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Verse Metrics

Verse Metrics, are first and foremost a group of four friends from Glasgow, Scotland. The band have spent the past year developing their music, and in July 2010 commenced recording with Robin Sutherland in Dundee, who has previously engineered releases for Stapleton, Copy Haho, Jacob's Stories, Laeto, Avast!, Tellison, Juliet Kilo and many others. These recordings will produce their debut EP, scheduled to coincide with their maiden tour in December 2010.

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Nick Parker

Nick Parker was 13 when he first picked up a guitar and tried to string together a few chords. By 14 he had put down the guitar and picked up the mandolin. Not least of all because he wanted to be in his brother, Ant’s band and they needed a mandolin player. The first few gigs came and went, under the name ‘The Mandolin Brothers’ (genius) before they changed their name to ‘Why?’ (equally genius) and they spent the next 10 years bouncing around on stages at hundreds of venues around the UK and Europe...

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Overlook

There are numerous artists named Overlook...
1) An up and coming Drum & Bass producer named Jason Luxton:
With releases on Renegade Hardware, Samurai, 31 records, Horizons and architecture big things are going to come from this lad!
One third of Arma,Based in Bournemouth and head honcho of Mirrors Audio... 2) In 2005, brothers Billy and Timmy Roach formed the Philadelphia based alternative rock band Overlook. The band combines textured ambient guitars and synths with a driving rhythm section, providing the ultimate backdrop for singer Billy Roach

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Bennie James

'It slowly opens up to this great climax. A beautiful, plaintive pop tune.' Dom Alessio, Triple J's Home & Hosed. 'There's a Death Cab For Cutie-like melancholia to it but it moves into that grand orchestrated bit and suddenly gets all Polyphonic on us!' Steph Hughes, Triple J's Home & Hosed. 'Wonderful build, the production is great particularly the percussion. Nothing over dramatic - just strong songwriting,' Brendan Maclean, Musician & Triple J presenter.

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Ryan Koriya

“When people hear the title ‘London’s Burning‘, images of fire engulfing Tower Bridge or downtown Brixton might come to mind but it actually stands for the burning of the city lights, the hustle and bustle of London.” Ryan Koriya talks about the title of his upcoming EP which he says is like an antidote for the challenges of modern big-city life. “The songs are like the calm in the middle of the storm for modern day life.

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Velveteen

There are 5 bands with the name Velveteen 1: A band from London formed in 2012 combining post-punk, surf and shoegaze sensibilities. Sun-kissed music and melody. Velveteen released their debut 'Wasteland EP' towards the end of 2012. 2: A four piece indie rock band from /Germany. In April 2008, the band's album Home Waters was used as an april's fools joke by the manager of Moving Mountains, telling it's a leaked version of Death Cab for Cutie's new album, Narrow Stairs. The joke was pretty much successful due to the band's similar sound.

Read more about Velveteen on Last.fm.

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Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard (born August 11, 1976 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American musician and songwriter who has formed several indie bands. He is most notable as the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie; his other projects include The Postal Service and All-Time Quarterback. He has also created music under his name and under the band Pinwheel. Gibbard appeared as a guest on Jimmy Tamborello's (his Postal Service collaborator) Dntel album entitled Life is Full of Possibilities (2001) - Specifically, he contributed vocals to the song "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan.

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Hunting Party

There are a few bands that have shared the name Hunting Party: 1. Hunting Party is the name of a current a hardcore band from California. They have a four song demo, which can be heard here: http://terminalescape.blogspot.com/2011/10/hunting-party.html 2. Hunting Party was the name of a band in the UK during the 1980s. 3. Hunting Party was the name of a bad in Australia during the 1990s.

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