Re: One for the music experts on here
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G rangetown Blue
They honoured their commitment, and eventually played at The Moon, probably the most people I’ve ever seen in there….the album was getting a lot of airplay on 6 music by this time, and their popularity rising.
Your memory's playing tricks on you there, GB. The gig at the Moon was in December 2018. The album wasn't released until four months later.
They were definitely a 'buzz' band by that stage, though. I remember a couple of mates being at the Moon Club gig who don't normally show up for shows in small venues, as Boys in a Better Land had been getting a lot airplay. Coincidentally, I was looking at some photos from that period a few weeks ago and I'm pretty sure you're in a couple I took at that show.
I first saw Fontaines supporting Shame at Bristol's SWX about a month before the Moon Club gig. We met Grian afterwards, nice guy. I wasn't impressed by their debut album, loved the second, thought the third was terrible and really liked the fourth.
Re: One for the music experts on here
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G rangetown Blue
If 6 music start to champion you, then you’re made. Idles and Fontaines DC are recent examples, both were playing small venues (e.g. Spillers record store and The Moon club in Cardiff) until Steve Lamacq latched on to them.
not quite. 6Music is predominantly aimed at a certain market and certain demographic, and you're not going to get much in the way of R&B (as an example) on there, certainly not with Steve Lamacq
6M is definitely a good way to get noticed. The Yaang and Damefrisor feature heavily on my playlist, and that's down to Steve Lamacq
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Re: One for the music experts on here
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The Lone Gunman
I wasn't impressed by their debut album, loved the second, thought the third was terrible and really liked the fourth.
It's got one of my favourite FDC tracks on it, and the best two-chord song in my music collection.
Re: One for the music experts on here
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HiVis
with all due respect a good producer is worth their weight in gold, and you ain't getting that in your bedroom when you have no idea how to properly utilise the equipment you have at your disposal.
John Leckie springs to mind, that man was a miracle worker.
Again, I never said anything about bedrooms. And you're right about about a good producer, if it's the right producer. Some producer's no matter how good they are just don't understand what bands are trying to do.
Re: One for the music experts on here
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
Your memory's playing tricks on you there, GB. The gig at the Moon was in December 2018. The album wasn't released until four months later.
They were definitely a 'buzz' band by that stage, though. I remember a couple of mates being at the Moon Club gig who don't normally show up for shows in small venues, as Boys in a Better Land had been getting a lot airplay. Coincidentally, I was looking at some photos from that period a few weeks ago and I'm pretty sure you're in a couple I took at that show.
I first saw Fontaines supporting Shame at Bristol's SWX about a month before the Moon Club gig. We met Grian afterwards, nice guy. I wasn't impressed by their debut album, loved the second, thought the third was terrible and really liked the fourth.
I think they were recording tracks for the album, it then got mixed and subsequently released. You’re probably right about me getting dates mixed up though!
Send the pictures over mate :)