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Skyline

About Me

skyline was formed in 1999 by jeremy thoms and andy walker from the ashes of new leaf, the scottish band which, over the course of three albums, found some success in japan on the epic/sony label in the mid to late 90s.both multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters, walker and thoms swiftly wrote and recorded their debut album "affairs of the heart" as a two-piece, taking their influences from the likes of jimmy webb, bacharach & david, brian wilson, the beatles, the beach boys and prefab sprout.releasing it on co-producer paul haig’s rhythm of life label in 2001, favourable responses encouraged them to expand the line up and sound. recruiting another ex-new leaf member john hall on bass/backing vocals and david mack on drums and percussion, further writing, rehearsing and recording ensued, expanding on the palette of influences of their debut.this resulted in the completion of their second album "higher reaches" which was released in August 2007 on the swedish label, bendi records (www.bendirecords.com).the members of skyline are also involved in various other projects - jeremy and dave in the cathode ray with paul haig and another ex-new leaf member and former bluebell/tv21 bassist, neil baldwin (see www.myspace.com/thecathoderay).jeremy also put out a solo album on bendi records in April 2007 called “everything comes around” (see www.myspace.com/jeremythoms) and in addition is in the fabulous artisans (with singer neil crossan) releasing their debut album "...from red to blue" in October 2008, also on bendi records(see www.myspace.com/thefabulousartisans1).andy is currently working on solo material under the alias tobias mink (see www.myspace.com/tobiasmink), and is in sistrum with elaine suzy scott (see www.myspace.com/elainesuzyscott) .March 2009


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/4/2006
Band Website: www.rolinc.co.uk
Band Members: Jeremy Thoms: Lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion and songwriting Andy Walker: Lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, recorders and songwriting John Hall: Bass, percussion, backing vocals David Mack: Drums & Percussion
Influences: Paddy MacAloon/Prefab Sprout, Beach Boys/Brian Wilson/Dennis Wilson, Scritti Politti, Jimmy Webb, Beatles, Kevin Rowland/Dexy's Midnight Runners, Steely Dan, Burt Bacharach, Love, Todd Rundgren/Nazz, John Barry, Big Star, Bergen White, The Zombies, Star Trek (Original Series Only!), Woody Allen, Judee Sill, Joni Mitchell, Glenn Campbell, Richard Harris, early Yes, Gene, Ace, The Left Banke, Neil Young, David Bowie, Air, Teenage Fanclub, Bread, Joe Jackson, Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel solo & together, Kenneth Williams, Terry Thomas, Peter Ustinov, Oscar Wilde, Pink Floyd, Elliott Smith, Grandaddy, Lindisfarne, Gene Clark, Buffalo Springfield, Randy Newman, Millenium, The Association, The Casuals, Procol Harum, Moody Blues, Creedence Clearwater Reveival, Chicago, Traffic, solo John, Paul, George and Ringo, James Taylor, The Flaming Lips, early Elton John, Mercury Rev, Free, The Carpenters, The Pretenders, Marvin Gaye, The High Llamas, Nick Kent, Greenslade, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Rufus Wainwright, Stereolab, Isaac Hayes, Velvet Underground, Jack Nicolson, Bob Dylan, Eric Matthews/Cardinal, Pernice Brothers, Pet Shop Boys, Supertramp, Withnail and I, Lloyd Cole, ELO, 10cc, Pilot, Badfinger, Wilco, The Raspberries, The Rolling Stones, John Miles, Family, Bobbie Gentry, Boz Scaggs, Hall & Oates, The Records, The Motors, Graham Parker, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Small Faces, The Love Affair, The Four Tops, The Doors, Sherbet, Sad Cafe, Sailor, Average White Band, Mahler, The Chi-lites, Suede, Super Furry Animals, Neil Sedaka, Jackson Browne, The Hollies, Matthews Southern Comfort, Caravan, Willie Nelson, Peter Skellern, Steve Hillage, Leon Russell, early Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, The Flying Burritto Brothers, Gram Parsons, The First Class, The Free Design, American Spring, Jigsaw, Starland Vocal Band, Fat Larry's Band, Hurricane Smith, The Fortunes, Moody Blues, Marmalade, Racing Cars, Kate Bush, Spiritualised, Mott The Hoople, Ronnie Lane/Slim Chance, Serge Gainsbourg, Stephen Bishop, Pete Wingfield, Herb Alpert, Colin Blunstone, The Temptations, Superstar, PFM, Carole King, early Rod Stewart/Faces , Gallagher & Lyle, The Move, Ronnie Lane, Dean Friedman, Delfonics, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Curtis Mayfield, Tower of Power, America, Talk Talk, Andy Fairweather-Low, Alan Price, XTC, Elvis Costello, Elliot Smith, The Strawbs, Ivor Cutler, Nico, Evelyn Waugh, Divine Comedy, Manic Street Preachers, early Genesis, Stella Street, Nick Drake, Roy Wood/Move/Wizzard, Van Dyke Parks, Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, The Monkees, Wings, John Martyn, Miro, Klee, Kandinsky, Be-Bop Deluxe, The Boo Radleys, Polyphonic Spree, Andrew Gold, Debussy, Laura Nyro, Bobby Goldsboro, The Commodores, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin, Mike Oldfield, Orange Juice/Edwyn Collins, Scott Walker/Walker Brothers, Viv Stanshall, Coronation Street, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Still Game, NME(in the 70s), Crosby Stills and Nash, Paul Weller, Stevie Wonder, Robert Wyatt, Ravel, Margaret Rutherford, Alistair Sim, Fleetwood Mac...

Sounds Like: Bits of the above in a blender
Record Label: Rhythm Of Life/Bendi Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Affairs Of The Heart" Review

Click here to read a review of the first Skyline album "Affairs Of The Heart": http://www.leonardslair.co.uk/skyline.htm
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:12:00 GMT

"Higher Reaches" available here in CD and download formats

Higher ReachesSkyline » Bendi Records BEN-CD-013 2007   Tracks: 1. Peace Of Mind / 2. Swings And Roundabouts / 3. Time / 4. Forget / 5. Why? / 6. Promised Land / 7. No Telling / 8. Ch...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:06:00 GMT

"Higher Reaches" Review

Click here to read a review of "Higher Reaches" in Leonard's Lair: http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/review-skyline- higher-reaches/
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:45:00 GMT

Debut album "Affairs Of The Heart" available from www.rolinc.co.uk only £4.99 + p&p

..> ..> Skyline Affairs Of The Heart cd £4.99 ROL-007 In stock     Skyline is the new projectformed by multi-instrumentalist songwritersJeremy Thoms and AndyWalke...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:58:00 GMT