Member Since: 1/19/2006
Band Website: astralplainrecords.da.ru
Band Members: Josiah Barnett: vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, banjo, bass, drums/percussion, mouth harp, omnichord, mouth organ, casiotone...On the recordings backing appearances come in the form of Leslie Muir on vocals and piano, Cameron Murphy on violin and drums, Joel Fowler does some backing vocals and Ryan White plays a bass note or two. (all these fine people also have a full band together called Thee Requiems...minus Leslie who used to play with them)
I can't trust the evening news.................I've got the Rupert Murdoch blues
Influences: the decline of everything...relationships, friends, culture, society, technology and feelings...oh and also in no particular order; frankie sparo, petunia, june of 44, elliott smith, syd barrett, joan of arc, smog, neutral milk hotel, guided by voices, m ward, sufjan stevens, devendra banhart, yo la tengo, sonic youth, charles manson, neil young, cannibalism, joy division, minor threat, my bloody valentine, hayden, joanna newsom, one speed bike, silver mount zion, do make say think & all of constellation records actually, medical abnormalities, sebadoh, dinosaur jr., daniel johnston, frank zappa, the mothers of invention, tom waits, leonard cohen, kurt vonnegut, hunter s. thompson, chuck palahniuk, dinner is ruined, microphones/mount eerie, belle and sebastian, pavement, sappy records, k records, herman dune, fear of lipstick, dana is gone, sullen bay, moonsocket, orange glass, the peter parkers, elevator/eric's trip, rick white, the unintended, and the other moncton gems, folk implosion, john waters, david cronenberg.......
Sounds Like: Everything and nothing all the time.
Record Label: Astral Plain Records, Vulpine Records
Type of Label: Indie