Moon Visionaries - Mr Hollywood
When legendary Radio 1 & 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq gets in touch and personally invites you to play his Going Deaf For A Living club night, you don't have to think twice about RSVP'ing. The band played an inspiring five song set. What started with an interview on Lamacq's 6 Music radio show in June has since created a buzz that has spread from countless music blogs to the mainstream press.
So who are the band causing all this commotion? A south London four-piece who can speak a total of five different languages between them. These may well come in handy as future tours are bound to take them to foreign shores. Luckily this lingual intelligence also transfers to their music, as an array of influences style their sound. Mr Hollywood begins with an echoed drumming pattern similar to that of Oasis and their iconic Columbia, before an artful bass riff enters the fray, sparking memories of Joy Division or in a modern context Reptillia by The Strokes. What is always essential for the completion of any stellar line-up is a vocalist with a gripping voice. Here we find an icey yet effortlessly smooth frontman with a similar tonality to Nathan Willett of Cold War Kids.
The band are performing a free gig in London's World's End in Finsbury Park on 30 September which will certainly only add to the ever growing enthusiasm surrounding this ensemble. be sure to check out their material on soundcloud too as well as their other tour dates below.
Visit Moon Visionaries on Myspace or on their website
6:24 AM | 24/09/2010
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Choon! What a brilliant song. Looking forward to catching this band live at the new Bam Thwok night at the Wilmington Arms.
Posted by Gary at 5:54 PM | 25/09/2010 | Report Abuse
brilliant track.
Posted by Richard at 4:37 PM | 02/10/2010 | Report Abuse
This is fantastic and fresh and just brilliant. I'm going to go and buy it now...somewhere. Thank you fellas
Posted by Mattb45 at 8:59 PM | 05/10/2010 | Report Abuse
Love thos song - as someone else has already said, it's something fresh, yet has a cool retro feel to it. Would love to know where to buy it or the album - keep looking on Bobcom but it seems to explain how musicians can sell tracks. I must be missing something
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