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We Are The Pinstripes

We Are The Pinstripes, and we are nice.

About Me

WE ARE THE PINSTRIPES are Brian Barnes (The Barley Mows, The Pyromaniacs, Travolta), and Chris Wright (aka Cheeky Thief), now working together as a duo to produce rich acoustic and folksy arrangements of both original songs and covers.

There's a light-hearted side and a more serious side to the band, and like a drunk in a mood, you never know which one you're going to get next. Watch out for disarmingly honest original material, juxtaposed with jaunty versions of 1980's pop. A range of instruments from guitar and keyboards to accordion, banjo and melodica keep things interesting, and make We Are The Pinstripes one of the bands to watch this year.


Watch the video for "A Two Hour Love Affair"!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/14/2007
Band Members: Brian Barnes, Chris Wright
Influences: Belle and Sebastian, King Creosote, Kate Rusby, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Morrissey, Psychedelic Furs
Sounds Like:

Jaunty, acoustic rhythms with a plethora of instruments, because we always use the right tool for the job.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New songs online at last

Well it's taken us a while, but we've now got a couple of extra songs up on our myspace for you to listen to. They're both covers, and we're sure you'll have heard of at least one of them if not both....
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:16:00 PST

Thanks for a terrific gig

Just want to thank everyone who came along to pack the Clarendon on May 6th, the atmosphere was fantastic and we really enjoyed the gig. Massive thanks also to The Dave Mosley Band, Fridayma...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:21:00 PST

Gig, Hartlepool, May 6th - Be there!

This gig is shaping up to be a bit special. Not only have we managed to secure the attendance of the excellent Dave Mosley Band (billed on the poster as "Dave Mosley and Friends" because we weren't su...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:04:00 PST

Things moving along...

WE'RE getting geared up for the May 6th gig now. A good bill of acts is taking shape... Confirmed so far (apart from us) is Fridayman, who is always great to watch. He uses loops, which he builds...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:05:00 PST

We Are the Pinstripes update

A practice last night, and we were surprised at how well it went, considering we hadn't managed to get together for one for a couple of weeks. Finding ourselves not as rusty as we expected, we made a ...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:39:00 PST

My Back to the Future problem

This isn't really We Are The Pinstripes related, but it is music related, in a way. Let me start by saying that I love this film. Back to the Future is probably the most quintessentially 80's movie in...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:27:00 PST

More recording, having a cold, and exciting prospects

Hello, Chris again with the latest We Are The Pinstripes news. We're having another recording session tonight, hopefully with some positive results. Again, I'm not going to promise new music online to...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:34:00 PST

We Aren't Old, Apparently

Just found this article, which says that there are now more people aged between 35-54 on myspace than any other age group. That was a bit of a surprise, because I imagined the biggest age group by far...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:15:00 PST

Recording again tonight

This time, hopefully, we won't have a night full of technical hitches. It looks like we had some latency issues which led us to believe that we were going mad and couldn't play in time any more. Anywa...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:48:00 PST

A Bit of a Mare

Recording tonight was fraught with technical hitches. Bri's accordion started making a strange noise, so we dismantled it. When we find out how to put it back together again, we'll let you know. The c...
Posted by We Are The Pinstripes on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:12:00 PST