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Sponge Wings

About Me

Time was when all you needed to be in a band was 3 chords and a heart fulla untamed fire...nowadays, you don't even need that! Thus, Sponge Wings: it's a £3.50 keyboard, named Gorgeous Lee, coveted from Scope (the greatest of all charity shops), it's a pound-shop baby-rattle and a notebook brimming with handsome bullshit. Viola, a band!

So it all began when we met on an episode of 90's game show Fun House. Abi was on the Reds and Jay on the Blues. The reds won and Jay hurt his knee and since Pat Sharpe didn't do anything in all his mullet glory, Abi stepped in to help. Ever since they have been the bestest of bestest, they have spoken about songs on roller coasters and played kiss-chase on the corner of every street.

If you wanna get to us through other channels, we can be sought at www.unquietdesperation.co.uk/spongewings

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/09/2007
Band Website: ’ello stranger, yer on it!
Band Members: Jay Lawrance brings: the keys, the voice, the percussion, the lollipops

Abi Standish brings: the drums, the percussion, the voice, the Xylophone, the ukelele, the beads and the shades.

Influences: Patti Smith, Sky Larkin, Veruca Salt, The Dresden Dolls, Laura Nyro, Kath + Kim, The Moldy Peaches, Pontefract Liquorice Festival, Throwing Muses, Imp, Heathers, Cat Power, fairy lights, Ghost World, Val's Tea Shop, David Bowie, Oliver Jeffers, Derek the mullet man, The Go-Go's, Shangri-Las, The Supremes, hair throughout the years, Billie Holiday, Daniel Johnston, siblings, cups of tea, Tori Amos, Dusty Springfield, Cry Baby, glitter, The White Stripes, Ren & Stimpy, The Old Bear Stories, the golden age of rock'n'roll, Syd Barrett, the cleaners at Cine World on their cigarette break, Amy Winehouse, Amelie, Michel Gondry, Goldfrapp, The Rocky Horror Show, Ludus, Liam, Danny Elfman, Patrick Wolf, bed time stories, Mystik Spiral, Heavenly Creatures, Regina Spektor, The Raincoats, Mia Wallace, Blondie, The Smiths, 80's teen films, Juliette and The Licks, Daria, The Cure, Iggy Pop, Hole, Elton John, Kate Bush, The Knife, Belle and Sebastian, Unquiet Desperation.

Sounds Like: Found objects, music manipulation, brat-rock with heart, lovely bastards, sweet blindness, a little magic, a little kindness.

PHOP006: Rocket Footage EP featuring Lapels and Sponge Wings available to pre-order now for £3.
Tracklisting: Side A Lapels 'When We Were Evil', 'Abemantis' Side B Sponge Wings 'Ice Cream Headache', 'Ruby's Apparatus'. Also included is a CD copy featuring all 4 songs and bonus tracks Lapels 'Dream Sequins' (Sponge Wings cover) and Sponge Wings '561 Dead Astronaughts' (Lapels cover).

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Rocket Footage EP

My Blog

And then there was two...

... well there was always two, its fucking Sponge Wings. Jeez the most you could do is come up with a better blog title!Sigh. Anyway we've just got a few things to whisper about.On friday we had a gi...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Review :)

"&and a duet named Sponge wings. I was later to find out that this was their live debut and what a treat.For fans of Belle and Sebastian this band are a must see. A boy and a girl, one banging loudly ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:35:00 GMT

history of founding and band name

Sponge Wings was born on the 15/8/07 at Pontefract Liquorice Festival. The name was inspired by a six foot something walking tree! A creature we we're beginning to become afraid of until it turned aro...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:14:00 GMT

big thanks and big bethfest

thank yous to be thrown and spread like confetti,to a little lady who made her own music festival happen, BethFest was most incredible and it glitt...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:49:00 GMT

death of a disco duck

Sunday morning, Jay and i are having a cup of char and a flashback... ...Saturday afternoon, yesterday infact and it's a wonder round the charity shops of Wakefield for trinkets and treasures. Our ani...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:50:00 GMT