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TANGERINES – ” Long Way Home “

Posted: July 28, 2016 in MUSIC
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Peckham London quartet Tangerines share their brand new single “Long Way Home”, another finger-licking instalment of juicy indie-rock. reminiscent of say Graham Parker or Elvis Costello, echoes of the barbed guitars of The Modern Lovers combine with the lyrical trash-poetic aesthetic of Willie Deville – before opening up, culminating amidst prangs of lapsteel and wailing saxophone, wrapped up in the band’s signature skewed country stomp.

Formed in Peckham in 2014 by singer and guitarist Gareth Hoskins and childhood friend and drummer Isaac Robson, Tangerines are fast-finding their groove; flourishing in their artistic solace between the anxieties of economic uncertainty in their base in South London. ‘We work hard and it really takes a busload of fate to be an out of pocket musician these days, but you do it because it is the only way to stay alive’, they offer.
Speaking on the track, they continue:

“It’s got that jerk-a-jerk feel all about it. Shimmy on down the drainpipe and crawl out through the rain. That, and a handful of Julee Cruise records on repeat, whilst this also being the first song we actually wrote as a four-piece is what made Long Way Home very close to home”. Coming hot on the heels of glam debut You Look Like Something I Killed, it carries the same swagger, adding prangs of lap steel and wailing saxophone into their salacious South London mix.

After bubbling under the surface honing their craft in cramped Peckham practice rooms, sweaty euphoric performances at the likes of The Great Escape Festival, Field Day Festival and BST Hyde Park, twinned with spins from the likes of 6 Music, Beats, Radio X and nods from the likes of Q Magazine and NME . Tangerines throw themselves into their music headfirst and whether ‘[they] play in front of a thousand or to only ten people, that glimpse of energy keeps [them] alive’.
Tangerines are: Gareth Hoskins (Vocals, Guitar), Miles Prestia (Guitar), Isaac Robson (Drums), Ricky Clark (Bass)

The track was recorded by Syd Kemp at RIP Studios and mixed by Hookworms’ MJ.

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The PHOBOPHOBES – ” Make A Person /Advertise Your Self “

Posted: May 10, 2015 in MUSIC
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The song isn’t directly about social media, but, with a title like that – it definitely sets a certain scene. An interesting way of listening to the lyrical content of the song is to imagine that it was written before social media. ‘advertise your life’ suggests your life is for sale , the song is telling the listener how much you think its worth
‘the world finds love in those trousers never worn, in the jacket lining where the pockets torn’ is quite a key lyric as it suggests the song is a ballad. a very dark, empty ballad.”

“Advertise Your Life‘” is the bands first release for record label RIP Records and forms one half of AA single alongside ‘Make A Person‘. Both tracks were penned and recorded in the bands underground bunker come studio in the depths of darkest Peckham. ‘Make A Person‘, and it’s accompanying film, show a darker, more melancholy side to the bands music. Coming in at just under 7 minutes it less a music video, more a short film,