Distant Guns are a two man recording army, whose mission is to explore the frontiers of the DIY ethic, by regularly releasing self-produced 4-track EPs.
, and iTunes .. Your observation reports, questions, poetry, recipes, death threats and offers of Florentine patronage are most welcome. Our pledge to you:
"We promise not to share your details with knobheads."
We only look forward.
Not at the moment (see previous question)
Widescreen, windswept Northern indie
(Doves, Elbow, The Smiths, The Twilight Sad, Longview, Glasvegas).
Post-rock
(Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, Talk Talk, GYBE)
Shoegaze / Dreampop
(Sigur Ros, Slowdive, Ride, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, July Skies, The Sundays)
US melodic hardcore
(Deftones, Pixies, Everclear, Sugar, Statistics, Guided By Voices)
And The Fall, who are unclassifiable.
We use anything and everything..., righteous anger, Eventide Eclipse, 9V batteries, SONAR, Roland XV-5050, kitchen scissors (get an adult to help you), Vox amplifiers, Dr.Rhythm DR-55, Robert Keeley FX, Lexicon Vortex, toy xylophone, Rickenbacker 360 12-string guitar, Hohner Harmonium, rally cars, Ampeg amplification, Electro-Harmonix POG2, home-made piezo contact microphones, "Magnetic" cider, Olympus S914 cassette dictaphone with dying batteries, Line 6 M13, E13 Truly Beautiful Disaster, , Fender Baritone Special guitar, a theremin built into a TARDIS, Amdek Percussion Synthesizer, 1968 Yamaha SB-5A bass, Roland V-Drums, Fender "Input Device" Telecaster, ZVex pedals, Line 6 UX8, Martin D15 12-string guitar, sleighbells, Barry Seaborne, microKorg, Digitech XP-1000 Jetpack, OUR F@CKING IMAGINATION.
Now a lot of bands claim that last one, maybe your favourite band says it. But have they ever dropkicked a Hammond organ on their first record? We have.
For what it's worth... we are deeply suspicious of the Myspace phenomenon (& social networking sites in general) and lament that the word 'friend' has been so devalued. So don't even bother trying to add us as a friend... we will politely decline. It's nothing personal, we decline friend requests from absolutely everyone. As for Facebook, everyone on there would be better off putting their actual face in an actual book. If this offends your sensibilities, it's probably best if you switch off the computer, go for a walk and try to work out the crucial difference between 'making friends' and 'adding' them.