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The Shining Lies

A HOOK-HEAVY SHOT OF POST-BRITPOP ROCK AND ROLL

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The Shining Lies make pop music with drums and electric guitars. Live booking questions should be sent to Adam or Alex at Glasswerk, below. THE MUSIC PLAYER IS BELOW. PLEASE PRESS PLAY...

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Member Since: 2/17/2008
Band Members: Dave Saunders: six strings, songs, main singing; Simon Messenger: four strings, secondary singing; Tim Hills: skins
Influences: Pixies Blur Nirvana The Feeling Super Furry Animals Oasis ELO Beatles XTC David Bowie Supergrass Kate Bush Undertones Kinks Buzzcocks Monochrome Set
Sounds Like: Super Furry Animals Strokes Killers Razorlight Dandy Warhols Kaiser Chiefs Franz Ferdinand Oasis Blur Television Undertones ELO Pixies Beatles Rolling Stones Elastica Semisonic Monochrome Set Kinks Sweet
Record Label: More Wood Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THE "SMASH AND GRAB" MINI-ALBUM IS AVAILABLE TO BUY FROM iTUNES FROM MONDAY!!!

Price TBC. The record can be previewed, but not downloaded, via the Reverbnation player on our page...TSL
Posted by The Shining Lies on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:38:00 PST

THE SHINING LIES FEATURE IN NEXT WEEKS MEGA INDIE BLOG THE RECOMMENDER

See http://therecommender.net.
Posted by The Shining Lies on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:01:00 PST

WHY "THE SHINING LIES"?

This is a question we get asked a lot, so we'll try and answer it. Some of you may have read Neil Sheehan's epic biographical tome on the Vietnam War, A Bright Shining Lie - basically, we got it from ...
Posted by The Shining Lies on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:45:00 PST

A review from one of our musical heroes:

"The Shining Lies make some of the most refreshingly new music I've heard in years. Sparse and grooving with no unnecessary layers of production to stand in the way of the songs."Vinnie Zummo, former ...
Posted by The Shining Lies on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:30:00 PST