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Fanfarlo

THE MORE I THINK IT THE BETTER IT GETS

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"This is, in my opinion, fall in love, take no prisoners pop at its very best. They're out for your heart, get ready to have it stolen."
- Clare Charles, www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk

Current Release: (Split 7" vinyl single with Sleeping States) Harold T. Wilkins Out now on Felt Tip Records, and available to buy from the Felt Tip online store or digitally from itunes !

"The London-based sextet otherwise known as Fanfarlo produce sounds on Harold T. Wilkins that’s so folky, rustic and rich that it’s nearly possible to imagine them in the form of a Digestive biscuit." - Bandidge.com

...And our previous release: Fire Escape / We Live By The Lake on White Heat Records is still available to buy on CD or as a white vinyl 7" from the White Heat online store !

Our second single: Outsiders / In The Trunk on Club Fandango is still available to buy on 7" only from the Club Fandango label shop !

Fanfarlo are one of those bands you wish you discovered... Each of their songs is a melodic gem. [...] so luminescent we could almost be fooled into thinking that it's summertime. ****
- The Independent

"...there's about 20 of them (six), and they're all perfect. Friendly, fierce, wayward, timid, subtle, versatile, other things... From the moment their first song prickles the room, their charm is offensively powerful. What is most clear about Fanfarlo, though, is the world that Aurell has built around himself and the uniting, intangible purpose that each song has - they crush every ounce of effort and emotion through the narrowest of pop margins so that its power spurts out in a colourful explosion at every climax."
- Drowned In Sound

I've heard four or five of Fanfarlo's songs now, and, like a few of my other favourites, they have that particular knack of being able to create uplifting music that's blessed with a delicious melancholia at the same time. [...] I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot more of Fanfarlo.
- David Bowie

Playlouder - Single Of The Week (strike 2!)
If you think of pop music as a busy kitchen in a leading restaurant - they seem to have tossed all the key ingredients of a perfect indie-pop stew into the melancholiwok and styled a dish that Camera Obscura or Shout Out Louds for instance would be happy to gorge upon.
- Playlouder

Possibly the single of the year so far. - Indie MP3

Swedish indie with wit and invention... brilliant.
- Mixmag

It's rare that a song with such delicacy could have such an overwhelming impact on you. [...] Something quite significant is going to happen to this band. 4.5/5
- Gigwise

Playlouder - Single Of The Week (strike 1)
It's increasingly evident that Fanfarlo's brilliance lies in their ability to craft heartfelt pop songs with the most delicate of tools without ever appearing twee, lacking in ambition, or smug.

- Playlouder

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/25/2006
Band Website: fanfarlo.com
Band Members:

Amos - drums & percussion, vocals
Cathy - violin, keys, mandolin, glock, vocals, saw
Justin - bass, banjo, dancing
Leon - trumpet, keys, glock
Mark - guitar, keys, vocals, accordian, fanfarlophone
Simon - vocals, guitar, keys, mandolin, sax, glock

Bookings: [email protected]

Management: [email protected]


Influences: Mixtapes, dancing in ridiculous ways, Sweden, London, funny shoes, Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pavement, Broken Social Scene, Verlaines, Orange Juice, Tigermilk, Funeral, Talking Heads, Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Sparklehorse, Pavement, Olivia Tremor Control, A Classic Education
Sounds Like:

All the above.


Black Cab Session:

Video for the Fire Escape single:

Video for You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us:
Record Label: None. But 7"s w/ FortunaPOP, Fandango, White Heat
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Recording an album

So we've made it to Connecticut, to Tarquin Studios where we're going to be putting our album together over the next couple of months.  It's a great studio, on the top floor of this amazing old h...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:55:00 PST

Video Diary - Summer festivals part 2

Hello, so here's the second half of my video diary for the summer... the second half of the summer festivals.  It's been a good one!  You may spot the general theme of Justin prooving that h...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:23:00 PST

Multiblog!

Hi!I realised that although we are always adding stuff to our web site www.fanfarlo.com we've neglected myspace... so here's a few of the more recent blogs for you copied from the web site... Back fro...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:49:00 PST

Fanfarlo at Latitude Festival!

Hello,Just a last minute notice to anyone heading to Latitude Festival in Suffolk, UK this weekend.Fanfarlo are playing the Obelisk Arena (main stage) at 3:30pm on Saturday 19th July.View the latest L...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:07:00 PST

Video Diary - Summer festivals part 1

Here's our last 5 video diary entries from our web site...Mark.x                            &nb...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PST

Fanfarlo at SXSW - Texas diary

Fanfarlo at SXSW... part 1 March 12 2008 Well we’ve made it to Austin, Texas for SXSW& and our instruments have just caught up with us after they went on a detour somewhere at Dallas airport. So...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:00:00 PST

Harold T. Wilkins single launch

Thanks loads to everyone who came to ours and Sleeping States' single launch at The Luminaire in London (set list below), or to our other joint launch gigs (and Resident Records instore) in Brighton a...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:55:00 PST

2007

Hello!  It's the end of 2007, and it's been a pretty amazing year for us really... January: We flew off to Sweden for our first gig there and played at the amazing Debaser clubFebruary: We releas...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:13:00 PST

Fanfarlo Love Sweden

We've just got back from two gigs in Sweden - in Stockholm then Malmo, both at the Debaser clubs in each city... I got back and slept for 18 hours before waking up and realising I'd not eaten for 24.....
Posted by Fanfarlo on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:19:00 PST

album demo step 1: get some rhythm

amos and simon spent the weekend with their new friend oli making sweet drums sounds... amos' writes >>> oli lives in a laptop: We used the latest mixing desk available. It's even ...
Posted by Fanfarlo on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:30:00 PST