Music:
Member Since: 6/10/2005
Band Website: theshakerheights.sh
Band Members:
Vincent Coole- Vocals/Guitar
Andy Brown- Bass
Emily Coole- Keyboard/Harmonica/Backing Vocals
Edd Featherstone-Drums/Backing Vocals
Influences:
The Beatles; Bob Dylan; British & American Folk Music; the Blues; Beat Poetry; The Rolling Stones; Jimi Hendrix; The Who; The Beach Boys; The Stooges; The Velvet Underground; David Bowie; Arcade Fire; Bruce Springsteen; The Clash; Joy Division; The Smiths; Van Morrison; Dylan Thomas; Led Zeppelin; Miles Davis; The Fall; Nick Drake; 13th Floor Elevators; Hank Williams; The Doors; Leonard Cohen; Stone Roses; Patti Smith; The Kinks; The Byrds; Donovan; Small Faces; Pink Floyd; Jefferson Airplane; Johnny Cash; Captain Beefheart; Fleetwood Mac; Love; Paul Simon; The Band; Neil Young; Frank Zappa; Can; Fairport Convention; The Pixies; Serge Gainsbourg; U2; Sly and the Family Stone; Stevie Wonder; Joni Mitchell; Sex Pistols; Television; Kraftwerk; The Jam; Elvis Costello; Oasis; Primal Scream; Radiohead; White Stripes; Kate Bush; Blur; The Psycadelic Furs; Cream; The Sonics; Mellow Candle; Ramones; Jeff Buckley; Gram Parsons; Wings; Tom Waits; Brian Jonestown Massacre; Antony and the Johnsons; Jose Gonzales; Phil Spector
Sounds Like:
'They have musical talent, a singer who can actually sing, and beautiful lyrics with wonderful guitar solos. This album has many virtues' - Album review, Tasty Fanzine.
'Roll over Keane, The real masters of the sumptuous piano ballad have arrived. Magna Doors is a piano ballad that has balls. A+ track' - Single review, Unpeeled.co.uk
'There are moments where Magna Doors really glows, where it emulates a kind of raw honesty that has been lost in a lot of today’s up and coming bands' - Album review, Subba-Cultcha.com
'They have tons of potential' - Album review, ClickMusic.com
'Simply stunning single' - Single review, LosingToday.com
'Melodically rich, tenderly textured and deeply alluring like classic pop should be' - Acoustic review, The Sunday Experience
'They have great tunes, a miraculously fresh sound-world, and they do what is says on the tin: they shake things up and hit the Heights' - Demo review, Oxfordbands.com
'I love it!! ...six great songs that don't remind me of anyone except The Shaker Heights, great dynamics, great attack, great listening!!' - Demo review, ToxicPete.co.uk
'They've got an infectious, melodic bent that allows them to come out with cracking country rock songs like "Pigment in the Rally"' - Demo review, Nightshift Magazine
'They certainly have the confidence, stage presence and polish that others lack - A damn fine headlining slot.' - Live review, Tim Bearder, BBC Radio Oxford
Record Label: Face Value Records
Type of Label: Indie
