Good afternoon and welcome to the latest in my interviews of Manchester bands. This week we have the gorgeous post-rock group Spokes. They gained critical acclaim for 2008 debut ‘People Like People Like You’, and it’s not hard to see why; Spokes mix elements of 65 Days of Static and other indie instrumentalists, slowing don rock and layering on top [...]
Archive for July, 2010
In control of the wheel
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Taking off from Sadness
Posted in Going Out, Manchester, Music, tagged airship, airship algebra, airship kids, algebra, love and disaster, Manchester, Manchester music, pukkelpop on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hello to Number 4 in my series of interviews with Manchester bands, and after Run Toto Run, Pocketkife and 1913, I speak to Elliott Williams, frontman of Airship. Airship mix up soaring synth-pop with dark fragile songs, anthemic emotional records and songs full of introverted melancholy. They come over a blend between The Cure, Elbow and [...]
