a line once said
’I’ve saw The Liftmen in that crazy oversized silver arena gazebo type structure at Ashton Court festival the summer just, and lapped it up, no fuss. They patiently glid’ through an array of groove laden rock tunes all charming and articulate with bright obscure and then direct lyricism, often with a back to nature feel, maybe it was the wellingtons.
They sing, harmonise and dish out twisty, fuzzy riffs with immediate hooks. Some of it reminded me of a funky Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, some of it feels more jammed, cooler even, but all with a self assured modesty and style everyone including the newts dig. A proper fresh and locally sourced accompaniment’
a venue once said
’the smaller guitar/bass/drums line up suits them, though, giving the irrepressible Neil Smith the chance to play guitar for two, thrashing increasingly frenzied chord solos at every opportunity between Rasha Shaheen’s twinkling vocals, unimpressed by her everyday lyrics that fit so neatly. Again there’s an early 80’s feel if the Au Pairs or Pere Ubu meeting the later Captain Beefheart and suddenly I remember why I used to like rock music so much. This is what ’indie’ use dto mean - independent imagined and produced music full of the personality of the players, not an interchangable swamp of formulation. The Liftmen ’Have it’ in bucket loads.
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history:
they met in bristol. they formed in an industrial lift in an easton recording studio in 2002 while planning and executing their 1st album "ponds of beauty [ponds of terror!]. this was eventually recorded live after 1 year of rehearsal.
since then the liftmen have been on local radio and played several secret gigs; the most celebrated was at the cube in dec 2003 debuting their 1st video for the charts: "MEATRAFFLE".
The Liftmen are also on a Twisted Nerve compliation out on the 1st August 05. Now Is The Winter Of Our Discount Tents (TN060) www.twistednerve.com
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Buy our double A sided red vinyl single "Meat Raffle" and " Backwards" for 5 incl. postage!!Buy our debut album "ponds of beauty/ ponds of terror" 9.50 incl. postage
