The Shooting Of... -This Silence Is Killing Me (League
Against Rubbish Records)
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| The Shooting Of... - This Silence Is Killing Me |
Release Date: 7th July 2014
Paul Jeans is a self-confessed
control freak and, as such, he is the perfect candidate to be in a one man band
which is exactly what The Shooting Of... is. One man bands, however, no longer
require you to wear cymbals on your knee caps and a car horn between your butt
cheeks. No, instead, The Shooting Of... combines child-like keyboard melodies,
rough'n'ready drums and vocals like a subdued Brandon Flowers to create
alternative pop songs like 'This Silence Is Killing Me'. There is a B-side to
this single, which is nice, and the title is something of a mouthfull so take a
deep breath, it's: '1000 Facebook Likes (Or The Trials And Tribulations Of
Making Music In The Social Media Age)'. This is a melancholy but
tongue-in-cheek look at the music world during this age of disengagment and
detachment which makes writing this online blog a little awkward. Nevertheless,
the fact remains that Jeans is writing kooky pop songs in the vein of Jim Noir
but with a sense of social awareness beyond what happens at the bottom of the
garden.
More information: http://www.theshootingof.com/
Live Dates:
11th July - The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
13th July - Woodhorn Lane Music Festival, Ashington
24th July - Zum Falken, Weimar
25th July - Sonne KulturBiergarten, Meiningen
26th July - Noch Besser Lebe, Leipzig
31st July - Polyvester, Oldenburg
1st August - Waschweiber, Hannover
3rd August - Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk
19th September - The Green Room, Stockton-On-Tees
13th October - The Cluny 2, Newcastle-upon-Tyne