00 GMT

The Story Behind The Music - Glass Heart ep (+ photos and video)

Glass Heart epMany people who have heard the ep have sent me messages asking me whats the story behind 'glass heart' ep. So here it is. In august, me and my girlfriend split up and i was going throug...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:19:00 GMT

Confessions of a musician on myspace

So here i am, promoting my music to the possible 1 billion people who are on myspace and it seriously is an uphill challenge. One would be naive enough to think that once you upload your music, everyt...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:56:00 GMT

Updates! Updates!

thanks for reading..there are a lot of things to tell you guys aboutFirstly, new songs on myspace. I Have uploaded demos of 2 new tracks called 'Life after love' and 'Prodigal son'.Have a listen and l...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:07:00 GMT

Hello everyone!! IM BACK!!!!!!!!

Well after a lot of time spent with my current band, Em Frente, ive decided to take time out to write and record songs and update all my stuff on good ol internet.this one goes out to everyone on my m...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:13:00 GMT