About Me
("top of the hill, bottom of the valley... uhh!" live at cloud city, 9/6/07, supporting tenniscoats !)
Scissors for Sparrow is the clumsy and eclectic scheme of a handful of kids with hearts aflutter for instrumental music. Through the strong belief that ideas are everywhere to be explored, and that music is exciting (and shouldn't be lazily made), Scissors for Sparrow songs are both playful and thoughtful; the product of distracted, reflective and erratic imaginings.
Propelled by a desire to merge experimental and pop traditions, Scissors for Sparrow is enlivened by (many) guitars, drums, bass, sampler, synthesisers, percussion, and sometimes Japanese lever harp, electric piano, and real-time mix effects. Their numbers and nature vary according to the way of the tides, with many based interstate. Staple players are Jon Tjhia (also of ii and Aleks and the Ramps ), Mark Gomes ( Barrage ), Alex Nosek ( ii ), Prue Rees-Lee and Nadia Combe ( Majorca Building ). Additional members have included Jacinta Plucinski, Danny Jumpertz ( Alpen / Clairaudience / Plankton / Comatone ), Tania Smith , Mel Ratliff ( Sparrow Hill ), Dale Harrison ( The Herd ), Jamie Mildren ( Architecture in Helsinki ), and Sonia Tsai ( Sparrow Hill ). Daniel McCluskey , a founding member of the group, passed away in January 2006, and the band ceased activity until a November show in Dan's honour provided an opportunity to regroup and start anew. (To those who knew him, Dan can still be heard playing his keyboard and guitar melodies alongside the group.)
Scissors for Sparrow are currently working on a debut release, following the enthusiastic response to 2005's Oh... Hello! EP (which was produced in limited quantity for the Sydney tour of that year). The group's songs are also available on compilations such as Southern Winter / Northern Summer, Plastic Cotton Tree, Feral Media vs Mess+Noise, and Emergent, and on the iTunes Music Store.
T-shirts now available - white, with either green or blue screenprint - designed and printed by the kids in the group. Ask us how!
