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The Hepburns make pearly pop in the best UK tradition, albeit skewed sideways by cinematic caprices and elliptical narratives. Literary and barbed. The band first appeared at the tail end of the ‘80s when they recorded an influential LP and 12” for Cherry Red, a Peel session, and left a lasting impression on a younger generation of pop fans from Stockholm to Shibuya to San Francisco, before disappearing for a decade along with the masters for the band's second album. Their most rare 12” consistently fetches 3 figures on eBay.

In 2000 the band found a new home with Bay Area imprint Radio Khartoum, recording 90+ new songs and prompting one studio engineer to quip that songwriter Matt Jones “can't go to the toilet without coming back with a new song.” In Nov-Dec 2007, The Hepburns toured the US and Scandinavia, playing songs from their many RK releases.In Nov 2008 The Hepburns set forth, once again, to dispense their melodic, melancholic magic. The tour starts with a Launch Party for their new album 'Trojan Hearse' at the Hard Rock Caff, Cardiff.

For fans of: el Records, The Lucksmiths, The Monochrome Set, The Smiths, The Specials, Momus and Jake Thackray (Source: Radio Khartoum ).

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Member Since: 14/09/2007
Band Website: www.radiokhartoum.com/hepburns
Band Members:
Matt Jones (Guitar & Vocals)
Mike Thomas (Bass)
Pete Mason (Drums)Trojan Hearse also features:Andrew Harries (Keys) Cris Haines (Trumpet & Flugelhorn)
Sounds Like: melodic, melancholic pop
Record Label: Bendigedig Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Major Seventh Subway

As a footnote to the story of the tour, the last blog about music and food I'll write for a while, I have to mention a meeting in Arlanda airport. Throughout the tour my travelling companion Anthony R...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:36:00 GMT

Secret Golden Heart

On Friday night we left Douglas's apartment, where we had spent most of the preceding 2 days, to take our equipment to Krets. I had caught a quick glimpse of the art gallery the night before on the wa...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:34:00 GMT

Robot Cowboy & The Polysix

On Sunday night, Sabine took us to see a performance artist called Robot Cowboy. On the way we passed an amusement park and a big wheel in the shape of a bearing which Anthony was very taken with. He ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:46:00 GMT

A Gorgeous Blur

The journey from Fredrikstad to Goteburg took 3 hours. The point at which we crossed the Swedish border passed into dark, frosty oblivion. There was no buffet car. Instead, vending machines placed at ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:44:00 GMT

Hepburns Scandinavian Tour Episode Two: Great Gods of Power

Thursday was much the same as Wednesday; sleeping in late, rehearsing in front of the fire and drinking fresh coffee. Frode made us an excellent omelette with spinach, cheese and garlic before going t...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:25:00 GMT

Hepburns Scandinavian Tour Episode One: Real Taco, Fake Snow

I left Llanelli at 1:00pm on Tuesday 11th December, bound for Gatwick and Oslo, in the company of fellow musician Anthony Rochester. About 12 hours later I was sitting on a comfortable, wooden reclin...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:20:00 GMT

An Accidental Pilgrim

Mike's wife Beth was due to arrive in New York the following evening with our manager, Simon Wright, and his wife Maryann. Mike was thinking of travelling to New York alone to meet Beth. We quizzed th...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:17:00 GMT

No Sleep til Brookline

Saundrah, Steve, Nancy et al faded out of the Sunset. Our flight to Boston via Salt Lake City was at 6:30 am, meaning we had about 3 hours before check-in. The plan was to go to an all-night bowling a...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:00 GMT

Fake Blood @ Sunset

The next day was Saturday. The rain had cleared and the sun was shining for the short drive to Seattle where we met some more of Alexander's friends, Steve and Nancy. Their house looked like a 'prefab...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:34:00 GMT

Captain Wilson and the Wolf Man

By the time we left Portland and crossed the state line from Oregon to Washington the following afternoon we'd played gigs in four cities and two states in eight days, not to mention two live radio pe...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:10:00 GMT