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Introduction..... thefancydressparty are a mixed bunch, hailing from South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, and playing melo-dramatic folk songs, about rural england, adventures and escape.The band consists of 7 members, in what seems to be an ever-expanding project.They also like their name to be written completely joint-up in lower case. This rarely happens, but when it does it makes them very happy.** ELEMENOPEE 3-TRACK, RECORDED MAY 08'; OFF THE BEATEN TRACK 3-TRACK, RECORDED AUGUST 08'
You can get Off The Beaten Track digitally from:

Or you can buy both Off The Beaten Track & Elemenopee for £2.00 by clicking here:We like to play live. Anywhere and everywhere. For bookings contact: [email protected] or alternatively send us a message on here.
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Member Since: 3/26/2006
Band Website: FatBoySlim holds the answer
Band Members: Candice Paffey * Esta Abbott * Harrison Boddy * Joe Gibbons * Mary Latimer * Tom Jones * Trefor Jones playing --- Accordion, Balalaika, Clarinet, Double Bass, Drums, Electric Bass, Glockenspiel, Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin, Megaphone, Melodica, Percussion, Recorder, Ukuleles, Violin, Voices
Influences: We like Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Architecture in Helsinki, Guillemots, Owen Pallett, Beirut, Modest Mouse, Dr. Dog, Fleet Foxes, Stealing Signs, British Sea Power, Echelon, The National, The Polyphonic Spree, Antony & the Johnsons, Patrick Wolf, Arcade Fire, CocoRosie, Yann Tiersen, The Go! Team, Pascal Comelade, Sufjan Stevens, John Frusciante, The Spinto Band, The Decemberists, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Taraf De Haidouks, Kocani Orkestar, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Scandinavian Music (how general! so Loney, Dear & Sigur Ros, to name but a few), Gamelan, Minimalism, Maximalism * Shropshire, Essex, the garden of England, the South-West Coast of England, Slovenia (the Broccolli country), the Hills, the Woods, Non-Fiction/Fiction, Old Suitcases, Odd Socks, Dinner Bells, World Cinema, Sobriety, New Sounds, Old Places, New Discoveries, Familiar Faces.
Sounds Like: "i really do love your music it reminds me of the feeling you get when you see the first christmas lights up of the year" jenny marie of florida
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

April 09' - Gigs!! Woodwind!! Recording!!

Hello friends. Whether far, and wide and on the other side, or from close around or in the next town...we have news to put forth from thefancydressparty camp.Since we last played in January, we've all...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:51:00 GMT

Off The Beaten Track now on iTunes, Amazon and more!

Hello there! Hope you are all well. We are excited to announce that our latest EP; Off The Beaten Track is available digitally on a number of music provider sites for around 79p per track (£2.37 for t...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:39:00 GMT

ACCORDIONIST

Good evening.Any Accordion players out there?!Yes? Well, if all of the following applies to you please get in touch with us:1) You play Piano Accordion2) You are currently located in ESSEX or East Lon...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:31:00 GMT

3 CDs for £2.50

Hello all.We are currently selling 3 CDs for £2.50 plus p&p.This includes the last couple of 3 tracks we've recorded, Elemenopee & Off The Beaten Track.The button to the link is on the main page, belo...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:09:00 GMT

Happy New Year

thefancydressparty would like to wish all our friends, far and wide a very happy introduction into 2009! 2008 has been an exciting year for us for many reasons: Firstly, we welcomed a sixth member int...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:12:00 GMT

Summer 2008: An update no.3

Hello friends, far and wide. First off we hope you've all been having a wonderful summer, and for those of you in the Southern hemisphere a brilliant winter. It's a while since we've wrote but things ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:04:00 GMT

Demo of the Week on ArtRocker.Com

This week we're demo of the week on artrocker.com, which is most wonderful. The band XX Teens did a Demo Kitchen for the website and have said some nice things about our 3 track, Elemenopee....
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Mar 2008: An update No.2

Hello dearest chums. Once more we have a lot of news to share with you..... Yesterday we finally recorded some new material; our usual set opener, Roly-Poly and after a long period without recording, ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:52:00 GMT

Jan 2008: An update

Hello dearest friends new and old.Just wanted to update you on what's happening at thefancydressparty camp.Firstly there are a couple of new tracks up on our page at the moment. These were recorded in...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:10:00 GMT