Artist description Lo-fi experimental pop/rock

Music Style Lo-Fi pop with progressive but melodic tendencies

Musical Influences Talk Talk, Catherine Wheel, Mansun, Peter Gabriel, XTC, The Pixies, The Sundays, Veruca Salt, Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Jellyfish, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Throwing Muses, Belly

Similar Artists Julian Cope, Frank Black, King Crimson, Mansun, Catherine Wheel, Carter USM

Artist History Band leader Bryan Manchi has been recording since the early nineties under various guises, including The Garden Wall and Skyfox.The earlier material consisted mainly of soundtracks to imaginary movies, but during recent years the music has turned more song based.This was most obvious on two albums released under the guise of The General which married elements of garage rock with electronica and mellow guitar epics.With these most recent albums, a small cult following has grown and the new album, being recorded at the moment promises to be the best yet!

Group Members Bryan Manchi (Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Keyboards), Graeme Moignard (Occasional Guitars, Bad Hair Bass and Australian Jesus T-Shirt), Jeremy Startup (CM2 Maintenance, prodigious beard growth and riding the poonanny), John Michel (CM2 Maintenance, Lead Pinning)

Instruments anything that sounds sweet

Albums The Peppermint Ripchord (2001), Mutton Chops (1999), Rough Diamonds (1998), Westchester (1997), Perimiter Walk (1996), Helvetica (1995), Tenue Noire (1994), This Is... (1993), August & Red (1992), The Fall (1991)

Press Reviews None. We are very enigmatic like that. Oh yes.

Additional Info Will work for food. Also available for weddings, birthdays and funerals.

Location Jersey, Channel Islands - United Kingdom

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