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The Four Fishermen

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Member Since: 12/18/2005
Band Website: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Four+Fishermen/
Band Members: Some musicians include:Ben McElroy: Guitar, Vocals and extras.Tom Manning: Drums and Percussion.Paul Quadros: Double Bass.Howard Mills: Clarinet.Nick Acons: Violin.
Influences: Music: Nick Drake, Joanna Newsom, Will Oldham, Vashti Bunyan, Gastr Del Sol, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, Devendra Banhart, Mogwai, The Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett), Mercury Rev, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Neu!, Mississippi John Hurt, Debussy, Stravinsky
Film: Performance, The Wicker Man, David Lynch films, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Books/ Authors: Michel Houellebecq, Jack Kerouac, His Dark Materials, The Wasp Factory, The Hidden Order of Art, To the Lighthouse, The Golden Bough, Salman Rushdie (and more)
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Record Label: Velvet Curtain

My Blog

Left Lion Review of Fallen Oak!

The Four Fishermen Fallen Oak EP (Dirty Demos) The Four Fishermen are a prime example of (more than four) people coming together, who know what they're doing and do it seriously. The EP was recorded f...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:37:00 GMT

The Sky is Better, always Review

This is from a while ago in Sandman magazine, but I've only just discovered it exists:The Four Fishermen The Sky Is Better, Always EP (Velvet Curtain) After the recent onslaught and proliferation of w...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:34:00 GMT

Review of Fallen Oak

Here's a review of the Fallen Oak e.p by Frans dea Waard for Vital Weekly:The Four Fisherman is a project of mainly Ben McElroy, who receives help from a bunch of people on drums, double bass, clarine...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:46:00 GMT