q without u profile picture

q without u

About Me

We make new-wavey noises with the occasional burp of electronica

here's the video for our second single "one piece puzzle" which was shot by the lovely paul allison - www.myspace.com/paulallisonfilms

and you can buy our handmade debut 7" "slow clap" by clicking this button




My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/06/2005
Band Website: http://www.qwithoutu.com
Band Members: tam - guitar/vocals, andy - bass/vocals, scott - synth/noises/vocals, calum - drums/percussion
Influences: The Fall,Trail of the Dead,Super Furry Animals,My Bloody Valentine,The Lemonheads,Long Kin Fillie,TV on the Radio,Whipping Boy,Seafood,Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips,Van der Graaf Generator
Sounds Like: "the tunes are great, the lyrics are hilarious and if you don’t like it, you’re clearly an idiot"

nme

"there are notable influences from glasgow bands of years gone by, the 4 piece manage to make their sound all their own."

artrocker



"Their zingy '70s psychedelic-pop buzzes like a Super Furry-fuelled electro generator supervised by Mark E. Smith."

drownedinsound



"the power pop nirvana of a Jon Auer (The Posies) song given a post-punk, uber rhythmic reworking via Duran Duran"

subba cultcha



"An unnerving bruised beauty that radiates, fizzes and hurts in equal measures, this star crossed gem pulls and picks at your defences harnessed in a subtle 70's prog / kraut rock chassis and comes armed with its control settings set for stun. An absolute gem of a release" -

losingtoday



Record Label: Smalltown America Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

losing today single review

Q Without U 'one piece puzzle' (hot guts).Been a while but we like to think its been worth the wait. Glaswegian buzz beat posters Q without U came to our attention following a record buying foray wher...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:43:00 GMT

record breakers!

well kinda............we've finally got around to finishing our second single called "one piece puzzle" which we are self releasing on cd/via itunes on November 5th but we've uploaded it for now so y'...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:23:00 GMT

jammie dodgers

hello fucko'swe've got a new single coming out first week in Novemberits a double a-side "once piece puzzle/numbers!"it'll be available on good ole' fashioned cd and as a downloadwe've got a new "memb...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:24:00 GMT

synth/keys/noises person wanted

hellowe need someone to make noises over geetar,bass,drums like those you can hear on our mp3's here - www.myspace.com/qwithoutuvocals would be lovely too but less importantwe've got a single (minus s...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:29:00 GMT

nme

nme pure had this to say about us - Not to be confused with similarly ace and sadly disbanded D.C art-punks Q And Not U, Glasgow's Q Without U specialise in swirly, synthy nuggets of pure pop gold, re...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:35:00 GMT

london as fuck

hellowe're finally dragging our sorry arses down to london this weekenddetails as follows........lost sunday club@brixton windmilldata.select.partyyou and the atom bombq without u gig begins with bbq ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:54:00 GMT

drowned in sound review

here's a live review we've just gotten back from our gig in edinburgh last week with popup and foundIn comparison to Popup's laidback atmospherics, Q Without U's synth-led sonic swirl is a little over...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:57:00 GMT

t break reviews

we've gotten the first two reviews of our t break appearance last week back and they're as follows -"With 6 bands allotted 20 minutes in which to prove their worth, no sooner were the doors opened the...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:16:00 GMT

xfm scotland

we're being played on martin bates' "music response" show tonight at 7pm on xfm scotland as part of their "xfm uploaded" feature, which basically means if everyone goes here and votes for us we get pl...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:07:00 GMT

radio1 - seafood no more

we're being featured on vic galloways session in scotland show this thursday as part of some t-break related shenanigansshow goes out between 7:30pm and 9pm on radio1radio1we've also had to pull out o...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:55:00 GMT