Sounds from Atlantis

Genre: Rock
Secondary Genre: Singer/Songwriter Westville, New Jersey USA Contact

Sounds from Atlantis is a 4-piece, vocal-driven band that combines a modern sound and technology with roots music and american folk to create "modern electric americana."

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Biography

Sounds from Atlantis is a Modern Electric Americana quartet from South Jersey whose origins stem from the songwriting efforts of lead singer Tony Cooksey, who recorded his first solo EP, Lower Vibration Sessions in 2006. Cooksey's one-man live performances would soon come to include bassist Gregory Hagen and drummer Matthew Walker. Described in Origivation Magazine as "...Having a sound that harkens to The Bends-era Radiohead, the Mars Volta, the Decemberists, and Elbow." SfA has carved a niche in the Philadelphia and South Jersey original music scene with a unique blend of brilliant lead and harmony vocals, diverse instrumental prowess, and ghostly lyricism. The band is also known for winning over fans and fellow musicians alike with their friendly, energetic stage presence and all-too-evident enjoyment in performing live. They have played such venues as Philadelphia's Trocadero Theatre, the Hard Rock Cafe, Khyber, and the North Star Bar. SfA took to the studio in the summer of 08' to record what became their first group effort, 2009's No Mercy has the Sea. Guitarist Chris Bayley joined the band during mixing of No Mercy has the Sea and, in trading lead and rhythm duties with Cooksey, has further developed the sound of Sounds from Atlantis.

To date SfA continues to write new material while promoting their latest EP. Check out SfA's radio interviews, live performance videos, write ups, upcoming show dates, and listen to tracks off the EP No Mercy has the Sea at www.SoundsfromAtlantis.com.

Instrumentation

Chris Bayley: guitar, vocals
Tony Cooksey: vocals, guitar
Greg Hagen: bass, keys, vocals, secondary percussion
Matt Walker: drums, guitar, vocals

Discography

Lower Vibration Sessions (CD/2006)

Live @ The Grape Steet (CD/2007)

SMPS Listen 2: More
A Compilation of Songs fro Local Philadelphia Artists
(CD/2007)

Live @ The Trocadero Theater (DVD/2008)

"No Mercy has the Sea" EP (DVD/2009)

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Setlist

Our set can run from 30 to 120 minutes. We know 30+ covers and have 22 original songs.

A set list could look like this....

Crocodile Teeth (unreleased)
Ghost Train I (Lower Vibration Sessions (LVS))
Southern Man (Neil Young)
Ghost Train II (unreleased)
Bad Math (unreleased)
I Will Possess Your Heart (Death Cab for Cutie)
Ain't no Sunshine (Bill Withers)
All Part of the Process (unreleased)
I like'd You Better from the Start (LVS)
Flagship Sinking (LVS)
In After the Rain at the Town's Edge (LVS)
I Want You/She's So Heavy (The Beatles)
0505 (LVS)
Use Me (Bill Withers)
The Purge (unreleased)
I'm Only Sleeping (The Beatles)
James River (unreleased)
Waterbearer (unreleased)
Me vs. Me (unreleased)
Spinster (unreleased)
yy (unreleased)
Seen in the Light (unreleased)
Rest Easy (LVS)

...and that's not even all of it.

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