Music:
Member Since: 7/25/2005
Band Website: elefant.com/bands/trembling-blue-stars
Band Members: Bobby Wratten - guitar, vocals
Keris Howard - bass
Beth Arzy - vocals
Jonathan Akerman - drums, percussion
Currently available:
Albums
From LTM records:
"Her Handwriting" & "Lips That Taste Of Tears"
From Shinkansen Recordings, Elefant Records and Sub Pop:
"Broken By Whispers".
From Shinkansen Recordings and Sub Pop:
"Alive To Every Smile".
From Shinkansen Recordings and Elefant Records:
"A Certain Evening Light"
From Elefant Records and Bar-None:
"The Seven Autumn Flowers".
From Elefant Records:
"The Last Holy Writer".
EPs:
From Shinkansen:
"The Ghost Of An Unkissed Kiss"
From Elefant Records:
"Southern Skies Appear Brighter", "Bathed In Blue" and "Exploring The Shadows".
Influences: John Peel, The Cure, Wilco, Talk Talk, Mark Hollis, The Comsat Angels, Joy Division, New Order, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, The Residents, This Heat, Throbbing Gristle, The Sound, Sigur Ros, Wire, Cabaret Voltaire, Spacemen 3, Loop, Main, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Bill Nelson, John Martyn, Jackson Browne, David Bowie, The Band, LaBradford, Keren Ann, Elvis Costello, Lydia Lunch, Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Stereolab, Broadcast, Robert Wyatt,
Arthur Russell, The Jam, The Clash, Einsturzende Neubauten, DAF, Judee Sill, Bill Fay.
Factory, Factory Benelux, Les Disques du Crepuscule, 4AD, Mute, Blood & Fire, Pressure Sounds, Greensleeves, Soul Jazz, Auralux, Touch, Monika.
Wong Kar Wai, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Luc Godard, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Derek Jarman, David Lynch, Andy Warhol, Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto, Before Sunrise/ Before Sunset, Lost In Translation, Ghost World, Last Life In The Universe, The Science Of Sleep, The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser, Stroszek, Two Lane Blacktop, Six Feet Under, Northern Exposure.
Simon Reynolds, Paul Morley, Dungeness, Shetland.
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Record Label: Elefant Records
LTM Records
Type of Label: Indie
