The Feldons
The Feldons - Canberra 3 piece
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Leanne Leanne
Empty Public Houses Empty Public Houses
What Lies Beneath What Lies Beneath
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Canberra-based originals three-piece.
The Feldons Cabinet consists of:
James Montgomery - Minister for bass guitars, keyboards, vocals and exotic instruments
Nick Giles - Minister for percussional implements of all kinds
Mark Hunstone - Minister for Guitars, Vox, lapsteel and ukeleleBand/artist history
THE FELDONS sound as if theyd be much happier walking down Carnaby Street wearing paisley shirts or union jack waistcoats whilst being immersed in the spirit of the sexual and political revolutions of the sixties.
Alternatively they could have quite happily been seen sitting on a jetty on the Mississippi listening to old blues men with gravel voices sing about working in the thirties. Or lazing on a punt in Oxford, or hustling in dark dingy 70s pubs.
With a name derived directly from the 60s iconic pop TV program Get Smart, THE FELDONS are as far away from modern music as is possible given their penchant for writing songs from any era, age or time. Melodic tunes interspersed with heavy blues and rock, soft country mixed with 1920s jazz and British influenced pop, its hard to pin a style upon these guys.
Rising from the remains of the Britpop band Revolver, THE FELDONS are a three piece outfit comprising Mark Hunstone on guitar and vocals, James Montgomery on bass and vocals, and Nick Giles on drums.
This is a band who feel like they are taking you on a musical journey through the late sixties and early seventies, courtesy of tight pop tunes and gloriously quirky psychedelic workouts and songs. They are pure swinging sixties, eschewing all the values of classic English pop in its heyday with glorious, snappy drum loops, wrapped around sun-drenched chiming guitars, fuzzy melodic bass and catchy melodies and lyrics.
And yet a darker side emerges in the deep blues rooted guitar licks of black America and frontier lives evoking images of slow rolling freight trains, dingy speakeasies, and the muddied waters of the deep south. But then again, this is THE FELDONS, not your average "play to a distinct style and sound sort of..." band.
But overall, THE FELDONS hark back to a time when love was free, flower power was king, flares and big collars were the order of the day, and people were generally a little more chilled out than today. All they need now is an army of screaming women and their image would be complete, because this is a band worth listening to, and screaming about.
Take the time and listen. You know it makes sense.Have you performed in front of an audience?Canberra - Australia
Your musical influences
Writing wise, there are a wide range of influences such as the Beatles, Tom Waits, Mark Knopfler, Small Faces etc etc.What equipment do you use?
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Weird lyrics but really catchy!
Wow!
Pyschadelic song about, well, something in London?
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