One of the things I'm usually asking for is why so many bands are claiming to be influenced by the Third Ear Band. You listen to their music and ask yourself: what hell have this music to do with the Third Ear Band's ones?
Here's a new band states it on an interview, The Toutatis from England.
Who are ya?
"Dried out by salt air and fine wines, By Toutatis are a collection of fops and grizzled folkies who use the “Three Bs” to create their distinctive sound: baritone, broken things and buzzing noises".
Where are you from?
"Many places, converging generally around the wonderful land of Saltburn-by-the-Sea".
How long have you been doing what you’re doing now?
"Three swift and sexually-charged years".
Is being a musician your full time job?
"Not having full time jobs is our full time job. Although drummer Ben works at the amazing Georgian Theatre in Stockton".
How would you explain your sound to someone’s 90 year old grandmother?
"Picture that favourite dancehall from your youth. Remember the glitz and the glamour? The dancing? The nights that never ended…? Now imagine it burning – slowly reducing to ashes festooned with shards of glitterball and cremated bowties. See the band resolutely playing in the corner? That’s us. With a wind organ".
Are there any obvious influences in your music? "Jacques Brel, Tindersticks and Yann Tiersen have been bandied about…".
Are there any not so obvious influences in your music?
"The Third Ear Band’s soundtrack to Macbeth is seminal".
Apart from yourself of course, what other band/artist would you recommend our readers check out?
"Dressed Like Wolves, RM Hubbert, Natasha Haws, General Sherman…too many more to list".
Best place for people to find out what you are up to?
www.facebook.com/bytoutatis is where it all seeps out from. Tweets are regularly freed from @bytoutatisband
The band's last record "The Song we Sang to Death" is available for free listening at http://tinylights.bandcamp.com/album/the-songs-we-sang-to-death
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