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'Games Non-People Play'
... the lead single from the band's debut album: 'Mollusk'
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ORGANISMS at the Norwich Art Centre (NAC), May 2017 Photo by Richard Shashamane
'MOLLUSK' - the first album from O R G A N I S M S
O R G A N I S M S evolved from a blend of musicians influenced by folk, rock, psychedelia, doomy-moody, melodramatic-bluesy, early garage rock and the odd trace of Americana. The title of the album 'Mollusk' has been taken from a group of creatures which are predominately found in the sea. Like the band's music, these creatures can sometimes be found gracefully sliding over gritty beds of silt and slime or they can be gliding amongst the weed of the seabed. Another time they can be found surprisingly jet-propelling themselves into deeper fathoms and darker places. Sometimes they can be illuminating! That is if they don't choose to hide inside their shells .... a bit like the band really:
Joseph Quinn
Creative, prolific, sensitive writer of songs about sadness, gladness and perceptions of madness + His several incarnations stem from as many music collaborations and 'solo' projects + Joe sees ORGANISMS as having risen from the ashes of The Amazing World of Living Things, which, itself arose from the ashes of The Grazing Saints + Joe's style of guitar playing is unorthodox + As a singer/songwriter unafraid to delve deep into real life matters of his mind, body and soul he exposes his inner dark truths + a provocateur.
Lizzy Burt
Graduated
from Norwich University of the Arts + Formed folk/country duo The
Woodland creatures with Christina Alden + Played numerous festivals
including Latitude and Folk East + Album: 'Fool the Wolves' (2015)
very well received + Supported Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick +
The duo still gig throughout the UK + Approached by Joseph Quinn
(2016) to collaborate on new project (ORGANISMS) + Embraces
challenge of adapting singing/playing style to very different music
genre + A significant contribution and influence in the writing and
music of Organisms.
Paul Taylor
Plays bass guitar in ORGANISMS + also a founding member of The Grazing Saints (with Joe in 2010). In 2013, Paul collaborated with Joe and singer/songwriter Harriet Couzens to form the folk-rock-pop trio The Wallowers. As well as playing bass he also contributed playing various percussion on the trio's self-titled EP.
Alex Elliot
Son of a dance teacher he remembers frequently falling asleep as a child to the sound of tap dancing + Hardcore Punk cemented a teenage love of live music + also had love affairs with Radiohead, Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor in later years + studied in Manchester, returned and joined up with friends and his 'musical brothers' Horo Quintet (a band inspired by Balkan folk tunes and traditional world music). Horo Quintet will have a self-recorded/self-released EP out soon. + Alex plays drums in ORGANISMS.
Bromley
Plays keys and glockenspiel in Organisms. Bromley also plays the bass guitar with so-called 'Norwich Music Scene' stalwart Shane O'Linski in The Bavarian Rocket Group + Bromley was in many of Shane's 'heritage' bands such as El Sub * The Good Girls etc. + + +
Previous albums featuring members of
ORGANISMS
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