LARK release debut, 'Shop' on 5th October
via Care In the Community September 4, 2009, 03:32 PM Views: 343
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 Shop is a selection of songs documenting Lark’s progression since their inception: from when artist Karl Bielik wrote and recorded 14 songs on a 4-track back in 2006 to the expanded cohesive and unpretentious sextet - Diane Bielik (keyboards), Karl Bielik (vocals), Annie Davey (percussion/ guitar), Ross McTaggart (drums), Jim Morris (bass/ guitar) and Ewan Robertson (guitar/ bass) - that rehearse and record at Terrace studios that they co-run in East London.
With influences ranging from Tom Waits, The Cramps, The Fall, and The Dirty Three, the band have released a number of un-promoted yet very well received limited 7” releases: Stuart Maconie exclaimed the band as ‘wonderful’ on his BBC6Music show, freakzone; and Rob Da Bankhas invited them to play at this year’s Bestival; with Rough Trade Records giving their single, The Animal’s Claw - a wonky punk cross-over that was re-edited by DJ extrodanaire, Erol Alkan - Record of the week status and also charted as one of Alkan’s top 10 tracks of the year.
Utilising a traditional rock format assisted by an array of analogue keyboards and various other devices, many of which were purchased at the nearby Kingsland Waste market (as pictured on the album cover) their choice of live performances have been effective in building support for the band. Legendary producer Brendan Lynch (Primal Scream,Paul Weller,Ray Davies) heard them play in a local pub, and shortly after remixed their instrumental odyssey Tardis. as did Pop’s intellectual Green Gartsideof Scritti Politti who chose LARK as the support act at one of his rare performances. Gartside has also been hard at it reworking an album track for future release.
After Bestival this September - their second appearance for Rob Da Bank – Lark will perform at Rough Trade East to launch the release of their debut, Shop.
11-Sept The Isle of Wight Bestival
18-Sept London Rough Trade Records
“truly fab blend of woogly electronica, shuffly backbeats, parping casio and noir-ish jazz-toned alt. folk.” - Time Out
“fantastic….. 'tardis' sounds like a drunken, dense and dark take on a stooges riff mixed with the repetition of The Fall”. Rough Trade Stores
Last edited by Heron : September 10, 2009 at 08:53 PM.
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