Saloon
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"Saloon is the sound of the hopeless future -- the one where everybody wears white pantsuits, drinks blue milk and has sex inside of plastic bubbles" MAGNET
"Theremins are waved at frantically. Melodicas fellated mercilessly. Guitars crunched valliantly and beats syncopated splendidly whilst vocalist Amanda ruminates in a tri-lingual whammy of heartbreaking plaintiveness" SLEEZENATION
"Bliss on a stick, basically" SEE-THRU MUSICBand/artist history
Formed in late 1997 by multi-instrumentalists Adam Cresswell and Michael Smoughton, the lineup for the Reading quintet Saloon was completed in early 1998. Through advertisements, the pair found Alison Cotton, lead singer Amanda Gomez, and guitar player Matt Ashton, and the group was gigging within a month. Drawing on a range of influences of electronic and more guitar-based acts, Saloon developed a futuristic pop sound that incorporated Cotton's viola playing, Cresswell's interest in Moog synthesizers, and Ashton's feedback-tinged guitar style, along with samples and more exotic instrumentation, such as stylophone and glockenspiel. A home-recorded, four-track demo containing four songs garnered fanzine acclaim and, by the end of the year, "Lisa Millennium/Conquistador" was released on their own Belmondo label. Upon issuing "Futurismo" (a split 7" with Lazer Guided) in 1999, Saloon came to the attention of DJ John Peel, who championed the band and a series of subsequent single releases. Now making the rounds on the live circuit, the quintet had become darlings of the independent music scene in the U.K. and in 2001, Saloon commenced recording their debut album. (This Is) What We Call Progress was released in April 2002. from the ALL MUSIC GUIDE
Saloon released their second album If we meet in the future in June 2002.Your musical influences
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