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Simon Finn is an English psych folk musician.

Finn was born in 1951 in Surrey, moved to London in 1967, where his first performance was opening for Al Stewart at the Marquee Club in Soho. He released his Pass the Distance LP in 1970, which in later years attained legendary status as it was so hard to obtain. The album featured contributions from Rob Buckin, Paul Burwell, Ken Elliot, and David Toop. “Pass the Distance” was remastered and re-released on Durtro/Jnana records in 2004 and again in 2008 on vinyl by Mayfair Music. In the same year, after a thirty-five year absence from the music scene, he began touring again. His first performance was in support of the band Current 93 at St George the Martyr Church in Toronto in June 2004. Since then he has performed in Moscow, Athens, Glasgow, Barcelona, New York, Chicago and many other cities around the world. His second album, Magic Moments, was released by Durtro/Jnana in june 2005.

Finn resides in Montreal, Canada and has recently been touring extensively both as a solo artist and as a member of Current 93. His latest release, Accidental Life, appeared in July 2007.

Simon Finn has played shows with Current 93, Graham Coxon, Thurston Moore, Antony and the Johnsons and more.

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folk, psychedelic folk, psychedelic, acid folk, singer-songwriter
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1	What A Day	23
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5	The Courtyard	19
6	Where's Your Master Gone	15
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8	Fades (Pass the Distance)	13
9	Hiawatha	12
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Nikopol_XP wrote:
November 2009

vote for this http://www.lastfm.de/music/Simon+Finn/+images/35232391

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lutek_maciupek wrote:
November 2009

'Rats laugh Mice sing' is really goood!

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Nikopol_XP wrote:
September 2009

check his new album "Rats laugh Mice sing"

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battleaxed wrote:
August 2009

The pic looks like the guitarist from that Stillwater band on 'Almost Famous' doesn't it?

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Omnioblivion wrote:
April 2009

Big White Car is one of my all-time favorite songs.

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GunClubbing wrote:
March 2009

This is better than most music I've ever heard. I should have understood after the C93 cover EP.

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badoom_bum wrote:
February 2009

Jerusalem!

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Never-ending wrote:
February 2009

Yeah, mindblowing song.

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esperikglare wrote:
November 2008

Jerasalem is really moving. Especially live!

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sahib666 wrote:
October 2008

Jerusalem! my hair stands up, too...!

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Cookie_Mountain wrote:
May 2008

Jerusalem makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck every time I hear it.

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princezaleski wrote:
February 2008

You can only completely love it, or hate it. But if you get into it you're lost, this is mind-blowing in every little sound and word, pure emotions.

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flashbleu wrote:
December 2007

Some odd comments on this shoutbox. For what it's worth, Finn reminds me a bit of Pearls Before Swine's Tom Rapp with a bit of Syd Barrett. ..and Pattismithowns, Syd Barrett is about as real as you can get. I won't bother wasting your time telling you who I think are fakes...

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Minuteflag wrote:
December 2007

Accidental Life is stunning...find it.

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AppleKabukiSuri wrote:
October 2007

its on durtro juana, david tibets label

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midnightcowboy wrote:
September 2007

I've got his records Magic Moments and Pass the Distance. I'm wondering what the new record sounds like. I've trouble finding it.

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_duif wrote:
September 2007

wtf, I didn't know there was a new album. release date March 2007!?

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Feverhouse wrote:
May 2007

Yeah, I'm not arguing the legitimacy of Barrett or Finn, I'm just stating their voices and instrumentation are similar. How is Finn more real though? Both were drug-using folksters from the 60s? You have to take both with a pinch of salt, but I believe that both were authentic and off their trolleys more than once. Feverhouse shouted

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Feverhouse wrote:
April 2007

He's fantastic in my opinion, but I don't know why so many compare him to Leonard Cohen. He sings about completely different things and sounds nothing like him. If anything he has more of a Syd Barrett air to his style.

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thylost wrote:
January 2007

music for gourmets. seeing him live at the show was exceptional experience

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