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john mouse

About Me

EX JT Mouse man John Mouse now makes music alone.
JT Mouse discography
Sundrenched torso / Superman. Boobytrap, Sept 2001
Swingers EP, 10" 4 tracks. Complete Control Music, Dec 2001
Clusters LP. FF Vinyl, March 2003
John Mouse Discography
It's A "Universal" LP. Self released with help from the crockfinger label, Nov 2006
Praise:
"Clusters bursts with originality" 8/10 Rock Sound
"John Mouse has been described at the welsh Beck" Bethan Elfyn (Radio 1)
"It's A "Universal" could beat up Daniel Johnston and Lou Barlow, easy Like" Noel Gardner (NME, plan B)
"Just give him a phone box, a cape, and watch em go!" Louis Patterson (plan B, the Guardian)
"John Mouse has released some great records..." Huw Stephens (radio 1)
Here is a sudden flurry of eye-candy for your faces to press into; they was all made nice by them charming guerilla-vidualists the3o'clockmen:
neither rhyme nor riesling
( vidual courtesy of the3o'clockmen )
Clare Street Blues
( vidual courtesy of the3o'clockmen )
My Lumps
( vidual courtesy of the3o'clockmen )
Visual Nightmares
( vidual courtesy of the3o'clockmen )

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/12/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/johndaviestheband
Band Members: Mostly myself, rhiannon and chris, played, sang or co-wrote some of the songs on the It's A Universal recordings.

JT Mouse was made up of Sweet Baboo, Spencer McGarry (of the spenser mcgarry season), Rhun Lenny, Mike Kowalski (both went onto play in Zabrinski).
Other players were Paul Jones (of the room orchestra and the Jones O'conner group), V lloyd, the drummer from the big leaves (whose name i forgot, sorry!), Gareth Rees (1 gig wonder on Moog), and Rob the Drummer.

People who have helped record material are Rohan, Greg Havers, Richard Jackson, Scottish Steve, Sweet baboo.
Influences: johnny cash
the magnetic fields
Clinic
Belle and Sebastian
daniel johnston
Charles Bukowski
smog
king missile
the fall
the beta band
arab strap
the smiths
nick cave
Michael Jackson
Kanye West
Snoop
Malcolm Middleton / arab strap
Will Smith
Record Label: THE DEFUNKT crocfinger records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Taking advantage

Hey thereI'm taking advantage of Myspace's new 10 song feature. So i've put up some oldies that were never released.Album news.Well I have got all the songs written and ready to go. It's just a case o...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:05:00 GMT

all my songs for free

over the next few weeks i will be opening new My space accounts and putting up all the material i can find that i have recorded on there. They will be on my top friends list.   love
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:27:00 GMT

John Mouse co-presents the waiting room

if you click on the waiting room in my top friends you can listen to the last show that i co-presented with the other half of drunk country. It starts all serious and then turn a little bit silly. &nb...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT

song on over the river

..TR id=profile_comments_0> BBC Radio.. 23 Aug 2008 2:43Hi John Mouse,Thought we'd let you know that we're playing your track "Ilka Moor" on BBC Radio Bristol Introducing this Sunday morning betw...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:17:00 GMT

gig

..TR> Show Time: 16 Jul 2008 - 20:00 Venue: Clwb Y bont, Anti Flok Night Address: Clwb Y bont, down a little alley by boots City: Pontypridd County: Wales Country: UK Zip/Postal Code: ? Cost: ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:08:00 GMT

working on new album, to be released this year maybee

ok, so i have been writing and recording again.   Same old shit, but slighty different.   To be released this year on crockfingers (if they will!! i hope so)   so keep your eyes and ear...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:30:00 GMT

HUw Stephens

Yeay was kind enough to playt straight or gay last night on radio 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/ Which is good. I lissed to a bit of the show and there is some good shit on there too. Chec...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:22:00 GMT

GIG and Europe

Well the gig was fun. I was drunk, Spencer the mutlipurpse was ace. Forgot to do a song! Never mind, next time. Sold all 10 copies (the second pressing) of the album at the gig. Only made 22pounds tho...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:39:00 GMT

cover version of john mouse

check it out on www.myspace.com/beuenothesheband   gig soon   come along   new run of cd's there   peace
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:31:00 GMT

VENU SWAP

SO the venue has been swapped to Clyb Ifor Bach for this gig now, due to cicumastances beyond our control. So there   john
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:48:00 GMT