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sarandon

KILL TWEE POP! IS OUT APRIL 22

About Me

ModMySpace Profile Customizerthree men who like pop to be short and sharp and spiky and infectious.
what people have said:
"An undeniable low-key genius." - the wire
"This is articulate, quintessentially British pop." - plan b
"Sarandon make Futureheads sound like a marketing exercise for the new Kate Bush LP." - TrakMarx
"Sarandon are awesome, like Big Flame fronted by Billy Childish." - go magazine
"Eternally recording the perfect John Peel Session" - guided missile
"The most spastic pop I've heard in a while." - indiepages.com
"Catchy as the flu, incredibly listenable and very, very short." - The Fly
"Sarandon songs consist only of the good bits'." - unpeeled
"Pretty much essential." - unpopular
" Scratchy, thumpa-thumpa, shouty and great, and a minute later it's over. " - artrocker
DEAR EVERYONE. PLEASE NOTE HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS DO WE HAVE TO TELL YOU???? DO NOT BOTHER TRYING TO LEAVE ANY ADVERTISING IN OUR COMMENTS - WE'LL JUST DENY THEM. WE DON'T ADVERTISE IN YOUR COMMENTS, SO PLEASE DON'T TRY TO IN OURS. THANKS.
DISCOGRAPHY
"the miniest album" 7 track 7" (2004, run out records, uk)
"the big flame" 7 track 7" (2005, banazan, usa)
"the feminist third" 7 track 7" (2005, wrath, uk)
"the june bride" 7 track 7" (2006, wrath, uk)
"the completist's library" 28 track CD & LP (2006, wrath, uk)
"the completist's library" 32 track CD (2007, HHBTM, usa)
"joe's record" 3 track pink vinyl 7" (2007, slumberland, usa)
"every conversation" 2 track 7" split with phil wilson(2007, every conversation, japan)
"KILL TWEE POP!" 12 track 10" & CD (2008, slumberland, usa)
"other people's records" 3 track 7" (due summer 2008, little car, usa)
SOME FREE STUFF TO DOWNLOAD:
BBC ONEmusic session - live at maida vale
Marc Riley's Rocket Science - BBC 6 music (includes interview)
sarandon live in leicester - january 2006

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/20/2005
Band Website: sarandon.net/
Band Members: alan brown: bass | tom greenhalgh: drums | crayola: voice and guitar

"other people's records" 3 track 7" COMING SOON on little car records

"KILL TWEE POP!" 12 track album on blue vinyl 10" & CD OUT NOW on slumberland records .
BUY IT!!!!

"EVERY CONVERSATION" split single with phil wilson OUT NOW ON every conversation records .

"JOE'S RECORD" A NEW 3 TRACK EP ON PINK VINYL OUT NOW ON slumberland records .

"THE COMPLETIST'S LIBRARY" 28 TRACK CD/LP IS AVAILABLE FROM THE MIGHTY WRATH RECORDS
GO ON! BUY IT!


CD £7 +P&P

LP £12 postpaid

US version ( happy happy birthday to me records )

Influences: bIG fLAME, bogshed, wolfhounds, shrubs, ac/dc, minutemen, bodines, gang of four, DNA, contortions, stretchheads, dandelion adventure, dog faced hermans, june brides, wire, dawson, membranes, jonathan richman, mctells, pregnant neck, age of chance, keatons, the ex, marillion, pigbros, faust, nightingales, josef k, talking heads, orange juice, zz top, pere ubu, richard hell & the voidoids, fire engines, 13th floor elevators, adam & the ants, a witness, crabstick, thee milkshakes, swell maps, buy off the bar, fall, creepers, microdisney, teardrop explodes, datblygu...to name a few.
Sounds Like: VISIT SARANDON ON FLICKR
SARANDON ALSO HAVE A FLICKR DEDICATED TO THE COVERS OF THEIR FAVOURITE RECORDS. GO SEE!
CRAYOLA HAS A NEW BLOG DEDICATED TO STORIES OF HIS LIFE AS AN INDIE KID IN THE 80's. IT'S CALLED xPQwRtz . GO AND TAKE A LOOK.
Record Label: wrath (UK), slumberland (USA), HHBTM (USA)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

KILL TWEE POP!

sarandon have begun work on a full LP to be released in 2008 by slumberland records.this recording also sees another new drummer join in the shape of tom greenhalgh.stuffy got just too busy.
Posted by sarandon on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:01:00 PST

sarandon stop being lazy

sarandon's new line up will play the buffalo bar in may.the new line up is:crayola - voice & guitarstuffy (the fuses, graham coxon, charlotte hatherley) - drumsalan (big flame, great leap for...
Posted by sarandon on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:26:00 PST

new drummer

our new drummer is called STUFFY.he has some fuses.he is big and a drummer.we like him.
Posted by sarandon on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:37:00 PST

some old history

old man crayola has finally gotten his discography online for everyone to laugh at.take a look here.
Posted by sarandon on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:10:00 PST

xPQwRTz

crayola has a new blog dedicated to stories of his life as an indie kid in the 80's.if you're interested go here: xPQwRtz
Posted by sarandon on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:42:00 PST

SARANDON PULL OUT OF CHARLOTTE SHOW

decided not to do the charlotte show in leicester att he end of june.logistically a nightmare as we'll be in the BBC studios in manchester all day recording the marc riley show.sorry to those of you w...
Posted by sarandon on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:51:00 PST

so...the news then

the new mini album is recorded and finished and will be released in may by wrath records.go here: http://www.wrathrecords.co.uk
Posted by sarandon on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:15:00 PST

THE JUNE BRIDE

so, we go into the studio on march 25 to record the next mini album.we will be joined by phil from the june brides doing a spot of guest vocals and also alan brown from bIG fLAME has mentioned coming ...
Posted by sarandon on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:41:00 PST

more shows and stuff

OK, we have 3 shows coming up (more to be added in the next week or two): carpe diem in leeds 4.3.06 roundabout in high wycombe 24.3.06 boradway in stourbridge 16.4.06 we go into the studio to r...
Posted by sarandon on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:13:00 PST

some new news

2 things people. thing 1: if you're in the midlands come along to our show at the attik, leicester this sunday (january 29). also playing are the wonderfully terrifying desalvo and the bass and dru...
Posted by sarandon on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:50:00 PST