Member Since: 11/23/2005
Band Website: hippoangels.co.uk
Band Members: Grzzly Palmer (vox/guitar/rhodes/toypiano/banjo)
Geoff Hense (violin/rhodes/analogue synths/toy piano/harmonium/samples/bells/bvox)
Ben George (drums/percussion/vibraphone/glockenspeil/samples/bvox)
Mike Smith (bass/organ/synths/bvox)
Influences: grrrrrrr...who knows.....hmmmmm.....(in no particular order and not in anyway definitive), (excluding the egg n spoon, skipping, bland wallpaper and in lower case)....johnny cash. tom waits, vincent gallo, tortoise, animal collective, ani di franco, mice parade, velvet underground, charlie mingus, john adams, steve reich, billie holiday, dolly parton, scout niblett, louis armstrong, the kills, imitation electric piano, espers, pink floyd, tv on the radio, danny elfman, devendra banhart, the smiths, panda bear, sigur ros, my bloody valentine, anthony and the johnsons, the white stripes, explosions in the sky, autechre, cat stevens, dj shadow, the fiery furnaces, buena vista social club, frank sinatra, pj harvey, amina, ulrich schnauss, thelonious monk, nickel creek, aphex twin, wilco, the walkmen, moving units, ella fitzgerald, e.s.t, mountain firework company, louis nelson, r.e.m, michael nyman, al jolson, bernard herrmann, elliott smith, radiohead, godspeed you black emperor!, sidney bechet, rose kemp, team zissou, terry riley, david bowie,kid koala, flaming lips, jeffrey lewis, bjork, the sandpipers, sammy davis jr, joanna newsom, philip glass, moldy peaches, j.s bach, tom vek, yeah yeah yeahs, mercury rev, don redman and his allstars, wolfgang amadeus mozart, the ink spots, tricky, hippoangels, midlake, the shins, arvo part, modest mouse, electrelane, alex roberts,the libertines, squarepusher, the murder of rosa luxembourg, john peel, joy division, 4 tet, kings of leon, portishead, john coltrane, my morning jacket, interpol, beta band, stereolab, gabriel faure, stravinsky, beastie boys, deer hoof, the american analogue set, dust brothers, be good tanyas, jeff buckley, arcade fire, beach boys, beatles, elvis, bitmap, beck, boards of canada, bob dylan, bonnie'prince'billy, CAN, cocorosie, count basie, diamond family archive, dj food, rufus wainwright, miles davis, mogwai, neil young, nick cave, nina simone, alban berg, carl rogers and his accordeons, bill murray... to be continued....
Sounds Like: … being taken out the back of a second-hand book shop and getting a kicking from cLOUDDEAD and the Count Basie Big Band all clad in smoking jackets and wielding banjos and toy pianos, while a falsetto Tom Waits, accompanied by the Sistin Chapel Choir, whispers sweet nothings in your ear. It will warm your heart…. before wrenching it out.
Record Label: Holiphonic Records ( holiphonic.com )
Type of Label: Indie