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''Crafting tales of lost love, daily monotony and urban decay, industrial experimental rock act MOVETOCONNECT bridge the gap between Joy Division & The Chameleons brand of northern post-punk and contemporary dancable art rock'' - Friend Rock

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Member Since: 24/05/2006
Band Members: movetoconnect will always be:
Jonny Boxall on drums/percussion/backing vocals
Shaun Glowa on guitars/percussion/backing vocals
J Hughes on bass/guitars/vocals/words

Influences: Jonny is informed by: Keith Moon, The Stone Roses, Dizzee Rascal, Rumble Strips, Mystery Jets, Larrikin Love, Jamie T, David Bowie, Just Ice & KRS 1, Mr Scruff, Statik, MDMA, glowsticks, pauls mum and marlboro lights.
Shaun is informed by: Daft Punk, Dj Shadow, Forward Russia, Depeche Mode, We are Scientists, 65 Days of Static, Sunshine Underground, Good Shoes, The Verve, Unkle, Bloc Party, Chemical Brothers, The Rakes, Interpol, Happy Mondays, Lemon Jelly, The Ordinary Boys (old stuff), The Prodigy, Electronica, Techno, Break Beat, Indie, anything you can dance to.
J is informed by: Beecher, Bloc Party, Joy Division, New Order, The Chameleons, The Smiths, The Cure, The Sound, Simple Minds, Ozric Tentacles, Love of Diagrams, Number Girl, Shai Hulud, The Departure, Amusement Parks On Fire, metal, hardcore, punk, electro pop, northern soul, trance...this that and the other.

Sounds Like: From comments that others have made: Sonic Youth/Placebo without a girl singer/early Who/Arctic Monkeys/The Others/Pink Floyd/Interpol/Joy Division/...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead/My Vitriol/New Order/Bloc Party/Magazine/Movement/The Fall/Mark E Smith/My Bloody Valentine/The Killers/Mark Burgess
www.post-punk.com added us to their lists of post-punk, avant-garde bands that feature classic bands such as Joy Division, The Chameleons, Gang Of Four and Siouxsie & The Banshees as well as many modern bands such as Bloc Party, The Departure, Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes that share some of the aesthetics of the original post-punk era.

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That's Not A Knife... (This Is A Knife) There is a club/in the heart of the city/the pavements here/are strewn with/discarded/Indie Night flyers/Your heart is as cold/and twice as hard/as the pavement...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT