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Alba Nova

the beautiful way to fall

About Me



For more info visit www.albanova.co.uk .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/5/2005
Band Website: albanova.co.uk
Band Members: Guy Mankowski (vocals, electric guitar)
Hollie Martorella (vocals, violin, tambourine)
Daniel Hoyes (ebow, electric & acoustic guitar, piano)
Chris Prior (bass, double bass, mandolin, synths)
Tom Freeman (drums, djembe)
Influences: Maria Callas, Federico Fellini, Mazzy Star, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Vettriano, Suede, Pulp, Anita Ekburg, Interpol, Edward Hopper, Marlene Dietrich, kitsch, The Cinematic Underground, Dark Star, Fionn Regan, faded glamour, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, the elegantly wasted, any people who dress up and pretend to live somewhere more glamorous than they actually do
Sounds Like: 'Alba Nova are like the enchanting lovechild of an unfaithful relationship between Interpol and Mazzy Star, an intoxicating dose of heady glamour combining seductive vocals, decadent lyrics, intricate violins and dizzying rhythms.'
Playlouder

For more info visit www.albanova.co.uk .
Record Label: Comfort
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW REVIEWS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WAY TO FALL

'An enchanted Englishness transforming routine observations into something romantic and fascinating, Alba Nova possess a whimsical ability to look beyond the obvious. 'The Stranger and the Streetcar' ...
Posted by Alba Nova on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:19:00 PST

OUR FIRST LABEL RELEASE IS AVAILABLE TODAY!!!

We're delighted to announce that after a great deal of work our debut EP 'The Beautiful Way To Fall' is finally finished! It's available to purchase for £3.99 (inc p&p) from Comfort Records (www.c...
Posted by Alba Nova on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:16:00 PST

Jacques des Bascher

'Decadent is something very different, it's the beautiful way to fall.  It's a very slow movement which has lots of beauty.  It can be kind of self-killing in a beautiful way, a tragic way.'...
Posted by Alba Nova on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:43:00 PST

The words to Alba Nova's songs and more

Most of these lyrics were written during my lunch breaks on a lawn in Newcastle, but some of the older ones were written when I lived under the viaduct in Durham (hence the reference to Angel Street i...
Posted by Alba Nova on Thu, 10 May 2007 12:28:00 PST

WE WENT TO A STUDIO IN DEEPEST DARKEST ENGLAND

We huddled in a frozen chapel in Durham, deep in the decaying autumn leaves, to rehearse for days for our first label release. We then met in the darkest Wiltshire countryside in a studio frequented ...
Posted by Alba Nova on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:27:00 PST

Us in London Lite

Spotted tucked underneath an article about Elton John, a review of our last gig in London- 'It was headliners Alba Nova who stole the show as they were the only truly innovative band, very visual. Swi...
Posted by Alba Nova on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:29:00 PST

Our new Comfort Sounds

We've put a couple of new tracks online as a kind of preview to an EP which is being negotiated for release on Comfort Records, a new London label. We're planning a launch party with some sort of masq...
Posted by Alba Nova on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:02:00 PST

Interview online at Audiojunkies

Evening all, Our recent interview with Vicky Eacott is now up at: www.audiojunkies.net. See you all on the 15th of May!  Don't be late... x...
Posted by Alba Nova on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:34:00 PST

Headline at Dublin Castle and other London dates

For a dose of heady glamour from Durham's most seductive sons and daughters, come watch our first London headline date at The Dublin Castle, Camden on the 2nd of April with support from Waveform and T...
Posted by Alba Nova on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:33:00 PST