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Vapour Trail

Soaring tunes made by sawing guitars & sore heads

About Me

Vapour Trail started off as a solo acoustic act with Rob Davies, who never wanted to play in another band. Ever.
The next morning however, feeling sad lonely and solo, Rob let his mates in, the 4-piece Vapour Trail making their debut at Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London Town.
Honing their live act over the next year, Vapour Trail greet 2008 with new EP You’ve Been Framed, ready for you and yours.
***** NOW MASTERED, BRAND NEW FOR 2008!! *****
You've Been Framed (2008)
Track Listing:
1. Electricity Travelling Through Metal
2. Stitches
3. Waterfall
4. I've Got this Riff...
5. Pretty Alone
6. You've Been Framed
7. T.O.T.W
Description: Finished at long long last! Mighty proud of this one, plenty of sawing guitars and a sprinkling of electronic beeps'n'beats, as well as some big ol' orchestral arrangements...

Extended Play (2006)
Track Listing:
1. Iceberg
2. Ferris Sun
3. Make Up
4. Monkeys in Human Suits
5. The Audience is Listening
6. Slow Gaze
Description: Top songs, lush arrangements and monkey sounds - what more can you ask for? To listen to more clips, go to:
www.myspace.com/vapourtrailEP

Vapour Trail (2003-5)
Track Listing:
1. Someday My Prince Will Come
2. Another Day
3. Safe House
4. Vapour Trail
5. Nuts
6. Bombers
7. Get Better
8. Acre Blue
9. Animal Charms
10. How Does It Feel?
Description: Early songs which go from acoustica to trip-hop to Bowie-sampling riffage. A solo effort, combining Rob's 1st two home EPs (Nobby lends his sticks on 3 tracks) - to listen to more clips, go to:
www.myspace.com/vapourtrail2005

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/5/2006
Band Website: You're on it
Band Members: The Vapour Trailblazers, with an assortment of friends, distorted family and distended pet sounds...
Influences: Arcade Fire, Wilco, Guillemots, Charlatans, David Bowie, Ride, Primal Scream, Big Star, Mogwai, Massice Attack, Verve, Cocteau Twins, Spiritualized, Velvet Underground, Tindersticks, Cooper Temple Clause, Damien Rice, Leonard Cohen, Suede, Pink Floyd, Tricky, Waterboys, Doves, Portishead and yes, The Style Council - want some, do ya?
Sounds Like: Soaring tunes made by sawing guitars with sore heads.

Vapour Trail became established throughout 2005, firstly as a solo acoustic act. Having made some home recordings, which found their way onto the first eponymous CD Vapour Trail , singer/songwriter (eek) Rob Davies took the plunge into the live arena, playing support to Inspiral Carpets frontman, Tom Hingley and Mark Morriss of Bluetones fame. Repeat bookings were secured at renowned venues like London’s Filthy MacNastys and the Half Moon in Putney.

Having finished the Extended Play EP in January 2006, Rob expanded Vapour Trail into a 4-piece live act, to put across the layered arrangements of the recordings. The band made their live debut at The Vibe Bar in London’s Brick Lane, in August 2006.

Following a string of live shows, the 4-piece went into the studio in early 2007, to start recording the follow-up You've Been Framed, only to lose everything in a government-sized data loss disaster. However, starting again from scratch turned out to be a heavily-disguised blessing, as the results of the re-recorded material, eventually finished in December 2007, far exceed the quality and vibe of the originals, hurrah.

Have a listen, let us know what you think, make us rich and sleep tight in the knowledge that you've done a good thing.

Thanks for listening...
Record Label: If you're offering
Type of Label: None