Artist description A sad acoustic cricket with a band of like arthropods and a cup of coffee.

Music Style Acousticy poems, sometimes with drums, sometimes with synth, somtimes with pianos, violas, xylophones, pants, ouds, choirs, etc. Whatever helps you understand what they mean (without giving up the ghost).

Musical Influences my flutterby, my friends, Neutral Milk Hotel, Will Oldham, Elliott Smith, Chan, Bright Eyes, Mountain Goats, actual human beings, Air (the band and the entity), Yo La Tengo, Cornelius, Mogwai (the band and otherwise), the umbrellas of cherbough, films by jean-pierre juenet and andrei tarkovsky, Coffee (the drink), Tea (the drink), Belle & Sebastian, Fugazi and on and on and on and on...

Similar Artists Neutral Milk Hotel (Jeff Mangum), Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, Kings of Convenience, Okkervil River, Smog, Red House Painters, Sebadoh, Alfie, late Pavement, Crooked Fingers, Yo La Tengo, Palace...

Artist History The Singing cricket chirps throughout the long night, tolling in the cloudy autumn with its rain. Intent on disturbing the gloomy sleepless soul, the cricket moves towards the bed chirp by chirp. ~Bei Ju-Yi, Tang dynasty What's the matter with the crickets? Their sad melodies fill the night. So few they are, yet so loud their song. It cuts through the breeze and coagulates in the drizzle. No sleep in sight for the anxious lady within her home. ~Li ?, Ming dynasty... Now everythings a bit more real. i feel like that guy from CQ sometimes (;

Group Members OK, current lineup includes Freddie playin vocals and singin guitar, Robyn playin keyboards and bass and flute, Ricky playin his guitar and a lil' bass and now drums, Sal playin all sorts of stuff (geetars, cellos, zanes, etc.) and engineering. All the songs on this page feature Charlie playin some toms and snares and cymbals and so forth (and so on) and soon someone will be manning the brass.

Instruments Acoustic 12-string guitar, a keyboard, a computer, vocal chords, another guitar and then another one and a bass guitar and a flute and cello and a high hat and a bass drum and a snare...

Albums the forthcoming Moevi Cricket and the Ephemeral Flutterby (its a documentary), the forthforthcoming The Boy Who Would Be Eric (it's a narrative)

Press Reviews Who needs the press? (we do...)

Additional Info please email me, i like to be reminded that i exist. moevicricket@yahoo.co.uk. And I think you have pretty hair.

Location flower mound, texas - USA

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