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Genre: Melodramatic Popular Song
Location 1985-2015, UK
Profile Views: 34424
Last Login: 11/8/2011
Member Since 8/3/2006
Website www.vanillaswingers.com
Record Label Radio Ballads
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
.. .... ..Album of the year, 2008.. – ..Condemned To Rock 'n Roll...... "just the sort of thing there should be more of in pop." - ..Narc Magazine...... "a polished, tortured slab of 21st century melodrama." - ..How Does It Feel To Be Loved.......... FREE download ..here...... limited edition cd (1000 copies) available from ..Rough Trade.. for £4.99.... live show clips at ..www.youtube.com/radioballads...... more information at ..www.vanillaswingers.com............ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ Vanilla Swingers' debut album, also called Vanilla Swingers, tells the story of two people who meet in 2005, go back in time to 1985, lose each other, then meet again in 2015. The story's themes include post-humanist politics, romantic love and the desire to escape confines - whether geographical, self-imposed or due to the laws of physics........... ......photgraphy by Julius Beltrame........ -
Members
Miles Jackson & Anne Gilpin .... ..with.... Ian Catt.. Kramer.. Simon Lea.. Paul Jeffrey.. Steve Blackmore.. .. ..Guest vocalist.... Johny Brown.. -
Influences
Blonde Redhead | Dollar | ..Don't Stand Me Down.. by Dexys | ..Straw Dogs.. by ..John Gray.. | The Kills | Love | Luke Haines | Mazzy Star | New Order | Pet Shop Boys | Talk Talk -
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"... a less cynical, more romantic, more fucked over ..Black Box Recorder.. (who crossed the road to shake hands with early ..Heaven 17..). To my mind ..the most exciting band of the year.., bar none" - ..And Before The First Kiss...... "If you like your electro-pop in the style of ..The Dream Academy, Prefab Sprout, Talk Talk, earliest Magnetic Fields and Heaven 17.. then you'll dig their album" - ..Some Velvet Blog...... "Vanilla Swingers exist in a lineage of sophisticated, imaginative and slightly leftfield British pop music that has been overly neglected for about fifteen years in favour of dumbed-down alternatives. Think ..Pet Shop Boys.., ..ABC.., and ..The The..; literate, eclectic, auteur-ish popstars, slick and professional. Probably their closest contemporary reference point, if you’re desperate for one, is Stephen Merritt’s ..Magnetic Fields..." - ..Nick Southall...... "Dreamy prog-popsters" - The London Paper....
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- THE PLAYGROUND1 year ago
Hey guys,
Next Thursday, 18th November we will be celebrating the release of the Debut Single ‘Higher’ by POLLY MACKEY & THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE w/ support from NAPOLEON IN RAGS at The Big Chill House..
“(‘Higher’)…instantly shows why this band has got so many people in a flap. She's got 'future star' written all over her!”
CMU Daily (CMU Approved 12th October 2010)
…and not to mention, it’s FREE, so make sure you get yourselves down!!
See you there!
THE PLAYGROUND xx
- THE PLAYGROUND1 year ago
Friday 5th November @ ELECTROWERKZ..
ULTERIOR Single Launch w/ MIRRORS // BEN CHRITO (SISTERS OF MERCY) // DOUGLAS HART (THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN)
Saturday the 6th November @ KOKO w/..SEBASTIAN (Ed Banger) // BREAKBOT (Ed Banger) // REVEREND SOUND SYSTEM (REVEREND & THE MAKERS) and more..
- THE PLAYGROUND1 year agoAfter our last sold out show at KOKO, THE PLAYGROUND vs. Super Super presents our next massive line-up with SEBASTIAN (Ed Banger)// BREAKBOT (Ed Banger)// REVEREND & THE MAKERS new electro project REVEREND SOUNDSYSTEM/ LOSERS/ Eddy Temple-Morris & Tom Bellamy// Dansette Junior// PUNKS JUMP UP (Kitsune)// CHEW LIPS (Kitsune)-dj// PUNX SOUNDCHECK (Kitsune)// OONEA// Club CoolIt’d be rude not to ;)
- THE PLAYGROUND1 year ago
Hey,This Saturday THE PLAYGROUND are putting on an Amazing line-up at Camden's KOKO Club, featuring..KAVINSKY// KAP BAMBINO// AUTOKRATZ (Kitsune)// IS TROPICAL// TEENAGERSINTOKYO// PUNK SOUNDCHECK (Kitsune) and DPPLGNGRS to name a few.Make sure you come down to what is our most Exciting event of the year!!See you there, The Playground xx - 2 years ago
- THE PLAYGROUND2 years ago
Hey there
We have our next mini-festival at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th July with an amazing line-up along with our usual Burlesque, performance art and Electro DJ’s. Check out the ticket link below. See you there.
THE PLAYGROUND
- Indiecater Records2 years ago
Everyone at indiecater records would like to wish you a happy summer and let you know that there is an indiepop song from the Very Most available to download FREE from our site!
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