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Amphibic are set for their second release on Haldern Pop Recordings. The UberEp ’THERE WERE MILLIONS OF THEM’, will see the light of day at the end of May. It contains 6 gorgeous songs, that were recorded at Toneform Studios Germany as well as at Graceland and 54 Chippenham in London (the latter being Neal’s old place where a lot of the production was done).A German tour is being prepared as we speak and the band is continuing to record stuff for the next album. Amphibic are signed to Germany’s Haldern Pop label and have started looking for more international partners interested in releasing the band’s output on license in various other markets.Following the debut album’s release the band graced the main stage at Haldern Pop in 2004 and were on the same bill as Keane, Starsailor, Paul Weller, The Kings of Leon and the Divine Comedy.The Divine Comedy even borrowed Celine for their orchestra that night.Last year saw the arrival of Joakim Persson on bass guitar, who added an interesting pop sensibility and his very own understated Swedish enthusiasm to proceedings. This fact means that the rhythm section has gone completely ’Scandinavian’, with Sebastian Sternberg from Denmark on drums.The Amphibic sound has become faster, more electric and the songs are more direct and edgy as Amphibic are digging into their vast collection of tube amps and and are willingly using organs, synths, pianos and any other sound necessary to achieve their aims.

Britain: www.amazon.co.uk
International: www.jpc.de
German speakers: www.amazon.de
Downloads: www.apple.com/itunes

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Member Since: 2/20/2006
Band Website: amphibic.co.uk
Band Members: Neal Hoffmann, vocals, guitars, keys
Ollie Barnes, guitars, piano, bvocals
Joakim Persson, bass
Celine Barry, cello, piano
Sebastian Sternberg, drums

(bass on Film in my Head was provided by Shez Raja...we wish him well)
Influences: Jeff Buckley, Cardigans, Radiohead, Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Jewel, Death Cab for Cutie, Nirvana, White Stripes, Bjork, Feeder, Paul Weller, Johnny Cash, Starsailor, Moby, Doves, Pattie Smith, Coldplay, Coem, Travis, Beatles, Beach Boys, Beady Belle, Nina Simone, Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, Coem, Jose Gonzales, Damien Rice, Editors, Orson, Neil Young, Beck, Das Pop, Kraftwerk, Snow Patrol, Train, Ephemera, William Hut, Magnet..... ACDC

Downloads: www.apple.com/itunes
CDs: www.jcp.de
Germany: www.amazon.de
Label: www.haldern-pop.de
Network: www.last.fm

Sounds Like: Amphibic www.last.fm/amphibic
Record Label: http://www.haldern-pop.de
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

days in the life (of a songwriter) 20

Well well well, we're quite a bit into 2008 as you might have noticed........ right let's tidy up the end of 2007 .... did some more translation of press releases for an interesting electronic Dance l...
Posted by Amphibic on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:09:00 PST

days in the life 19 (catch up issue.........aaaaaaaaahh)

right you lot!! ............... i know, it's been some time!!!!!!!!!! what happened...........well quite a few things. Will try and give you a quick overview......so we can start over with a clean sla...
Posted by Amphibic on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:10:00 PST

days in the life 18 .........(almost off on summer break!!!)

i have booked my ferry ticket for next Thursday morning 6am, which means i'll have to jump into the car at around 3am in order to get across London and head for the coast. Well as some of you may know...
Posted by Amphibic on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:59:00 PST

days in the life 17....... it's better to play than not to play

right, what i'm saying is that i played an acoustic set which almost came out of the blue. Spoke to my mate Andy at the 12 Bar last week and asked him whether he had any slots left between now and the...
Posted by Amphibic on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:51:00 PST

days in the life 16 ........... (or, I sleep with guitars)

it's not a reflection of what has happened to my sex life recently (gone down to zero) but still, there are so many guitars in my room and so little space. Which means i ended up with a...
Posted by Amphibic on Sat, 12 May 2007 11:21:00 PST

days in the life 15

right, we did manage to meet up for a pic, at least 3 of us.....on Good Friday, dug out a tripod which had been hiding in my wardrobe for the last decade or so and connected it to Joakim's digi camera...
Posted by Amphibic on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:00:00 PST

hopefully a lot more days in the life for Alan!!

please help having the BBCs reporter in Gaza, Alan Johnston, released by clicking on the link below and signing the petition!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6518185.stm...
Posted by Amphibic on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:00:00 PST

days in the life 14.... (turning into a radio whore)

well yes...(sorry it's been such a long time but March just f****** flew by)...i'm doing my usual Saturday morning job which is pressing a few buttons on Rick Wakeman's Planet Rock show. If you've rea...
Posted by Amphibic on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:02:00 PST

days in the life 13.........(recording diary)

little blues (mouth) harp excursion :) a few tips for anyone wanting to play harmonica, you know this little metal bar type thing that you can blow into and suck on and create melodies at the same tim...
Posted by Amphibic on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:20:00 PST

happy to be on Last Fm......

real quick one here.....today Amphibic and the other Haldern Pop acts joined the fray at Last Fm. Last Fm provide a special service to their users, of which there are many ...... millions..... As i un...
Posted by Amphibic on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:41:00 PST