Looking for Members for Originals Indie Rock Band Lancashire

Thursday 21 Jul 2022, 5:12pm

Hi there,

If you're looking to play in an originals indie rock band, then you might be interested in the 5-piece I am in the midst of setting up.

The style is hard to describe, but it takes the wailing vocal lines of Jeff Buckley, with the drab and depressing lyrics of Morrissey (hopefully that's your thing). In terms of guitar, some tracks are inspired from the capo'd open lead guitar of Johnny Marr, others have that super dry and gritty guitar tone you'd expect from Jamie Cook (AM). I really like the production of some of the early The Cure tracks also.

However, the experimental element comes from the structure and chord progression directions that the songs have ended up going in (diminished/augmented/b9 chords, which regular modal interchange etc.) A good band to listen to would be Everything Everything for a general idea. There's a good balance of fast and slow tunes too, 1 acoustic song for good measure.

The album is 12 songs total, of which are all finished structurally and lyrically. This means that all the leg-work is basically done, and there's no chance of the project fizzling out before the creative process is finished. I have recorded demos of the first five tracks which are on my Soundcloud (you will have to forgive my lack of production skills, it isn't my forte). Note that I would be looking to gig around the Northern circuit and if it has a good reception, record the whole album professionally.

So, I am looking for the full line up - Bass | Drums | Keys | Frontman (who can play Rhythm). I'm a lead guitarist myself so that's covered. Members should be Greater Manchester/Lancashire -based and have their own transport. I'm not too concerned about age, although somewhere similar to myself (2 would be ideal. The most important thing to me is a good sense of humour and a real interest in this project.

Thanks for reading my ad, I have added the stems and full demo tracks to a Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/user-968442878/albums

Please get in touch via this site or my email/mob: markanthonygrundy@gmail.com / 07840 961332

Cheers,
Mark