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the parks dept.

About Me

Our EP is out now and you can get it off iTunes or from HMV. You can also get it from Kookydisc who puts out our stuff.

This will take you to a link where you can buy the EP from iTunes...

This is the ***ALL NEW FULL HD VERSION!!!!!!!**** of the official video from The Parks Dept. for the main track 'Saturday' from our debut release 'The Weekend Starts Round Here' on Kooky Records. Directed by Robert Farmer.
http://web.me.com/robert.farmer/

we have done a 6 minute radio podcast, you can listen to it here....
CLICK HERE
there is a live country version of knife crime, and patterns, and a lovely cover of folsom prison blues by johnny cash.!!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/06/2006
Band Website: www.kookydisc.co.uk
Band Members: !!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!! Custom top banner code by Eileen!!! End Code To Apply Top Banner !!!Luke - Main Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion//
Stu - Other Vocals, Keyboards , Percussion//
Josh - Keyboards//
Kev - Bass//
Steve - Guitar//
Dunc - Drums//

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Eamil: [email protected]

ARE WE ON - Live at the Labour Club

DRIVER - Live at the Labour Club

Natural History - BBC Session

Influences: Bands and Singers
Lightning Bolt, Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth, Daft Punk, Johnny Cash, Best Fwends, Hot Chip, USA is a Monster, The Beach Boys, Kris Kristofferson, Death Cab For Cutie, Robots in Disguise, Pink + Brown, Simian, Fugazi, DFA 1979, Klaxons, Test Icicles, Air, The Rapture, Annie, Simon + Garfunkel, The Polyphonic Spree, LCD Soundsystem, Whitey, Grand National, Cut Copy, Postal Service, Vitalic, Soulwax, Playgroup, The Walkmen, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Phoenix, Mouse Finding the Key, Mekon, Viva Voce, Secret Machines, Justice, Broadcast, Thelonious Monk, Graham Coxon, Mogwai, The National, Vive la Fete, Rufus Wainwright, Polar Bear, Whirlwind Heat, Tilly & the Wall, Semifinalists, Gwei, 2raumwohnung, Mylo, Tiga, Miss Kittin, Lien, Queen, Devastatin' Dave - The Turntable Slave (check it out - http://www.indie911.com/users/Devastatin).
Sounds Like: duh, duh, duh, duh, bmm, bmm, bmm bmm, tick, tick, tick, tick, bam, bam, bam, bam, dff, dff, dff, dfffffffffff, b, b, b, b, tkk, tkk, tkk, tkk, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dff, dffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff, neeeeeeeeeeeeooooowwwww, etc.video of us playing 'Knife Crime' as The Country Parks Dept. at Dunster Towers. Many thanks to Mark x
Record Label: Kooky Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

live tracks what you can download

we recorded some live stuff the other day with our sexy new drummer.  they're pretty shoddy recordings but you can download them and listen to them and wet yourself at the prospect of hearing our albu...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:39:00 GMT

slug

o the horror. the horror. my dream is of a slug sliding on the edge of a straight razor and laughing as he goes. yeah he picked up the razor and got some more razors and slid into the water slide at c...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 16:30:00 GMT

more new members

so this is a bit late in coming, as we've like already done our first gig together, but The Parks Dept. are now a 6 piece! we've recruited Josh on keyboards who is in a band called Coconi, and Steve o...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:20:00 GMT

new line up

OkThe Parks Dept. are now a proper full on 4-way electronic nightmare.We have new members. 2 of them.Rory out of Sympathy State. And. Stu out of the Squids.So, we're like a real band now and everythin...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT

the parks dept.

For your convenience the national parks have streamlined their departments.The national parks that we know and love will now be known as The Parks Dept. but you can still enjoy your national park. Esp...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:12:00 GMT