Wanted: Bassist & Drummer. North Dublin (Phibsboro)

bend_sinister

Bass player and drummer wanted for North Dublin band (Phibsoro/Ashtown area).

Two EPs previously released and a debut album due for release shortly - looking to play launch gig(s) but find ourselves short-handed.

The type of stuff we play: weirdo shambling folk-y downbeat pop with occasional outbreaks of noise-rock. We like stuff like The Fall, Bonnie Prince Billy, Smog, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Neil Young, Tom Waits...also big fans of post-punk, soul, hip-hop and electronica...we could go on at some length about the stuff we like but you probably get the jist.

Looking for someone to pluck a bass and someone else to bash the drums. If either bassist and/or drummer could also strum the occasional guitar or muck around on keyboards from time to time, that would also be handy. We're not looking for virtuosos but it would obviously be helpful if you can at least play a bit.

Being brutally honest, we need to point this out upfront: this band is an omni-shambles. We're perennially under-rehearsed and can't really play. We don't have good equipment, apart from some nice guitar pedals. We don't have our own rehearsal space and can't guarantee any payment (Payment?? For playing music? Are you having a laugh??).

Being brutally honest again, bitter experience teaches us that what we don't want in a bandmate is as important as what we do want. Therefore: No gear fetishists need apply. No metal fans need apply. No-one who values technical ability above anything else need apply. No Muse fans need apply. No Red Hot Chili Peppers fans need apply. No U2 fans need apply. No one who favours the phrase "funk-rock" need apply. No one with a mod haircut need apply. No one who wants to jam on Hendrix, Led Zep, Stone Roses or Beatles covers need apply. Current band-members are late-20s/early-30s so if you're a teenager you probably won't want to apply.

If you like rough-hewn, slightly strange pop melodies, can play a bit and don't mind a bit of vaguely shambolic musical fumbling, you probably should apply.

We realise that all of the above makes us appear as if we're simultaneously both a) incredibly elitist, and b) complete amateurs. Both of these impressions are entirely correct. We're nice enough people though, honest.

If you've managed to make it through all that (well done, by the way) and are still interested (and let's face it, who wouldn't be?), send me a pm and I will reply with a link to some of our old and new music.

Thanks