ARTIST: Cranebuilders
TITLE: Sometimes You Hear Through Someone Else
LABEL: Skinny Dog
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 185kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 38min total
RELEASE DATE: 14 Mar 2005
RIP DATE: 08 Mar 2005
Track List
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01. Trouble Is 3:06
02. New Captain 3:23
03. Public Space 3:19
04. Fallen Arches 4:27
05. Radio 3:10
06. So What Could I Do 2:28
07. Vacuum Cleaner 3:37
08. My Little Misery 3:09
09. She Cant Find The Words 3:18
10. Soap Opera Rant 2:30
11. Advance Directive 3:47
12. Close Your Eyes 1:55
Release Notes:
Tommy Roberts (vocals + guitar) and Simon Reynolds (guitar)
both worked in Liverpool's Cranes Music Store, where they
wasted their days playing, talking, thinking and selling
music, mostly to their friends and other Liverpool notables.
The kindly manager allowed the friends to rehearse in the
basement of the store along with drummer Steve Keast. The
addition of Matt McPartlan (bass) and Helen Turner (vocals
and organ) completed the line-up in June 2000. Upon realising
they didn't have a name and a looming debut gig at the Hanover
pub, Tommy suggested they name themselves cranebuilders after
the place they held so closely to their hearts. After the music
store went into liquidation, the group isolated themselves in
a north Liverpool terrace house and began working up songs.
The resulting demos leading to various gigs in the north of
England and Glasgow. The demos filtered out into the hands of
local music dignitaries and began to generate interest.
An e-mail from London based Earworm records and the offer to
do a 7" single, resulted in the group believing that maybe
they could eventually get out of the north Liverpool terrace!
Meanwhile the demo was working wonders amongst A+R types up
and down the country, which enabled cranebuilders to release
an EP on their own label, ten people tell, grabbing the
attention of John Peel and Steve Lamacq to name but a few.
Enjoy.