Member Since: 9/5/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/phonofiction
Band Members: Dom Cooper- Vocals, Lyrics. Keyboards, Programming and Artwork
David Hood- Programming, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals
Lewis Hill- Guitars, Bass and Backing Vocals
Si Beckett- Drums, Bass and visuals
Influences: Phonofiction are influenced by many things, not all musical. They are too numerous to mention in entirety, but here's some of them: The Velvet Underground, Pavement, Beck, Gorillaz, John Martyn, Massive Attack, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Broken Family Band, Will Oldham, Arcade Fire, Lemonheads, Roxy Music, Sam Prekop, Bert Jansch, Blackalicious, Roots Manuva, Devendra Banhart, Bjork, David Bowie, Nuggets, Pink Floyd, Def Jux, James Yorkston, Rolling Stones, Magic Numbers, Stooges, Tortoise, Microphones, Smog, John Fahey, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Zombies, Nick Cave, Flaming Lips, The Byrds, REM, Gram Parsons, The Band, Caribou, Beach Boys, Animal Collective, Augustus Pablo, Tom Ze, Tropicalia, Low, Four Tet, Aphex Twin, Television, Queens Of The Stone Age, Modest Mouse, Fela Kuti, Ramones, Can, Foo Fighters, Trees, Bruce Springsteen, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Talking Heads, Fiery Furnaces, De La Soul, Mystery Jets, Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Gang Of Four, Herman Dune, White Stripes, Sun Ra, Neil Young, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Richard Buckner, King Creosote, Joy Division, Jim O Rourke, Silver Jews, Miles Davis, Skip Spence, Rufus Wainwright, Jimi Hendrix, The Fall, Tunng, Magnolia Electric Co & Jason Molina, Patti Smith, Broken Social Scene, Fairport Convention, Powell & Pressburger, Anthony Caro, Dylan Thomas, Phillip Pullman, Barry Miles, Studio Ghibli, Hunter S Thompson, Ginsberg, Herge, Jules Verne, Kafka, Fred Tomaselli, Family Guy, Daniel Clowes, Michel Gondry, EC Ware, Pushpin Studio, Jean Luc- Godard, Wes Anderson, Nick Kent, Bruce Mau, Kim Hiorthoy, Sara Fanelli, Rothko, Spike Jonze, Henri Rosseau, Monty Python, The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman
Sounds Like: Random quotes about us:
"Phonofiction are the ultimate anti-hero indie band" Stagger Lee
"like Clinic meeting the MC5 inside Steve Hillages ever pulsating bong" Soundsxp
"well laid n lazy Kraftwerk goes Americana dreamscape with Nick Cave at the wheel" Joyzine
"a mix of neon-synth, haunting synthetic beats and squelches all laced together with keys and lo-fi splendour" Tasty
'Phonofiction take square pegs and force them in to round holes. This eccentric no rules approach, means that the band are making some of the most interesting music around." UWR
'They make rock music for people who have grown up with dance music' Luke 01923
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None