Russian Girlfriend
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One Less Wish One Less Wish
The sound blends dark romance and passion with a high energy and evokes images of ‘another time, another place’, somewhere distant and foreign yet strangely welcoming.
Russian Girlfriend came into being in 2001,
brainchild of the bands eccentric frontman, Matt
Hanley. The driving force behind many of the songs,
Matts penchant for the somewhat extraordinary
has been a key factor in the bands musical
journey. Taking inspiration from such diverse
topics as murder by telephone wire to closet
Hindu drag artists, the band have challenged
themselves to relate the danger and
desperation of the subject matter through their
music.
While the influences take in Muse, Suede, The
Longpigs, Radiohead etc, the style is all their own
Russian Girlfriend have truly created
something fresh and distinctive truly original
and in defiance of todays stereotypes.
The sound blends dark romance and passion
with a high energy and evokes images of
another time, another place, somewhere
distant and foreign yet strangely welcoming.
The classical, flowing style of Jools guitar
weaves effortlessly in and out of Matts harsher, more gutteral guitar sound, while bassist Rob and drummer Dave fly around the rhythm section pinning the elements together. The vocal style is as unique as it is enthralling piercing, passionate and at the same time haunting. Never is a note off key. The resulting songs are hard
to forget.
Russian Girlfriend have been gigging solidly throughout 2003 and their performance at the Leamington Peace festival in Warwickshire was filmed as part of a documentary charting the
festivals 30 year history. The band also featured at their home city of Coventrys Godiva Festival, on the bill with Shed 7 and Biffy
Clyro. The festival magazine described them as Very original.
In August 2003 they were given a tremendous boost when their song Butterfly Order (CD track 4) was selected to receive intensive airplay on digital station Storm Radio, as part of their
Rock Revolution promotion of unsigned bands.. The stations Ben Glover said of Russian Girlfriend, They could be huge. In fact,
I hope they will be!, while Craig Pilling commented, They will rock your face right off.
Russian Girlfriend are upping their game in 2004 and reaching out with their unique brand to more and more audiences throughout the UK. The response to their sound is enthusiastic and excited, so you can expect to hear about them soon.
Listen to the CD and enjoy. We hope youll want to become part of the Russian Girlfriend story.
Russian Girlfriend are:
Matt Hanley (Lead Vocals/Guitar)
Jools Street (Guitars)
Rob Roach (Bass)
Dave Emery (Drums)Have you performed in front of an audience?MIDLANDS and UK
Coventry,
United Kingdom
ID
157447
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