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….Which leads us to the final band of the festival, local lads ‘Stanley’. Their lead singer has a voice that could melt toffee down to it's constituent parts and coupled with the band's gentle sound they soon have couples waltzing down at the front. Through piano led pop like 'Happy Now' and 'Too Fat To Fly' they hold the attention of their sizable audience (the aftershow party begins after their set) and top off a great couple of days. - www.culturedeluxe.com
The week before last I spent two amazing days in Aberdeen at 'Go North', Scotland's innovative annual music convention. Apart from talking on a panel about artist management my time was spent watching lots of great bands and solo artists. The pick of the bunch for me were 'Attic Lights' a band oozing great tunes and wonderful harmonies and 'Stanley' who were the most original act I saw over the two days. The man's voice and again great melodies made for a splendid climax to my time in Aberdeen. - www.schoolhousemanagement.co.uk
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Still working on that hot first release.
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Aberdeen-based band Stanley formed in mid-2002 and have spent the last few years impressing live audiences with their outstanding music and extremely individual and multi-layered sound. The group were a featured act at the “Go North” music industry event in Aberdeen and have also provided support to acts such as The Bees, Marina and the Diamonds and Mumford and Sons. They have also had their music played by DJs such as Vic Galloway on both Radio 1 and Radio Scotland and are currently at the mixing stage of their first album.
The five piece band draw on a wide range of influences - from Scott Walker and the Beach Boys, to Radiohead and The Divine Comedy - and bring together guitars, drums and keyboard with the unusual addition of a vibraphone.
Stanley combine both musical talent and imagination to create a sound that is innovative, unique, and as a result, totally unclassifiable. Highly accomplished compositions and expressive lyrics are successfully merged, and enhanced further by their lead singer's distinctive and breathtakingly powerful voice.
The group's songs encompass everything from politics, paranoia and the idiosyncrasies of life, evoking a spectrum of emotions - feelings from the melancholy to the sublime. This is achieved with a broad scope of sounds and styles, from swirling fairground melodies and dramatic orchestration, to good old fashioned rock. Stanley's diverse collection illustrates their versatility, and each song captures a different aspect of their unconventional, quirky charm.
For more information, check out the following links:
www.myspace.com/iamstanley
www.purevolume.com/stanleyuk
www.goevents.info
http://www.culturedeluxe.com/news_item.asp?id=650 (contains live review of GoNorth gig)
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