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Roadside Poppies

Slapdash jangly pop songs

About Me

Roadside poppies started as a one-man project but has become something far greater, a band with lots of members**actual band members may vary. See side of box for details

Songs about summer, flowers, cycling, falling in and out of love and murderous neighbours - the usual indie pop fare.We've played a few gigs in london and around cambridge are always eager to play more. Next week we're off on a little jaunt to denmark and sweden where we're playing a couple of gigs. We'd definitely like to play more or hang out with indie-poppers so get in touch if you think you can help out. We'll love you for it :)New album

We recorded an album in february as part of the rpm challenge (10 songs in 28 days) and have made the entire thing available on our website www.roadside-poppies.com and lastfm .Our first real CD release

The wonderful people at Wee Pop! records have released our first CD. The Cycling and Crying e.p. Numbers are limited so don't wait and grab yours today!. Check it out here: weepop.net/ and lastfm .Get yer hankies ready, 'cos we're on our way. Roadside poppies

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/15/2006
Band Website: roadside-poppies.com
Band Members:

    Duncan (keyboard, vocals, melodica and Tina Turner impressions) Martin (vocals, bass, guitar) Matloob (vocals, bass, guitar, harmonica) Nick (guitar, glockenspiel and accordion) Adam (guitar and bass)

Influences: We're rather easily influenced so let's just say indie, pop and indiepop for the moment?
Sounds Like: The most beautiful and profound thoughts about the mystery that is life, filtered through the brains of folk who, on average, hate mayonnaise.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

befriend the roadside poppies in denmark and sweden

Hi everyone (but particularly danes and swedes),We've got a couple of gigs in Denmark and Sweden coming up in a weeks time.We''ll be playing KaninKanon V on Saturday the 15th. The lineup is amazing an...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:51:00 PST

A message for Blanca

Hi Blanca,We got your message and would love to play but I can't reply to your message without being on your friends list. So you'll have to send a friend request. Alternatively, you can email us on r...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:09:00 PST

EP out on Wee Pop! records

Our first release, the Cycling and Crying e.p,. is the first release out on Wee Pop! records. We're really excited about the amount of love folks at Wee Pop! have put into it. The single is limited to...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:27:00 PST

New album: One day you won't feel a thing

So we finished our album for the rpm challenge. 10 songs in 28 days. Myself and Martin wrote all the songs. His were recorded on his lonesome in Geneva whilst I had a bit of help from Naomi and Adam o...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:40:00 PST

Teaching time to fly

Hello everybody, It's been ages since the last entry, but we've been keeping quite busy. We played two gigs, one in a college bar in November and another in december in my back room. We all had a grea...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:01:00 PST

Taking a break

Hello peeps,Well it's been a while since I posted any new songs or updates on the site. I'm working on two new songs at the moment and one is almost finished and ready to post. Unfortunately for me I'...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:41:00 PST

Back in sunny cambridge

Hello everybody,Actually I've been back a couple of weeks. I went to cyprus and saw sping in full bloom. I even managed to photograph some roadside poppies! I also went to Sweden where I met lots of r...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:26:00 PST

Poppping out for a mo' but the key's under the doormat.

So come in and have a biscuit (jammie dodger or chocolate digestive?). Everything's a bit of a mess at the moment. I've only half-assembled the furniture for the website but it will be in place soon a...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:29:00 PST

Linda Smith

I heard about Linda Smith's death on tuesday, it came out of the blue because she chose to keep her illness private. The news really hit me and I was surprised at how physically I felt it.I don't know...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:08:00 PST

Greetings

Hello, Well this feels very strange. Rather exciting and also a bit daunting. I've been wanting to write and record songs for a very long time but have only managed to get the discipline to do so rec...
Posted by Roadside Poppies on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:07:00 PST