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About Me

Emerging from the wreckage of broken lights, machar granite was originally the solo output for singer / songwriter Eddie Robinson. In early 2009, machar granite morphed into a three piece with the addition of Ian Jack on bass and Dave Armstrong on drums, moving towards a grittier sound while trying to maintain the folk feel inherent in the songs as they were originally composed.Machar granite's music veers between seething guitar workouts and delicately balanced acoustic folk; it is influenced by a wide variety of subjects and styles but the sound is undoubtedly deeply rooted within the remoteness and strong spirit of community Eddie knew growing up.The band are currently preparing to release their debut album, "lost in history" which they hope to release in summer 2009.If you would like to contact the band with regard to gigs you can drop them a line here or at [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/06/2007
Band Website: www.machargranite.com
Band Members: eddie (guitars, vocals) dave (drums) jacko (bass)
Influences: rugged coastlines, the sound of shingle underfoot, gatherings in old village halls, rain on a tin roof, the sound of wind whistling outside a window, long familiar faces, silence, books on history - history we can relate to -, driftwood, music which makes us sit up and wish we'd written it ourselves, community.
Sounds Like: .....
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

"Lost in History" Album Launch Night

hey everyone,machar granite would like to announce our album launch night is to be held at the voodoo rooms on thursday 23rd july. we intend to play the album in its entirety.its a stellar line up wit...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:27:00 GMT

Re: album complete! and other things

hey everybodywe're pleased to announce that final mixing / mastering of our album is now complete, all going well we should have the finished cd in our hands by mid july (subject to eddie getting his ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:23:00 GMT

Re: argyle bar gig rescheduled

our argyle bar gig has been rescheduled to the nineteenth apologies to those who planned on coming.......it was out of our handsx
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Re: Lost in History

machar granite are all a little bit bleary eyed again this monday after our second weekend down at windmill recording our debut album.happily, the recording is almost complete save for a couple of add...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 22:53:00 GMT

broc lyrics

Here are the lyrics to 'broc'.Eddie.............. .. Broc.... .. .. We built our house in the hillside So when it rained, wed be ok We watched small mammals being washed downstream ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Re: new website

Hey everyone,machar granite now have a nice shiny new website from which to keep in touch with everyone interested in the band. Our friend and PR hannah o' reilly (see here) has found time to construc...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:39:00 GMT

Re: Recent review

A very kind review from our featured slot at OOTB last week. Thanks to Lorraine for vocal contributions."Then it was the main act of the evening: Machar Granite. They were incredible. The joking 'bear...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:32:00 GMT