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The Sails

Classic Sunshine Sound With Modern Edge and Energy

About Me

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The Sails are a visually and sonically captivating band, possessing radiant harmonies, vibrant energy and a powerful, sunshine sound.

Previously, the work of enlivened front man, songwriter and producer Michael Gagliano was met with much critical acclaim by the music press in the UK and Europe. Credits include a 4* review in MOJO magazine. "BRITAIN'S BEST YOUNG POWERPOP ACT" ***** MOJO

"MAGICAL" **** Q
"SOMETHING SPECIAL" **** KERRANG
The eponymously titled debut album delivers timeless song writing covered with The Sails immense harmonies and brilliant guitar sound.
Available now from www.itunes.com


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/6/2006
Band Website: thesails.co.uk
Band Members:

Influences: The Beatles, Brian Wilson The Cardigans, Burt Bacharach Phil Spector, Billy Liar, Spiritulized,Marvin Gaye, The Jam , The Who, The Small Faces, The Kinks, Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Jellyfish,The La's, Friday night Saturday Morning, Alfie,Blow Up, Super furry animals, Big Star,The leauge of gentlemen,Get Carter, The Monkees, Jay-Z, Echo and the bunnymen,The Beta Band.
Sounds Like: The Sails
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Isle of Wight Festival 2007

We had a great time at the Isle of Wight festival, the show went really well. Watched The Bees on Saturday night, great sound, very good. Also saw The Small Fakers on Sunday as The Small Fa...
Posted by The Sails on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:29:00 PST

Reviews

By Jeremy Chick, Editor In Chief - www.subba-cultcha.com With those chiming guitars a la Byrds, the honey coated west coast harmonies and beat-pop flourishes - Michael Gagliano has again struck the bu...
Posted by The Sails on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:12:00 PST

Racking Up Reviews

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/Issues/2006-09-07/music/rotatio ns4.htmlHail the Sails, Great Britain's latest buzz band. Essentially a guise  for a one-man musical operation  multi-instrumentalist ...
Posted by The Sails on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:49:00 PST

We're in the Charts!!!

we have our first ever chart success! Look! http://kxci.publicbroadcasting.net/weeklycharts.html KXCI radio in Tuscon Arizona have got our album in at number 54, just behind ...
Posted by The Sails on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:04:00 PST

Carry On With The Reviews............

..> Thursday, August 31st, 2006 5:05 pm[mtoland] The Sails - s/tTHE SAILS The Sails(Rainbow Quartz) Primarily the work of one Michael Gagliano, the debut album from the Sails pays tribute to the h...
Posted by The Sails on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:10:00 PST

............And another one........

This journalistic offering is from Andy Whitman at allmusic.com http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:otjqoararijn The Sails Comment On This Review We really can't complain about being compa...
Posted by The Sails on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:09:00 PST

Reviews Rolling In

We are getting some great reviews from journalists and bloggers in the USA. But it really is all about getting on the road and putting on a show. We're booked to play at the DVLC Scooter ra...
Posted by The Sails on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:23:00 PST

Radio Play

We've been getting good feedback from our record company about the radio play that is coming our way in the USA. There are a whole heap of radio stations all over the US that our playing tracks from ...
Posted by The Sails on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:26:00 PST

Scooter Festival

We've just received confirmation that we will be playing at an Essex music and scooter festival on Saturday 2nd September. Full details to follow...................... Now our record ha...
Posted by The Sails on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:49:00 PST

Album On Sale

Our first album was officially released in the USA on 27th June and we have tracks being played on New York radio (See Myself) 90.5 Radio WXXE-FM www.wxxe.org The due date for release in the...
Posted by The Sails on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:21:00 PST