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The Fauns

About Me

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The Fauns formed in the summer of 2007, initially a three piece they have expanded into a live performing six piece fronted by vocalist Alison Garner.
Unashamedly influenced by the shoegazing sound of the late eighties and early nineties they are now causing ripples on the Bristol live circuit with their sculptured soundscapes.
2007 & 2008 Have been devoted to creating a collection of beautiful, loud, melancholic music with smudged guitars and vocals. During this period, tracks have appeared on "The Secret Garden" and "Just Like A Daydream" shoegaze compilations.
Several tracks by The Fauns are being remixed at the moment which will be used as bonus and compilation tracks. Most notable of the remixers is Loop frontman Robert Hampson who is working on a mix of "Lovestruck". The Fauns are currently remixing tracks for 93 Million Miles From The Sun, One Unique Signal and Seerauberjenny amongst others.
The Fauns are putting the finishing touches to their debut 7" which will be released on Laser Ghost Recordings later this year. The ten track debut album will follow on CD, download and as a limited edition vinyl LP. Laser Ghost will licence the album to labels outside of the UK.
2009 will bring a UK and European tour of this material. More dates, details and tracks on Myspace to follow soon...
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The Fauns "Lovestruck" Video directed by Chris Lucas.
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The Fauns "Alison" T-shirt

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/9/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/thefauns
Band Members:

Alison Garner vocals

Michael Savage bass

Thomas Adams drums

Elliot Guise guitar

Matthew O'Connor keyboards

Lee Woods guitar



Influences:
Cocteau Twins, Spectrum, Stereolab, The Sundays, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Spirea X, Loop, Fleeting Joys, Les Discrets, This Mortal Coil, Spacemen 3, The Gentle People, Dead Leaf Echo, The High Violets, Teenage Fanclub, Harold Budd, The Heads, Black Dog, Slowdive, Portishead, Swervedriver, Whipping Boy, The American Dollar, Glowfriends, Sasha, The Lover Speaks, Smashing Pumpkins, Ride, Amusement Parks On Fire, Palestar, Manitoba, The Pastels, Kwoon, My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized, Lush, The Field Mice, Orange Yellow Red, Robert Hampson, Butterfly Explosion, Vangelis, Brian Eno, Kyte, Spotlight Kid, Chapterhouse, Dead Can Dance, Rumskib, The Pixies, Mogwai, Soundheads, Presents For Sally, Aphex Twin, Thought Forms, Malory, Craig Armstrong, Alcest, Chris Martinez, Aspen Woods, Soundpool, Tangerine Dream, 93 Million Miles From The Sun, The Pale Saints, Curve, Ulrich Schnauss, House Of Love, M83, Joy Division, The Telescopes, Engineers, The Cure, His Name Is Alive...

Sounds Like:

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The Fauns "Next Gig"

Record Label: Laser Ghost Recordings (UK)
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Fauns "Lovestruck" video

We'd like to thank the very talented Chris Lucas for shooting and directing the video for our first single "Lovestruck" featuring Alison Garner.You can see the video on our page or go to...http://www....
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Album medley

There is now a medley of the album on our Myspace player. The tracks are being mixed as we speak and will be mastered in a few days.Phew.M x
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:25:00 GMT

The Fauns support Daniel Land & The Modern Painters

We supported Daniel Land & The Modern Painters in Islington a couple of nights agao and i have to say they really are quite amazing.On Saturday the 4th of April we're supporting them again at The Loui...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:16:00 GMT

Recording for the album is complete...

It's taken longer than planned but the recordings for our first album are now finished.We're spending the next two or three weekends mixing three of the tracks and then mastering. It comes in at ten ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:52:00 GMT

Guitarist found!

Thanks for those who tried out for position of guitarist left open by the imminent departure of Oli Hares.The position has been filled by Lee Spinelli who also plays for Aspen Woods. As of mid April L...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:53:00 GMT

Guitarist wanted

Sadly it looks like one of our founding members Oliver Hares is leaving The Fauns :(We're actively interviewing guitarists at the moment. Ideally we're looking for someone Bristol based, who is under ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:13:00 GMT

The Fauns support The Durutti Column 26th Feb '09

We're supporting legendary Factory label act The Durutti Column tomorrow night at The Thekla in Bristol. It's £12.00 but we have an unlimited £5.00 guestlist if anybody wants a cheap night out ;)To ge...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:22:00 GMT

Rehearsal/studio space found!

The Fauns and our good friends Aspen Woods have got our hands on a massive rehearsal/studio space in central Bristol. We have a lot of work to carry out to ensure that we're soundproofed from the rest...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:28:00 GMT

The Fauns T-shirts now available!!!!

The album is close... and while you wait for it you can lounge around in a luxurious The Fauns T-shirt featuring Alison. Please take a look in our pictures section for a close look at the design.The s...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:38:00 GMT

Robert Hampson (Loop) remix of "Lovestruck"

Robert Hampson, the frontman of legendary psychedelic rock band Loop has agreed to remix "Lovestruck". For those of us who remember how fucking awesome Loop were this is really exciting. We're sendin...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:16:00 GMT