Artist description Lovely laid-back mellow four piece from Aberdeen, Scotland whose arrangements, harmonies and lyrics make your heart feel light...

Music Style folk / pop / accoustic / experimental

Musical Influences REM, Bob Dylan, Donovan,Nick Drake, Nick Cave, Smashing Pumpkins, Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Incredible String Band

Similar Artists Incredible String Band, Belle & Sebastian, Syd Barrett, Gomez

Artist History Is in the past...

Group Members [[Ian Simpson]] Vocals, Guitar [[Alan McClure]] Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Whistle et al [[Ross McClure]] Guitar, Vocals [[Steven Tucker]] Percussion

Instruments Yamaha Accoustic, 2 Fender Accoustics, computer with much software, percussion

Albums Pompous Irksome Stance (March 2000); The More You Know The Less The Better (October 2001)

Press Reviews "Wonderfuly warm and rich vocals backed by melodic and inspiring acoustic guitar. Truely the very essence of folk rock. The Beaker People will go far." Mark Magill (Jammers Online) ** "...nice to hear the sound that you guys have, which is equally as "great" as the polished groups." Kaliso 9 ** "...psuedo-celtic folksy stuff...7/10" Marc Anthony (on Barnacles & Memories) ** "...you guys are pretty gifted songwriters" Gordon Bell (Plastic Psycho Babble) ** "...the harnomies definitely work -- I wanna hear more of them in fact!" Raph Koster ** "Dig their lo-fi sound and terrific lyrics" Kalisto 9 (again) ** "I usually don't care for lo-fi music (think Elephant 6), but this is really cool." Pookeybleum ** "Can't say enough about the lyrics- caught me completely by surprise." Pamela Zero ** "this reminded me of early Morissey, combining upbeat music with bittersweet lyrics." Carlin Joie (on Cartoon Eyes) ** "the backup girls vocal was fantastic man...it's soo good!" NoseCandy (on So Sad) -- HANG ON! WE DON'T HAVE A GIRL IN OUR BAND!!

Location Aberdeen, ?? - United Kingdom

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