|
|
|
Dan Shears And The Velveteen Orkestra
Influences: Muse, Pink Floyd, Squeeze, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, The Smiths, and European and US folk. Profile: It was an English presentation on music of the 1970s culminating in a performance of a Black Sabbath song that began Bromley schoolboy Dan Shears’s career in live music. The south London-born singer was invited to join a covers band as vocalist and began learning how to play the guitar using borrowed instruments. He was bought his own guitar at the age of 16 and formed his first band, Coma – named after his battle with the serious illness meningococcal meningitis as a toddler. When the band split in 2007, he started out on his own, while also studying for a music degree at the University of Sussex. Initially performing as Petruchka – and taking lyrical influences from the likes of Angela Carter, Franz Kafka and the films of Stanley Kubrick and Tim Burton – he eventually created the sound of Dan Shears And The Velveteen Orkestra, based around the idea of an orchestra from the street, using working-class musicians, adding a touch of venom to the rich orchestrations. The resulting EP, The Eternal Mystery Of The Human Heart, was released in 2010. He embarked on his first tour in February, supporting Charlene Soraia, while putting together material for his second EP, Against A Sea Of Troubles, which is set for release on his own Strawbychka Recordings on Monday.
Website: danshearsmusic.com MySpace: myspace.com/danshearsmusic Facebook: facebook.com/danshearsmusic Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/danshearsmusic Email: sue@whitehousemanagement.com |
London By Lamplight| Previous download | Next download |