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The Fling

That just ain't my cup of meat.

About Me

"They’re faithful disciples of the rock canon and its eccentrics...“The Breaks” is laid-back, feel-good rock that’s light on its feet and as smooth as an Elliott Smith B-side. The beautiful, multilayered vocal harmonies and ambling gait on “Lonely Fool” tips its moptop to mid-’60s Beatles and Beach Boys. The ambitious “Strange Ideas” sounds like Gram Parsons country-ing up Abbey Road. “Get Back” is a velvety ballad with the diaphanous melodic contours of the Left Banke. Finally, “Cold Comfort” returns to the Beatles’ hallowed 1969 LP, with ominous yet alluring chord progressions...The Fling are competent craftsmen working in the tunes-über-alles rock tradition."

-Dave Segal (OC Weekly)

Acoustic set on The Queen Mary

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/23/2005
Band Website: thefling.us
Band Members: Dustin Lovelis, Graham Lovelis, Justin Ivey and Scotty Cantino.
Booking and such: [email protected]
Influences: Nebraska, Plastic Ono Band, Odyssey and Oracle, Big Pink, Smile, Hunky Dory, Guilded Palace of Sin, Safe as Milk, Village Green, Os Mutantes, Surfer Rosa, Marqee Moon, Swordfishtrombones
Sounds Like:
Ghost Dance EP
Click cover to order the CD or...

Type of Label: None

My Blog

KROQ 106.7 Locals Only

We are on the rotary with Lonely Fool. Sundays between 9-10pm. Listen.
Posted by The Fling on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:28:00 PST

OC Weekly Article

Go pick up a copy of this week's OC Weekly to see our write-up. It's free.
Posted by The Fling on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:00:00 PST

Ghost Dance EP now on iTunes, Amazon, etc...

That's right. Available for download on these fine sites and a few others. Download it, put it in your iPod, and go windsurfing.
Posted by The Fling on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:28:00 PST

The Fling on Indie 103.1

The good folks at Indie 103.1 have been playing our songs on the radio, I heard it for myself today in the car. Hot tuna!-Graham
Posted by The Fling on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

The EP Is Done!

The songs are up online for now and cd's will be pressed very soon so they will be available at shows. You will also be able to buy it online soon. Also, we are filiming our first major motion picture...
Posted by The Fling on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:35:00 PST