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Living Hope

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Ever since winning the Vocal and Instrument Duet class in the Hull Music Festival, husband and wife, Rob and Squil, have felt a strong desire to work together as an acoustic duo. Their musical heritage is certainly varied, from Christian Rock bands such as “Whitegold” and “Giants will Fall” to appearances in the opera “Carmen” and various Gilbert and Sullivan productions. However, the most importance influence in the current Living Hope sound comes from Squil’s early days in “Mediaeval Fete” (pronounced feet!), a successful folk sextet. This interesting and eclectic mix fused with a strong Christian Faith produces a soothing, haunting sound with flashes of energy and vibrancy. It’s a sound that feels at home in many environments and it is no surprise that you will find Living Hope in a variety of venues from churches to pubs and concert halls to coffee shops.
The band are UK based and have played in various towns and cities up and down the country, however, in 2006 Living Hope’s music hopped across the pond when they undertook a successful mini-tour to the USA. Their 2003 worship cd “…with Faith” was re-released in 2006 to include the single “Echoes” and a new cd, featuring a broader representation of Living Hope’s music, is planned for release soon.
What people have said about Living Hope:
"You two are very gifted.Your vocals are so pure and angelic,your guitar playing exquisite and perfectly matched":
"Like your sound really sensual and rootsy!!!":
"I love all your songs what a blessed message":

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/10/2005
Band Website: www.locustmusic.co.uk
Band Members: Squil - Lead Vocals, flute, various penny whistles (C, D, Eb, E, F, G and Low D), guitar (occasionally...)
Robin - guitars, vocals, technical wizardry

Influences: Our influences are not so much what we listen to regularly, but more those artists and perfomers that we grew up with, and that have had a conscious or subconscious effect on how we sing and play. In fact, what we listen doesn't really bear much resemblance to the style in which we play! This list is therefore incomplete, and will be updated as we are reminded of those that have left their mark on us in some way....
Squil - Duran Duran, The Beatles, Blondie, The Cranberries, Enya, Clannad
Robin - Brian May, Tony Clarkin, The Housemartins, The Cranberries, The Proclaimers, Steve Taylor, Dave Perkins, Dave Bilborough, Elvis Presley, The Shadows, The Edge, REM, Barclay James Harvest, Pete Townshend, Bryn Haworth, Stuart Townsend, Paul Poulton, Paul Field, Phil Keaggy, Brooks Williams, Antoine Dufour.
Sounds Like: We have a soothing relaxing sound akin to Enya and Clannad, although we are capable of some more energetic moments! Squil's voice has been likened to a whole host of great singers - Alison Moyet, Sheila Walsh, Debbie Harry, Joni Mitchell and Madonna to name but a few. Its an eclectic and spiritual brew!
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Foiled by a Dishwasher

Or rather upstaged..We had a rather interesting gig tonight. Everything was going well until the second song when we started to get this horrible, intermittent crackling noise. I thought it was just i...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:00 GMT

Is it possible to have a mid-year resolution?

Because if it is, then I want to resolve to keep this blog and the rest of our myspace up to date! You know, life kinda takes over and it's easy to leave some things by the wayside. Life is good for L...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 03:53:00 GMT

A Cool Summer

I've come to the conclusion that I'm no good at this blog thing. Some people seem to be extremely adept at coming up with stuff to write about but me, well, you're not really interested in every littl...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Six stitches and a shiner...

So , it's like this... We decided to round off the winter term with a games night for the youth group we lead. These are usually boisterous affairs, but there's nothing wrong with that - and end of se...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:23:00 GMT

Onwards and Upwards

Well, after months of planning and anticipation, our Chicago trip came and went. It was an awesome time, and we hope that we can go back sooner rather than later. We enjyed meeting new people, greetin...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:40:00 GMT

Marshall's Law

Why is it that when something is not working properly, the problem never shows up when you try to fix it? I've got this really gorgeous Marshall amplifier that has cut out on me the last two times I h...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:01:00 GMT

One Step Closer!

Well, today we finally booked our flights to Chicago in December. Now we've done that, the whole trip seems a little more real and a lot closer! But there is also some anxiety too, as neither of us ha...
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 15:38:00 GMT

J Brian Hill UK Tour

Well, after months of preparation and planning we are less than 24 hours away from Brian's visit to the UK. The excitement is building!! Not only that we've got three gigs ourselves this week so we ar...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:29:00 GMT

Royalties at last!

Amazing. I opened the post this morning and there is a royalty statement from CCLI - our first one ever! Guess we can call ourselves professional songwriters now? It's certainly been a while coming bu...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:11:00 GMT

Sweet Home, Chicago!

Well, it's not our home really, but it will be for a week in December. We've been invited over there to appear at Sanctuary Church in Batavia by J. Brian Hill. We are really excited by this and are lo...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:43:00 GMT