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Soviet Flares

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Soviet Flares (formerly The Scream) are an alt country band based in Northern Ireland. Formed by cousins Brian and David, the band has morphed to its present lineup over the course of the last ten years or so. The band have gigged extensively in Ireland over the last few years and played a number of gigs in England and the States.
2005 & 2006 saw the release of two EP's "Back to the Stars" and "Recollection Day" with orginal drummer James Donnelly.
2007 was a period of transition for the band during which time Darren Matthews jumped on the drum stool and a few new songs began to take shape resulting in 2008's "Fade to Memory - Part I" which was recorded in Edenvilla studios, Co. Leitrim.
Inspired by the new material we enlisted Andrew Cranley (formerly of Tetra Neon) as a second guitarist. Our latest EP "Fade to Memory - Part II" recorded early 2009 is being showcased at all our latest gigs.
"The Scream mine a similar raw-yet-melodic rainy day vein as greats like The Replacements and Buffalo Tom" David Roy - The Irish News

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Member Since: 09/10/2005
Band Website: Your looking at it
Band Members: Brian Cranley-Guitar/Vox/Harmonica, David Cranley-Bass/Piano, Darren Matthews - Drums/Back Vox, Andrew Cranley - Guitar/Back Vox.Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!
Influences: Led Zeppelin, The Lemonheads, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Dead Moon, Air, Elvis Presley, Wilco, Rory Gallagher, Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth, Jeff Tweedy, Moon Mullican, The Reivers, Richmond Fontaine, Neil Young, The Secret Goldfish, Thom Yorke, Whiskeytown, The Who, The Replacements, The Black Keys, Van Morrison, Magnolia Electric Co, Kings Of Leon, Paul Westerberg, Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar, Gemma Hayes, The Grateful Dead, Counting Crows, Bruce Springsteen, The Bottle Rockets, Woody Gutherie, Sun kil Moon, Steve Earle, Spinal Tap, The Raconteurs, Miles Davis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Iron Maiden, Frank Zappa... Good music, like...
Sounds Like: an american autumn

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Spirit Store - 16th February

Hi All,Next gig is in the Spirit Store Dundalk on the 16th February. Played a blinder over Christmas with Dublin band(LA based) Mike Got Spiked and been asked back to play with Derby Instrumentalists,...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:28:00 GMT

Christmas gigs

In typical Screamlike fashion its only been about 20 years since our last blog but its been quiet, no other way to put it. Andrew has been off in Newcastle so been hard to get together but during his ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:00 GMT

New EP - Not too far away now..

Hi All,Its been a while since the last post but we have been busy. At the end of April we headed up to Leitrim to record the new EP with Allan in Edenvella studios. The songs really came together and ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 05:43:00 GMT

RECORDING

Its been a long time since anyone has posted here, we know but we have myspace to blame for just bein plum difficult to use. Thought Id post a blog to jus keep all up to speed with whats been happenin...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:10:00 GMT

Fade to Memory - Part 1 - ON MYSPACE!!

Hi All, A few months.... after recording the EP its ready to go. We have a launch night in the INF Warrenpoint tomorrow night (20th September) which should be a corker! Feel free to download the new t...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:03:00 GMT

NEW EP - FADE TO MEMORY 20/SEPT/2008

NEW EP : FADE TO MEMORY PART 1 RELEASE DATE: SAT / SEPT / 20 /2008 AVAILABLE ON CD AND DOWNLOADABLE ON MYSPACE TRACKLISTING: 1: Broken Ribs 2: Black Bruises Black Rain 3: Greenwater Lake 4: Answer Me ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:23:00 GMT

THE SCREAM IN EDEN STUDIOS CO LEITRIM FEB 2008

Hi... After a really busy January we have managed to book our studio time we need to finish and nail the new EP. We are going into Eden Studios Kinlough Co Leitrim on Feb 8th to do what recording need...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:05:00 GMT

MCGARRIGLES SLIGO- 28 Dec 2007- END OF YEAR SHOW

The Scream will play McGaarrigles, Sligo, with the mighty A Plastic Rose on Friday/28/Dec/2007 This will be a special end of year show with ticks, treats miseltoe and sweets for all. Come taste some C...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:13:00 GMT

THE SCREAM - NEW EP ON THE WAY....

Hi All... Brian here...... After a brilliant Halloween show in the old home town our last show of the 2007 tour, at which there were 250+ very drunk very cool spacy messed up in a good way sweaty...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:47:00 GMT

Brian Cranley - Rough Diamonds October 25 2007

Brian Cranley will release a solo EP ROUGH DIAMONDS On Thursday 25 October 2007, the follow up to 2005's Sin City Carousels. The Track Listing Is: 1The Mistake 2 Black & White TV 3 Diamonds ...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:47:00 GMT