Jonquil

Vstupné | Entry
Predpredaj | In Advance: 3,50 / 2,00 € (dospelí / študenti | adults / students)
Na mieste | At Door: 4,00 / 2,70 €
Rezervácie lístkov | Booking the tickets: rezervacie@stanica.sk, +421 41 56 23 564

Biography
Oxford-based Jonquil release a new Mini-CD, "Whistle Low", which sees them reinventing themselves as re-inventors of pop music, with moments of sublime melodicism set against dense polyrhythms that call to mind Animal Collective, Built to Spill, early Arcade Fire or Akron/Family, and some camp-side gathering, incorporating doo-wop, party horn arrangements and gentle balladry.

Hailing from the musical city of Oxford, Jonquil have had a very prolific two years of existence that has resulted in two full length albums, both on Try Harder Records (Foals, Blood Red Shoes), and two self-released tour CDRs. Numbering six members and a far greater number of instruments (the usual guitar bass and drums plus accordion, flute, violin, trumpet, melodica, piano, organ…). Jonquil have moved on significantly from the noise-tinged avant-folk of their debut, Sunny Casinos. “Whistle Low” was recorded initially by front-man Hugo Manuel in his bedroom and finished with the rest of the band over a two week period at the end of 2007, hot on the heels of their much lauded second album, Lions, which received glowing reviews in publications such as the Wire and Rock Sound as well as many of the world’s most influential blogs such as ‘My Old Kentucky Home’, ‘La Blogotheque’ and ‘Nothing But Green Lights’.

2008 saw Jonquil rise to prominance in British indie circles. They were handpicked to play Glastonbury Festival and Latitude Festival for BBC Introducing, and spent the second half of the year touring, both extensively in UK, and throughout Europe, hitting France, Germany, Poland, Spain and Portugal. Radio sessions for Huw Stphens at Radio 1 and John Kennedy at Xfm followed, as well as playing high profile support slots to Foals and Spoon, amognst others. 2009
is their's for the taking.

Discography
Sunny Casinos (2006, Try Harder Records)
Lions (2007, Try Harder Records)
Whistle Low EP (2008, Acuarela Discos)
Upcoming album due in September

Press
"This is a masterclass in how to purvey experimentalism without foregoing accessibility, and for that alone, Jonquil need to become huge" Clash

"The tone is deadpan and resonant, the voice more instrument than flowery embellishment, while the tenderness and fragility is left to the other musicians" The Wire

"The times i've seen Jonquil play live, its been in tiny, intimate venues in Oxford and they've inspired these mass sing-alongs each time... its pretty special to watch" Yannis Philippakis (Foals)

"Jonquil's efforts create the atmosphere in which one could slice through the air with a knife" Rock Sound

"The long, sweeping melodies that litter this LP are at times achingly perfect and the laid-back orchestration and bedroom production make for a humbling experience" Drowned in Sound

"Once in a while an album will come along and win us over before we’ve
even had time to put something else on... Such is the case with Jonquil, an eclectic sextet whose new album is destined to be a word of mouth sensation" Foggy Notions