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The Low Edges

we have split up. bye

About Me

We were Darryl, James, Jen, Peter and Rachel.
We came from Shadwell in East London.
We sang songs about Spiritualists, Dead Astronauts, Charles Dickens, Amateur Boxers, Superheroes running from death, Occultists, JG Ballard, The Thames, Train Journeys and Rainham Marshes
We liked to think we sounded a bit like The Auteurs, Johnny Cash and Scott Walker.
Everyone else said we sounded like The Fall and The Violent Femmes.
We played live in London about once a month.
Venues and Nights we played at included Feeling Gloomy, Shot By Both Sides, New Pop Revolution @ Metro, Team Awesome at The Good Ship, Catch, Guided Missile, POPART at Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, Angular Disco, The Windmill, ULU, Buffalo Bar, RAW Tempel Berlin, Enzian, Zosch and some others that we have forgotten.

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Member Since: 7/14/2005
Band Members: Darryl, James, Jen, Peter and Rachel.

Sounds Like: Here are some handy quotes we very carefully edited in proper showbiz style to make us sound EXCELLENT:
Surly rockabilly Rupert Murdoch in thelondonpaper
Not depressing or anything. Just odd by holliy at drownedinsound.com
A terrific Fall-through-cheap-organs slinky thing by Lovely Luke Turner at playlouder.com
Fire & brimstone country preaching our mate Paul at Maps Magazine
Widescreen melodies and Spector-ish atmospherics our mates at ShotbyBothSides club night
The bastard love children of Shane McGowan and Nick Cave our mate Rob at Lobster Quadrille Magazine
mean, terse and brooding our mate Jamie Manners
The real revelation was the Low Edges; it’s been a few months since I’ve last seen them and during that time they’ve progressed from a band seemingly on the brink of being very good indeed, to actually being very good indeed. our mate Barry ’Alex’ Sarll.
the band has a raw sound that reeks of demo....good banging of instruments by some blogger we don’t know called Castrovalva
They describe themselves as Indie Rockabilly Country and at times they sound like the Stray Cats fronted by Mark E Smith (Leave The House). At times they are also the missing link between the Nightingales and the early Smiths and that’s genius Another blogger called Oafing Loaf.
Sadly, Gigwise arrives too late to catch the amazing Low Edges. In all honesty though, even if they had farted on stage and played a recorder through their collectively genius nostrils, they would receive a glowing review. Gigwise’s Emily Gosling
combining ruthless, almost rockabilly-esque guitar picking with dark hearted vocals and some strident bass and drum work they make taut, streamlined songs PowPowPow.com’s Michael Evans
Record Label: n/a
Type of Label: None

My Blog

WE HAVE SPLIT UP > We are now to be found at...

Darryl is getting ready to teach the world where history went wrong.James is with http://www. myspace. com/onemoregrain and http://liquid-city. livejournal. com/Jen is at http://www. myspace. com/scar...
Posted by The Low Edges on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:54:00 PST

Exit: The Murder Rooms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3wVt_fp988http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=SC6VFJBteDI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLzem8nA3eY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmvIBmzlB-0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted by The Low Edges on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:28:00 PST

(self) important notice.

As of 22.30 on Tuesday 4th March 2008 'The Low Edges' will no longer exist.Thank you to the following people for the last four years: Adam Boult, Aidan at Shot by Both Sides, Brian Bryden and Gifthors...
Posted by The Low Edges on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:23:00 PST

We aren’t ones for sentiment

Hope all have a good Christmas etc.We are all off until the end of February now celebrating birthdays and going to Disney.The fog on the marsh was beautiful last night.Enjoy the bleak midwinter.THE LO...
Posted by The Low Edges on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:26:00 PST

next public performance

click for advance tickets, or print out this flyer...
Posted by The Low Edges on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:08:00 PST

Christmas Gig : Magasin Review

Apparently luxembourg won't be playing very much after this one. :(------http://magasinmagasin.blogspot.com/2007/12/livin-on- low-edges.htmlTranslated by our chum JDC:Five English people from the East ...
Posted by The Low Edges on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:39:00 PST

Hiding in the loft over Christmas

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Posted by The Low Edges on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:39:00 PST

Maps Magazine

>>>>Teetering on the periphery of the season to be merry, Maps has a very special festive treat in store for you all.(well many, many treats in fact - no less than 24!) We have an exceptional advent c...
Posted by The Low Edges on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:51:00 PST

THE LOW EDGES FOUR AT THE APPLE TREE

Thanks to everyone who came to see us, or stumbled upon The Low Edges Four at the Apple Tree in Clerkenwell last night.We enjoyed ourselves a lot, as we normally play as fast as possible, so it was a ...
Posted by The Low Edges on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:35:00 PST

One off Low Edges gig this Saturday/Scarlets Well in Italy

The Low Edges Four are playing this Saturday at a free gig at the Appletree in Clerkenwell. The night is being put on by gifthorse (who we played with on the Berlin Trilogy tour earlier this year) and...
Posted by The Low Edges on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:17:00 PST