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Nottingham, United Kingdom (2004 – present)
Amusement Parks on Fire are an English shoegaze band from Nottingham.
The band was formed by Michael Feerick in 2004, who wrote and performed their self-titled debut album entirely by himself. The band has since expanded and now write and perform as a five-piece currently composed of Michael Feerick (guitar/vocals), Daniel Knowles (guitar/production), Peter Dale (drums), Gavin Poole (bass) and Joe Hardy (keyboard).
Feerick wrote and recorded ten songs on a minimal budget with close friend Daniel Knowles engineering the sessions. These efforts formed Amusement Parks on Fire’s self-titled debut album released in the UK on INVADA Records, a label run by Geoff Barrow of Portishead in 2005.
The band signed to V2 Records in 2005 and went on to record their second studio album Out of the Angeles at Sigur Rós’ Sundlaugin studio in Álafoss, Iceland.
The line-up altered to its current state in summer 2006 with the addition of Gavin Poole (Bass) and Joe Hardy (Keyboards). This was followed by a co-headline tour of the UK with US noise outfit Scarling. and a headline tour across mainland Europe and Scandinavia.
The band played in Japan for the first time at the Summer Sonic Festival 2006.
In addition to the second album “Out of the Angeles”, the band recorded a series of limited edition 12” EPs — the first of which, “In Flight” was released early in September 2006. This was followed by “A Star Is Born” on the 2nd of April 2007 which was supported by a UK & Ireland headlining tour.
The band was formed by Michael Feerick in 2004, who wrote and performed their self-titled debut album entirely by himself. The band has since expanded and now write and perform as a five-piece currently composed of Michael Feerick (guitar/vocals), Daniel Knowles (guitar/production), Peter Dale (drums), Gavin Poole (bass) and Joe Hardy (keyboard).
Feerick wrote and recorded ten songs on a minimal budget with close friend Daniel Knowles engineering the sessions. These efforts formed Amusement Parks on Fire’s self-titled debut album released in the UK on INVADA Records, a label run by Geoff Barrow of Portishead in 2005.
The band signed to V2 Records in 2005 and went on to record their second studio album Out of the Angeles at Sigur Rós’ Sundlaugin studio in Álafoss, Iceland.
The line-up altered to its current state in summer 2006 with the addition of Gavin Poole (Bass) and Joe Hardy (Keyboards). This was followed by a co-headline tour of the UK with US noise outfit Scarling. and a headline tour across mainland Europe and Scandinavia.
The band played in Japan for the first time at the Summer Sonic Festival 2006.
In addition to the second album “Out of the Angeles”, the band recorded a series of limited edition 12” EPs — the first of which, “In Flight” was released early in September 2006. This was followed by “A Star Is Born” on the 2nd of April 2007 which was supported by a UK & Ireland headlining tour.
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relaxiq wrote:
fuckin'wesome~
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Trempest wrote:
Fucking amazing band.
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vvhitenoise wrote:
decent not great
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gojolleygo wrote:
@BeatPoet Nope, they haven't broken up, see first few comments: http://www.facebook.com/amusementparksonfire/posts/10150351889423360
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BeatPoet wrote:
Any links to confirm they haven't broken up? http://www.last.fm/music/G.+Green is a band Michael was in recently.
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andrewrutherfor wrote:
Definitely, I'd be pretty devastated if they broke up. Anyone know of any live bootlegs? I can't seem to find any, I'd love to get some. An inbox with links would be greatly appreciated.
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simcut wrote:
They have confirmed they arent breaking up, whoever started that rumour off is a bastard! :)
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monodistortion wrote:
Amusement Parks on Fire started out as just Michael so he can do it as a band or by himself really. I see them hanging around LA pretty often.
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fuzzle3 wrote:
Break up? whaaaaaaaaat?! And yeah I fucking love Road Eyes, lovely album.
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Jonzo67 wrote:
Dont think so...
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mewsic156 wrote:
they're good, but Its not the best
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nataliesnow wrote:
Perfect.
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andrewrutherfor wrote:
It's a little ridiculous how good this band is.
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rafaelsimmons wrote:
Really Really Interesting. Gonna check it out more from this band. Venus in Cancer is such a good song.
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NasalScarecrow wrote:
Any of you guys a fan of Lovesliescrushing? They have a really bliss sound, Xuvetyn is worth a listen.
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fkesserieusman wrote:
dude listened to dinosaur jr.
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thekillingspree wrote:
Well, since we never got any more My Vitriol, these guys will have to do.
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tributewg wrote:
Please try this: http://www.last.fm/music/audiocæneat! Thanks a lot :)
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SaucyPete wrote:
Agreed Generataur
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generataur wrote:
These dudes + Place to Bury Strangers = me having an eargasm.
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Eyes is to be released very soon. On September 14th in the US on
Filter U.S Recordings, and on September 22nd in Japan on Yoshimoto
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Ad-meridiem, rogava3, NuclearPickle21 and 5 other people added Amusement Parks on Fire to their libraries. Sunday evening
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