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 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.Summer loving. Any band that features both a classically-trained double bass player and Brazilian former death-metal guitarist, and whose frontman has adopted the surname of Dangerfield, might reasonably have eccentricity expected of them. And so it is with pop quartet Guillemots. Theirs is a fulsome and extravagant, love-filled sound borne aloft on summer's breeziness, swollen with casual grandeur and baroque instrumental flourishes. Not all of Dangerfield's maverick ideas work - he should steer clear of under-accompanied singing for a start - but when they do take off, Guillemots really soar.Guillemots - Through The Windowpane, released 17 July 06 on Polydor.
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comment by Pucci
Jul 26, 2006
excellent band, very pleasant album - is this their second though? there's a very extented play thing with 8 tracks and a video also kicking around...
comment by flyingtwinkle
Jul 15, 2006
named after a type of coastal bird
comment by Medibot
Jul 15, 2006
Haha! Those are the best interview questions ever! I'm getting increasingly interested in this Dangerfield chap!
comment by weegie
Jul 15, 2006
bugger, meant to say - if i'd know top of the pops was so strange, i'd have started watching again.http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/news/interviews/2006/06/... 
comment by weegie
Jul 15, 2006
i love the interaction between the bass and the drums on made up love song #43it's a lovely album... but, the version of 'blue would still be blue' on the album is woeful. mr dangerfield should have steered clear and rather over-eggs the pudding. the version on the 'songs' is much better -simpler, sweet and when performed live, magical.
comment by Medibot
Jul 15, 2006
Whenever I hear Made up love song #43 it fascinates me. They are very odd and hypnotic indeed. I was very upset to see comparisons being made to Prefab Sprout in the 'If you like this' box. It made me feel quite dirty.
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