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Th’ Faith Healers began life as a punk cover band in which Ben played drums and Tom on guitar. Settling on The Faith Healers as a suitable moniker, they were soon making drunken fools of themselves at every available opportunity. Joe saw them and something at the core of their shambolic mess appealed — so when a vacancy arose, he jumped at the chance to join. Ben and Tom remember Joe’s joining as the point at which they started to become serious about their music, despite the initial attraction being the band’s relaxed attitude.
Three gigs later, desperate to play somewhere other than the Dublin Castle public house, the threesome recruited expatriate Scot and sometime Falcon barperson Roxanne, principally because the promoter at The Falcon had promised them a gig just so he could see her sing. They dropped the ‘e’. Joe later claimed it had been stolen by Thee Hypnotics, and a legend was born.
Amongst the crowd at these primitive gigs were Richard Roberts and Paul Cox, the most implausible record company executives imaginable, who had decided to set up their own label in order to ‘go public’ with some of the emergent talent they’d been putting on stage at their Sausage Machine Club in Hampstead’s White Horse basement. Too Pure Records’ maiden release was a compilation, Now That’s Disgusting Music, that put new bands alongside the more established likes of Mega City Four and Silverfish. Th’ Faith Healers contributed ‘Jesus Freak’, and soon afterwards accepted the invitation to become Too Pure’s first signing.
Three gigs later, desperate to play somewhere other than the Dublin Castle public house, the threesome recruited expatriate Scot and sometime Falcon barperson Roxanne, principally because the promoter at The Falcon had promised them a gig just so he could see her sing. They dropped the ‘e’. Joe later claimed it had been stolen by Thee Hypnotics, and a legend was born.
Amongst the crowd at these primitive gigs were Richard Roberts and Paul Cox, the most implausible record company executives imaginable, who had decided to set up their own label in order to ‘go public’ with some of the emergent talent they’d been putting on stage at their Sausage Machine Club in Hampstead’s White Horse basement. Too Pure Records’ maiden release was a compilation, Now That’s Disgusting Music, that put new bands alongside the more established likes of Mega City Four and Silverfish. Th’ Faith Healers contributed ‘Jesus Freak’, and soon afterwards accepted the invitation to become Too Pure’s first signing.
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Lido
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Peel Sessions
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surround_me wrote:
guitar is so groovy and the drums are perfect to bob your head to. definitely not shoegaze though.
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Trip-fenton wrote:
gazing@myshoes
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_Pr0digY_ wrote:
swear pretty fucking good
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riigo wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK SHOEGAAAAAAAYYYZE?!???????!!!?
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Sunkiss1 wrote:
Shoegaze and dreampop?? What the f*?
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tonylees wrote:
Were ace at ATP
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skmelanie wrote:
Wow, pretty cool stuff.
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naranpito wrote:
Ojete
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tom_dissonance wrote:
"the short lived "Camden Lurch" scene along with the likes of Silverfish and Sun Carriage...Noisey punk melded with a bit of Krautrock repetition".... that sounds amazing!
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Sparkie71 wrote:
Butlins!!!!!! Lido album cover come to life!!!! I SHALL SEE AGAIN!!
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kitsunee wrote:
yes amazing!!!! can't wait to see you guys
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crystaltrips wrote:
Yippeeeeee Sun Sea Sand COming Down From a Helping Hannddddddd.
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hudgie wrote:
Still as raw and great as ever!!!! anybody got a spare copy of their cover of ABBA's "SOS"? :)
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josta59 wrote:
became my favorite band today
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iyers wrote:
Ha ha - shoegazers?! Hardly. More like part of the short lived "Camden Lurch" scene along with the likes of Silverfish and Sun Carriage...Noisey punk melded with a bit of Krautrock repetition. Dug out their first 3 12" the other day for a listen and was pleasantly surprised to hear they haven't dated at all.
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Malarki wrote:
Shoegaze? WTF! Stupid kuntz
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BilboBigos wrote:
less than 2k listeners wtf?
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quadrophrenic wrote:
incredible. just the band i was looking for.
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Straybow wrote:
everything, all at once forever
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laszlo_vertov wrote:
classic and criminally overlooked. gorgeous blue flower and my loser are definitely classic.
Events
- Dec 2 Th' Faith Healers The Lexington, London, United Kingdom
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ATP Nightmare Before Christmas curated by My Bloody Valentine
Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, United Kingdom
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sparklism wrote about Th' Faith Healers in a deleted journal. October 2009
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pleasestopme tagged Th' Faith Healers with experimental rock and experimental. October 2009
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