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Moira Stewart

give a little love and it all comes back to you

About Me

we are moira stewart, we play and music and we like it very much and it's good and we like to play live and dance and it's good and fun and we laugh and we have an album, it's on a cd and we like it. then we woke up and it was all a dream. the end.
Moira Stewart - Sweetness, Yes!
Digipack CD Album
OUT NOW!!!
Buy now from:
Distraction Records
fakeindielabel
Buy 'Sweetness, Yes!' from itunes!
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Nice smooth upbeat pop that is often reminiscent of electronic-based pop bands from the 1980s. Sweetness, Yes! is a pure feelgood album. The rhythms are danceable and upbeat...the instrumentation simple and appropriate...and the vocals are subdued and hit the target. The best comparison we can come up with here...is that Moira Stewart sounds something like a cross between Depeche Mode and Joy Electric. Instantly likable simple pop played with passion and integrity. Happy music. (Rating: 5)
Babysue
My first encounter with Moira Stewart, for their debut album, is a straight shot of joy. It has great hooks, rock-dance inspired songs, funny samples, multi-vocals. In all great pop tunes, and this time I mean pop tunes. I am no record industry mogul, nor will I ever see big cash rolling in but if Moira Stewart won't be big with their uptempo, quirky electro-rock pop tunes who will? For the ten tracks, thirty-four minutes (how more classic pop-length do you want it), this has put one big smile on my face.
Vital Weekly
Moira Stewart concoct delightfully corrupting buzz sawing electro candy pop that's perkily primed with a ridiculously infectious effervescent euphoria. Moira Stewart rally to the clarion call of a nation of lovelorn bedsits, indelibly twee in statue these effervescent lo-fi treats tingle with nuzzling fuzzy glee.
Incurably cute and frisky, once the lids lifted off 'Sweetness, Yes!' its like a summer holiday schools out parade. Bonkers but superb with it.

Losing Today
Here’s an album to put a smile on your face. Sweetness, Yes! the new release from Wallsend electro-poppers Moira Stewart is a joyful mix of 80’s synths, indie guitars and quirky sampling.
Simple, infectious, happy tunes come thick and fast - all linked together with weird and often very funny sampling and chat.

Buzzin music blog
Album of the week (13th March 2008)
Huw Stephens Radio 1
Debut album from the Newcastle-based band and it’s a joyous carousel of fun and glad tidings. Skipping around the electro/pop minefield with giddy abandon, the album sounds something like The Lightening Seeds’ Ian Broudie and Erasure’s Vince Clark penning songs for Hot Chip whilst filtering it through the spirit of Technique era New Order. Yes, that great.
The Crack
This hugely impressive debut could teach Hot Chip a lesson in the art of concise, punchy songwriting - with every track offering layers of gorgeous harmonies. Sweetness, Yes! is somewhat of a belter.
Narc Magazine
The curiously named Moira Stewart get immediate novelty points and they actually come up with a sweeping, atmospheric blend of electro dance in the spirit of Kraftwerk at the 60’s pop disco with Soft Cell after they’ve copped off with The Pet Shop Boys – another smart diversion. MMM ½ .
Manchester Music review.
we got a crap review from teletext as well.
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Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: distractionrecords.com
Band Members: paul, alex and leon.
Influences: pop music
the mr. men
shambolic bands who treat playing music as fun
the relief you feel when you think you've stood on a snail, but it just turns out to be a very big crisp
great house parties you went to when you were a teenager
blissful ambient music / warm upbeat electronica
drum 'n' bliss
friendly egoless down to earth pretentionless attitudes
the moment when you feel a little bit drunk on a hot summer's day
figurine
barcelona
jonathan richman
food fight
80's party hits
vince clarke
break up's
longing
C86 indie
prince
bad dancing
bananarama
jokey self-depreciation
80's house music
ivor cutler
new order
endearing simplicity
sarah records
factory records
random un thought out my space influences
B-52's
self awareness
joyous abandonment of unecessary worries and self doubt
i am robot and proud
etc etc blah blah blah

(most live photo's by Richard Bartram.. thanks Richard!!)

Sounds Like: Erotic mayhem.

Record Label: Cabin Boy/ Distraction
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Moira Stewart Remixes!

Hello, hello! Watch this space for remixes of  'Sweetness, Yes!'. On board so far are: Sweet Trip, D_rradio, Cathode, Ok Ikumi, Dot Tape Dot, Dressed in Wires, Mood4, Junobot, Phasmid, Rumskib, ...
Posted by Moira Stewart on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:53:00 PST

Our debut album (Sweetness, yes!) out now !!

Hi there sexy, The news is: Our debut album (Sweetness, yes!) is out now!! You can order copies from www.distractionrecords.com and www.myspace.com/fakeindielabel xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Posted by Moira Stewart on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:44:00 PST

Moira Stewart on Skins/ album launch party !!!

Hello!! happy new year and all that! here is the latest exciting moira news: One of our songs will be used on the new series of the E4 programme 'Skins' (episode 9)!! Unfortunately Paul Williams ...
Posted by Moira Stewart on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:43:00 PST

our single and e.p are out now!! wow!!

Hello!!! our split single with the wonderful Blackflower is out to buy from www.cabinboy.co.uk now!!! free copies of our e.p 'do as you're bloody well told' are also available from cabin boy and from...
Posted by Moira Stewart on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:05:00 PST

the head of steam have banned glitter.

due to our last gig at the head of steam, there has no been a 'glitter ban from all future performances'. we would like to offer our apologies to the cleaners and staff for causing upset. we try ...
Posted by Moira Stewart on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:40:00 PST

we have some video footage, check it out!!!

If your interested we have a short video clip from one our gigs in our 'vids' section  (obviously!) tanks!
Posted by Moira Stewart on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:28:00 PST

jokes!!!!!!

Alex invents his own very crap jokes, here are an assortment  of them. WARNING THEY ARE EXTREMELY TERRIBLE!! What does a funny golfer shout? "Guf-fore!" I was having a cigarette on a boat wh...
Posted by Moira Stewart on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:33:00 PST