14 April 2004
Band We Like: The Lucksmiths
We thought we would start a new feature on Aeki Tuesday, called Bands We Like. Every month, we will feature a band that has caught our attention. This week we are in love with The Lucksmiths.
The Lucksmiths are Tali White (singer/percussionist), Marty Donald (guitarist) and Mark Monnone (bassist). The Melbourne trio started playing together about 10 years ago after finding a commonality and admiration for The Smiths. Their songs are reminiscent of early Belle & Sebastian, The Housemartins, The Go-Betweens and The Magnetic Fields. Their catchy, cynically lyrical flow of guitar-pop songs reminds us of what love at first sight should be like. Sweet, bewildering and remarkable. We did fall in love with the boys of The Lucksmiths easily. They made us smile. They made us remember ourselves at 14. They make us want to go out and enjoy the warm weather. The Lucksmiths simply make music to hold hands to which is the title track to Why That Doesn't Surprise Me.
Discography
Download / Stream / Listen
After the After Party.mp3
Midweek Midmorning.mp3
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NPR Morning Edition ( Aug 2001)
You can order all the Lucksmiths releases and t-shirts at Candle Records (Australia), Clover Records (Japan), Drive-In Records (US), Fortuna Pop! (UK), and Matinee Recordings (US).
The Lucksmiths are also featured on the California-based Matinée Recordings tribute to The Smiths - celebrating the 20 year anniversary release of The Smiths first single - titled Romantic and Square is Hip and Aware. The Lucksmiths performs There Is A Light That Never Goes Out.
Full tracklisting and links to sound clips here.
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We thought we would start a new feature on Aeki Tuesday, called Bands We Like. Every month, we will feature a band that has caught our attention. This week we are in love with The Lucksmiths.
The Lucksmiths are Tali White (singer/percussionist), Marty Donald (guitarist) and Mark Monnone (bassist). The Melbourne trio started playing together about 10 years ago after finding a commonality and admiration for The Smiths. Their songs are reminiscent of early Belle & Sebastian, The Housemartins, The Go-Betweens and The Magnetic Fields. Their catchy, cynically lyrical flow of guitar-pop songs reminds us of what love at first sight should be like. Sweet, bewildering and remarkable. We did fall in love with the boys of The Lucksmiths easily. They made us smile. They made us remember ourselves at 14. They make us want to go out and enjoy the warm weather. The Lucksmiths simply make music to hold hands to which is the title track to Why That Doesn't Surprise Me.
If you arose by any other name
You'd smell as sweet
And you'd look just the same
I could never understand you
Hating music to hold hands to
Sometimes something you can dance to
Is the last thing that you need - Music To Hold Hands To
Discography
- The Lucksmiths (Candle Rec., 1993)
- The Green Bicycle Case (Candle Rec., 1995)
- What Bird is That? (Candle Rec., 1996)
- A Good Kind of Nervous (Candle Rec., 1997)
- Happy Secret (Drive In, 1999)
- Why That Doesn't Surprise Me (Drive In, 2001)
- Where Were We (Matinée, 2001)
- Naturaliste (Drive In, 2003)
- A Little Distraction (Matinée, 2003)
Download / Stream / ListenAfter the After Party.mp3
Midweek Midmorning.mp3
T-Shirt Weather.rm
Southernmost.rm
NPR Morning Edition ( Aug 2001)
You can order all the Lucksmiths releases and t-shirts at Candle Records (Australia), Clover Records (Japan), Drive-In Records (US), Fortuna Pop! (UK), and Matinee Recordings (US).
The Lucksmiths are also featured on the California-based Matinée Recordings tribute to The Smiths - celebrating the 20 year anniversary release of The Smiths first single - titled Romantic and Square is Hip and Aware. The Lucksmiths performs There Is A Light That Never Goes Out.
Full tracklisting and links to sound clips here.
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