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The most immediately striking component of Human Televisions sound is the guitar. Its perpetually jangly and deliciously upbeat, calling to mind all those underrated Teen Beat and Sarah Records bands who stood at the forefront of what some considered a Golden Age for our lovably nerdy counterculture. The production style is understated and really, barely noticeable; everything's crisp and relatively clear, but refreshingly free of any sterilizing sheen. The subject matter covered by frontman Billy Downing boredom, failed relationships, etc. is far from revolutionary, but the phrasing and presentation of his lyrics boast enough subtle nuance to take something fairly...
I Television furono tra i principali protagonisti del punk rock newyorkese degli anni '70. Ispirati dai Velvet Underground e dal garage rock psichedelico divennero a loro volta punto di riferimento per la nascente scena new wave. Tom Verlaine, influenzato dai grandi solisti jazz, diede vita con Richard Lloyd ad intrecci chitarristici che coniugavano essenzialità e fantasia, asprezza sonora e ricchezza espressiva.
Nel 1971 un gruppo di nome Neon Boys muoveva i primi passi nella scena musicale newyorkese proponendo un grezzo proto-punk dalle liriche audaci: ne facevano parte il cantante/chitarrista Tom Verlaine, il bassista Richard Hell ed il batterista Billy Ficca....
Television Room are a band that for whatever reason came together in Dublin in 2007. They make music using drums, bass, synthesizers, melodicas, glockenspeils, guitars, piano, mandolins, shakers, singing, shouting and whatever else they can think of. .
Ghosts of Television is 5 young boys making hypnotic, accusatory music for frightened angry people. Their music is party music for subterranean prisons and bedtime music for rabid insomniacs. .
Hailing from Malmö, Sweden, the band line-up is;
Vocals, guitar and other stuff: Jon Rinneby
Bass: Stellan Lofberg
Drums and vocals: Erik Willman
The band released their eponymous debut album in October of 2011. Turn off your television have been compared to Sparklehorse and Grandaddy and have a similar mellow, country-tinged, post-rock sound to these artists. .
