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About Me


“With its acoustic guitar driven coolness, emotive lyrics and hint of blues, Squire is underground with mainstream appeal...an international sound that demands attention.”
Australian Music Online.
Since forming in Australia, Squire continue to evolve as a band having spent more than two years on the road which has brought them across the globe with live shows across Europe, including supporting Wolfmother and also showcasing at the "In The City" festival in Manchester.
Embracing the excitement and charisma experienced through their European travels, Squire are now based in the hub of Berlin recording their debut album in the former DDR propaganda studios “Planet Roc”.
In particular, Michael and Damian have recently spent a lot of time writing a full orchestral score for their debut album “Your Love Grows In The Sunshine”. “Whether or not the entire score will be used in the final mix is undecided”, Michael says. “We knew that certain songs required the grand scale of an orchestra. Immersing ourselves in experimenting with classical arrangements in our brand of song-writing certainly appealed to us – so we continued the process for songs which hadn’t originally been conceived in that fashion”.
Damian adds; “it is a long process to write a score for the entire record, plus B-sides, over 400 sheets of music so far for 16 voices – but when you hear the results you feel the grandness and richness of these songs come to life”.
Squire ended 2007 playing live shows with a string quartet, which has now grown to playing with their own ‘scaled’ orchestra of 16 pieces at performances in Berlin in early 2008.
A release date for the highly anticipated debut record will be announced soon.
Regularly visit us for upcoming live performance dates and tour schedules.

SQUIRE - Gimme Feeling

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Member Since: 05/02/2006
Band Website: www.squireonline.net
Band Members: Michael Smart
Damian Giambazi

Influences: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Robert Zimmerman, Johnny Winter, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Oasis, Sir George Martin.

Record Label: Publishing by: Warner Chappell

My Blog

Love Spreads In the Valley Below

Wooooopppsss...I forgot to sign in ;(It was realised today that we haven't signed in the ol' myspace for a good length of time...apologies for that - but many many thanx for all the messages and news ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:55:00 GMT

Live with String Quartet an all

Dear all, coming into the winter months here in Berlin, so we've put together some real rays of warmth!!Damian and I are taking to the stage with a String Quartet and will be performing arrangements o...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:32:00 GMT

Moving Forwards...Get Back!!!!

Pushing forwards into the second half of 2007 we are finally getting back to the live stages!!!Catch Live Acoustic Sessions in Berlin starting in August as we also continue production with the debut s...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:49:00 GMT

squireonline.com

Ok, so I have been a little slack recently with the updating of squireonline.com.Just little scraps of news and not really letting you all in to see what we're up to,well I stayed up late last night a...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:11:00 GMT

Best wishes for the new year :D

We wish sincerely all the best for all in 2007!!!Thankyou for all the love and support, we will see you all on the road, in your cars, on your iPod, in your bedrooms, in the air very soon!!!Your Love ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:12:00 GMT

Album production starts

And so, after many months playing live through Europe, we are hibernating to the creative wonderland of Planet Roc Studios in Berlin Germany to record the debut album. Production will start late Nove...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:22:00 GMT

Gimme Feeling bound for top 20 on iTunes ITC release.

"Gimme Feeling" has been chosen to feature on this years ITC festival CD release. Last year the album made it Top 20 in the UK... this year is sure to go higher in the charts :DVisit iTunes here to pr...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:03:00 GMT

sQuire LIVE October & November

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Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:56:00 GMT

Gimme.... a featured video on sonicbids...

well firstly i'd just like to apoplogise for not putting up some more of our personal vids :( No excuses... I'm sorry.But on a brighter note "Gimme Feeling" is the featured video on Sonicbids (http://...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:47:00 GMT

Gimme Gimme: Online NOW

With the release of the new video for sQuire's "Gimme Feeling", online fans have the unique chance to download a LIVE recording of sQuire performing the Rolling Stones' classic "Gimme Shelter"....Get ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:04:00 GMT