From busking in the London Underground to assembling a host of jazzy pop players to cut an album. Wayne Myers is a DIY artist with a knack for writing catchy melancholic pop songs, about halfway The Real Tuesday Weld and The Buzzcocks. He creates his own comics too, about the ups an downs of being a professionial musician trying to make a living with his band Fit and the Conniptions.
With Sweet Sister Starlight Myers follows the back road of UK pop. Switching between blues, folk, pop and jazz the band provides a comfy bed for Myers' relaxed vocals. A superb Sunday Morning album that flows like a crystal clear brook. You would never guess that it has taken over three years to make. Myers is an entertainer, a lounge lizard and a bluesy folkie rolled into one. A below-the-radar musical Robin Hood with a soft playing band of Merry Men capable of surprise attacks.
Fit and the Conniptions:
Wayne Myers: guitar, bass, piano, vocals
Jamika Ajalon: vocals
Saskia Doornbos: vocals
Brian Hedemann: drums
Alex Lynn: guitar
Sean Taylor: guitar
Paul Tkachenko : bass
Sweet Sister Starlight is a self-released album. Buy it (pay-what-you-want) from the band's website.
Tracks:- Sweet Sister Starlight
- Turnaround
- Love Less And Live
- Spellbound
- Spider Song
- Wander In A Dream
- Many Many
- Mistress Song
- Wood For The Trees
- Broken
- Nothing's Any Fun Any More
- Solemn Ground
MP3: Fit and the Conniptions - Wood For The Trees
Live dates:- 06/01 The Luxe, 109 Commercial Street, London E1 6BG
- 06/07 Elixir Bar, 162 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BL
- 06/19 The Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR
- 06/22 New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AS
- 07/02 Ashley Wood Festival, Ashley Wood Farm, Fonthill Gifford, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 6PY
- 07/06 The White Lion, 232, Streatham High Road, London SW16 1BB
- 07/19 The Green Dragon, 58-60 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1NA
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