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if you would like to, you can buy a 6-track EP, and it'll be sent to your house (it'll get through your letterbox, it's not too big a parcel)
'Creative Dance' kicks in with a bass line that The Flaming Lips must be kicking themselves for missing off the last album (it's that good) before another beautifully worked verse and chorus come in, which are both familiar and refreshing…with post-punk invention meeting modern indie edge…Remarkably accomplished, both in writing and arrangements 9/10 – leeds music scene
THIS is a big claim, and there's no slight intended to the many excellent bands playing locally now or in the past, but this EP is proof positive that The Birdman Rallies are the single best group the Harrogate 'scene' has produced since I first started writing Gig Scene a hard-to-believe16 years ago. Summing up this inventive four-piece in a single line is virtually impossible and the best I can do - "lo-fi prog-pop" - isn't nearly good enough. The first amazing thing is the range of musical styles and time signatures, the band zip through. Faint suggestions of the following famous acts pop up, often within a single, stop-start track: Beck. Vampire Weekend. Flaming Lips. Elvis Costello (early albums). XTC. Grandaddy. Donovan. Badly Drawn Boy. Syd Barrett. Nick Drake. The second amazing thing is the sheer catchiness of the hooks and the brilliant musicianship of mssrs Danny Webster (vocals/guitar/trumpet/everything) John Davey (bass/vocals), Adam Westerman (keyboards/percussion/everything) and Dave Armstrong (drums). A glorious mix of pastoral and the urban, the whimsical and the pithy, the acoustic and the electronic, it's always possible to push this type of curios in the attic eclecticism too far. Thanks to the sophistication of the arrangements and the band's energetic playfulness, the result is almost always a multi-faceted thing of wonder. I could pick out highlights; you could argue the most instantly catchy songs are Lost In The Hubbub and You and I while my favourites are The Box Called Miscellaneous and Colour in a Corner of the Night, but, in truth, there are no low points on this brilliant EP. Instead let's just celebrate the sublime greatness, the blinding genius that is The Birdman Rallies. north yorkshire news.com
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the birdman rallies NEW 13-TRACK ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW
"The songs themselves are beautifully arranged with layers of varied instrumentation from guitar, bass and drums to lovely trumpet flourishes, tinkling xylophones and exotic electronic noises"
-sandman, june 2008


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Member Since: 24/07/2007
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Influences: deerhoof elliot smith captain beefheart the shins guided by voices love neil young the chemical brothers taraf de haidouks kate bush bjork the beatles syd barrett the pixies pavement crowded house daft punk leonard cohen
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Radio 2 Lamacq plays 'You and I'

Steve Lamacq played You and I on his radio 2 show last night, last song (22 - 07 -09)any other words with cq in them?coquettish was the nearest i could getbarbecque?mollusc-quest?
Posted by on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:55:00 GMT

LEEDS MUSIC SCENE REVIEW 9/10

A six-track mini LP by a Harrogate based band and a very pleasant surprise.The first few notes of opener 'Those Amazing Persians' took me instantly back to the late 70s, with post-punk plucking then...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:53:00 GMT

radio airings

Jun 23rd - 'box called miscellaneous' on Sheffield Live 93.2FM Tom robinson played the city of polaroid explosions on his show on 19th JanuaryHe also commented "But then if you will go and make music ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:06:00 GMT

THE BIRDMAN RALLIES GOT PLAYED ON RADIO 1

last night, by Huw Stephenshe played 'YOU and I'which was nice
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:18:00 GMT

BMR aired on BBC Radio 2

Steve Lamacq played 'the city of polaroid explosions' last night on his Radio 2 show holy shit
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:05:00 GMT

sandman album review

It's obvious from the quality of the packaging that accompanies this CD that one man band The Birdman Rallies has an eye for detail. The songs themselves are beautifully arranged with layers of varied...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:31:00 GMT

The Birdman Rallies - review by Graham Chalmers, hip scene-maker and internet music svengali

The Birdman Rallies (album)PROOF that greatness (and I use the word with caution) need not be weird, heavy or challenging comes with the debut album of one-man Harrogate band The Birdman Rallies.Aka D...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:17:00 GMT