Artist description Acoustic melancholia, analogue synths, pictures of tiny pigs and something that sounds a bit like a cat.

Music Style indie

Musical Influences Sparklehorse, Fuck, Warp, Pavement, Red house Painters, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Belle and Sebastian, Joy Division, Elliot Smith, Magazine, Grandaddy, Bowie, Will Oldham

Similar Artists Pavement, Belle and Sebastian, Beta band, Sparklehorse, Flaming lips, Grandaddy, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Red house painters, Beck, Mercury Rev, Radiohead, Coldplay, Badly drawn boy, Elliot Smith

Artist History Things in herds first shuffled awkwardly into existence in the latter part of 1999 in a Brighton flat when Pete Lush borrowed an 8 track recorder from a friend. After plugging a battered microphone into a hole in the back he set about writing and recording some squeaky little tunes enlisting the help of the mysterious Miss Ping on backing vocals, harmonica and pictures. Songs soon appeared and were gathered into an album, ‘Pardon?’ which was made sold on-line via mp3.com. Meanwhile Pete was busy writing and recording the songs that would become the ‘I Can Dancing And Walking’ LP. Drawing it's name from the slogan of a cheap mass-produced bird puppet from Pete's childhood it would contain more drums and cats along with a pig-based mystery about the Great Wall of China. This time the TiH studio had expanded and he was able to use a genuine drumstick instead of a wooden spoon for those all important drum fills. This too was distributed via the magic of the internets and soon a licensing deal was made with Norways Trust Me records to release the album in a more conventional fashion in August 02. Pete is currently working on the next TiH album 'I Can Dancing...' is available from UK shops now.

Group Members A solo bedroom recording thing with occasional help from The Mysterious Miss Ping... All the pictures are the product of Miss Ping's peculiar mind.

Instruments Miss Ping - harmonica/ vocals/ backing vocals/pictures of pigs - Pete - guitars/ vocals/ bass/ synths/ loops/a strange cat

Albums Pardon?(1999) / I Can Dancing and Walking (2002)

Press Reviews 'a debut of surpassing gorgeousness' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'a work of beauty and vision' - SPONICZINE 'A beautiful treat, highly recommended.' - THE ORGAN 'one of those rare breeds: “a find”.' - ZEITGEIST 'Just try not to fall in love to this.' - CRUD MUSIC MAGAZINE 'Without a doubt the best album I've ever received from an independent source..' - NO RIPCORD 'Poignant without being forced, emotionally direct and simply brilliant' - DREAM MAGAZINE 'One of the albums of the year' - COMES WITH A SMILE

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Location Brighton, East Sussex - United Kingdom

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