You got your dark times and you got your happy times, we are somewhere in the middle.
We write happy songs about not so happy things, with the intention of making the awful seem not so bad. If you feel that we have made the not so bad seem awful, then we have failed and we apologise. This is Grand Pocket Orchestra in a nutshell and we are yours for the keeping.
Desaparecidos was a short-lived American quintet formed in 2001 in Omaha, Nebraska, fronted by Conor Oberst (vocals, guitar) and featuring Denver Dalley, now of Statistics (guitar), Landon Hedges, now of Little Brazil (bass), Ian McElroy (keyboards), and Matt Baum (drums). This project however was restarted in 2010. Oberst may be better known for his confessional songwriting and storytelling as the lead singer of the popular indie folk band Bright Eyes, but Desaparecidos has a very different flavor.
Jedd Hughes grew up in the small south Australian town of Quorn. His father loved the sounds of Australian traditional country singer Slim Dusty and American icons such as Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins. When he wasn't listening to music at home,
much of his childhood was spent onstage. At age 8, he won first place at the Port Pirie Country Music Festival. One year later, his dad gave him a few guitar lessons, and by age 10, he was playing a custom-made acoustic guitar.
Can't Kill The Heat are a new electro rock band from the fires of Eastburn in the yorkshire dales. Members of everysecond of everyday, boys with beaks, meet me in vegas merged. With many other projects slowing down and the credit punch kicking in wanted to start something fresh and exciting to keep them sane in insane times. Enjoy! This is Can't Kill the Heat!
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Math the Band is equal parts Atom and His Package and Andrew WK. Sampled casio sk1 drums, paired with solid square waves and more BPMs than can possibly be considered reasonable. Started by a sixteen year old kid who was kicked out of his high school pop-punk band, Math the Band has been going strong for 8 years, playing well over 600 shows throughout the USA, Mexico and Canada. Math's studio releases are 'Math the Band Banned the Math' (2008) and 'Don't Worry' (2009)
'Kicks Blue, a tiny neon stag, became an acquaintance some 6 months ago. His origin is unknown, I found him on the Isle of Arran (Scotland) grazing on sunbeams. Kicks’ wrote all the tunes you’ll hear – everything - all the soaring melodies, banging beats and glitchy rain showers. All I do is sing over the top. Kicks’ is the brain, I’m the brawn.' Tribal, noise-pop outfit equally enthrallment with Panda Bear’s joyous loops and Throbbing Gristle’s industrial electronics.
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra formed in Scotland at the end of 2005 as a pre-apocalyptic merry-go-round collective, featuring musicians, anti-poets, dancers and finger painters. Building their melodies at a DIY project studio in producer Ray McCartney
Audrey Faith Perry, later known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Star, Mississippi), is a successful American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her much-publicized marriage to country singer Tim McGraw. The tall blonde songstress's self-titled album, 'Faith, ' sold four million copies worldwide. The album featured her hit single 'This Kiss, ' which topped the charts for three straight weeks and became her first crossover success, hitting number five on the pop charts.
