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The Sproutts

About Me



Wellington indie-pop quartet The Sproutts are proud to announce the release of their brand new album:

WOMAN, MAN, AND MACHINE!

In their last album, ‘Plutons’, the Sproutts surfed through space to the dwarf-planets at the end of our solar system. In WMAM, the Sproutts crash back down to earth to find that, in their absense, someone has moved in on their women. WMAM explores the complex relationship between humans and technology- love, sex, jelousy, redundancy, and paranoia.

Available now fromwww.amplifier.co.nz

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/24/2006
Band Website: www.thesproutts.com
Band Members: Chris (vox, gtr, theremin) / Vorn (org, theremin, mandolin) / Thomas (vox, electric vn, org) / Ian (drums)
Influences: Guided by Voices, the Muttonbirds, the 3Ds, Matthew Sweet, The Reduction Agents, Bachelorette, Pinback, Vorn, Peneloping, the Chills, The Verlaines, Optaginally Yours, Onanon, Belle and Sebastian, the Shrugs, Elsies Fingers, Jeff Buckley, Suede, Chris Knox, Toy Love, the Beatles, the Kinks, TV themes...
Sounds Like: What people in the 60s thought music would sound like in the future.
Record Label: The Sproutts
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Audacity of Hope- Sproutts on Kiwi FM top 10

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that New Zealand is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the po...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 01:30:00 GMT

Sproutts in KiwiFM Mash-up

KIWI FM AND THE NEW ZEALAND ROCKSHOP PRESENT: THE KIWI MASH UP Kiwi FM and the New Zealand Rockshop are sending I.A.N. to a town near you! In case you havent been properly introduced I.A...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:30:00 GMT

The Sproutts on Amie Street

Some Sproutts songs can now be heard on a new website called Amie Street:http://amiestreet.com/artist/21695Amie Street uses a variable pricing structure- each song starts out free and goes up to US98 ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Plutons- Kiwi FM album of the week

"Plutons" will be Kiwi FM album of the week for the week beginning 17 September 2007. Tune in to win free copies of Plutons and to hear songs from the album. You'll also hear funny advertising jingles...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:09:00 GMT

New Sproutts drummer!

The Sproutts are pleased to announce that their new drummer is Ian Wilson, of Mestar fame. Gigs will be announced soon.
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:48:00 GMT

Sproutts on National Radio's 'The Mix'

The Sproutts feature on 'The Mix' this week on National Radio. You can stream the interview, complete with snippets from Plutons, from http://www.radionz.co.nz/popular/music/talk
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 23:20:00 GMT

Plutons reviewed in National Radio

Nick Bollinger reviewed "Plutons" on National Radio on 15 May 2007 on the Sampler. You can stream the review from the National Radio website
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 23:17:00 GMT

"Plutons" reviewed by Cheese on Toast

The new Sproutts album "Plutons" has been reviewed by the excellent NZ music e-zine "Cheese on Toast". The review describes "Plutons" as glorious, wonderful, lush infections etc etc. The review also m...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:59:00 GMT

Chris interviewed for Belgian blog

Chris Sproutt has been interviewed on a prominent Belgian blog devoted to indie music. See the interview at: http://popncherries.skynetblogs.be/post/4278353/the-sproutts
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:50:00 GMT