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1st LP "Down on Your Knees" out October 2008

About Me


After messing with some solo guitar-vocals for a few years and sharing stages with Morphine and the Dresden Dolls, Pennsylvanian Nathan Symes looked to the other side of the Atlantic. No need to look long in Strasbourg (France) to find some solid musicians who would follow him to the darkest of his territories. Chapel Hill shapes songs between indie rock, dried out folk and shameless country in which America isn’t always the good guy. But these are only a natural base, an ideal background on which Nathan -whose strong voice can go so far as to evoke Johnny Cash, Nick Cave or Jim Morrison- puts down with conviction his original compositions and inner universe, solemn and tormented at times, and always impeccably served by his excellent musicians.
Chapel Hill is currently recording its long-awaited first album to be released in October 2008.

Après avoir tâté du solo guitare-voix quelques années, écumé les salles de concert bostoniennes et partagé des scènes avec Morphine et les Dresden Dolls, Nathan Symes le pennsylvanien a lorgné de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique. Pas besoin de fouiller longtemps à Strasbourg pour trouver des musiciens solides, prêts à embarquer dans ses contrées insoupçonnées.
Chapel Hill construit des morceaux entre rock indé, folk asséchée et country assumée, dans lesquels les Américains n'ont pas toujours le bon rôle. Mais il ne s'agit là que d'une base naturelle, d'un background idéal sur lesquels Nathan (dont la voix et la puissance peuvent aller jusqu'à évoquer par moments Johnny Cash, Nick Cave ou Jim Morrison) installe avec conviction ses compositions originales et son univers personnel, grave et tourmenté parfois, impeccablement servi par ses excellents musiciens.
Chapel Hill enregistre actuellement un attendu premier album qui sortira en octobre 2008.

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Member Since: 12/11/2005
Band Website: chapelhillband.com
Band Members: Live Team: Pascal Boy (drums), Roland Grob (bass), Rym Boos (violin) and/or Adrien Dennfeld (cello, guitar) and/or Marc-Antoine Schmitt (cello, bass) and/or Amélie Valentin (violin), Nathan Symes (vocals, guitar), Yaz (add.vocals)Additional musicians on Recordings: Stéphane Scharlé (drums on The Butcher Boy/Twist/Like a Dog), Alban Meffre (Bass on Like a Dog/The Butcher Boy), Alexis Thépot on The Butcher Boy/Twist/Like a Dog), Manöx (vocals on Artificial Club)
Influences: Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Ween, Jacques Brel, Woodie Guthrie, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Dave Van Ronk, The Cramps, Wilco, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sixteen Horsepower, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Morphine, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, The Cure. ....
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ORDER DEBUT ALBUM - Special price + Free Bonus CD

Be the first on your block to get the brand spanking new Chapel Hill debut album when it comes out this Fall! Indeed, we are now offering YOU the unique opportunity of purchasing this wonderful new re...
Posted by Chapel Hill on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:07:00 PST

COMMANDEZ L’ALBUM - prix spécial + CD offert

Chapel Hill rentrera en studio au mois d'août pour enregistrer son premier album, "Down on Your Knees", qui sera dans les bacs au mois d'octobre 2008.Pré-commandez le dès aujourd'hui et vous le recevr...
Posted by Chapel Hill on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:24:00 PST

Festival Cest dans la Vallée - 31 mai

Samedi 31 | 05 | 08 20:00 | Bar le Foch - Ste Marie Barathon "Chapel Hill" L'artiste...
Posted by Chapel Hill on Thu, 22 May 2008 08:41:00 PST

Les inédits Növalis Impulse 2 "The Moon Session" : DOWNLOAD HERE

Les inédits Növalis Impulse 2 "The Moon Session" (feat. Chapel Hill, Toxic Kiss, Crocodiles, Nimrod...) - DOWNLOAD HERE...
Posted by Chapel Hill on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:04:00 PST

Chapel Hill in Tübingen : check out the photos

Chapel Hill at Tübingen Stadtfest, 14/07/07 - Photos by Martinhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/64302205@N00/show/...
Posted by Chapel Hill on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:39:00 PST