ABSENTEE
Lead part time denizen of Memphis Towers and full time deep voiced man Dan
Michaelson, ably assisted by Babak Ganjei on guitar, Laurie Earle on bass,
Melinda Bronstein doing backing vox and keys and Che Albrighton on drums,
Absentee have graced us with a pair of wry and romantic albums, Schmotime
and Victory Shorts.
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01. Shared
02. Boy Did She Teach You Nothing
03. Nurses Don't Notice A Thing
04. They Do It These Days
05. Love Has Had It's Way
06. Bitchstealer
07. We Smash Plates
08. Spitting Feathers
09. Pips
10. That Old Ghost
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A. Boy Did She Teach You Nothing
B. I Want to Break Free
01. Bitchstealer
02. I'm Your Man
03. My Eyes Adored You
04. That Old Ghost
01. More Troubles
02. We Should Never Have Children
03. Getaway
04. Hey Tramp
05. You Try Sober
06. There's a Body in Car Somewhere
07. Weasel
08. Truth is Stranger than Fishin'
09. Duck Train
10. Something To Bang
11. Treacle
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01. Something To Bang
02. You Try Sober
It's a brand new version of Something To Bang backed with a brand new song You Try Sober. It's on 7" and CD single as well as digital. Artwork by big baby Babs. The single has already recieved play from Zane Lowe on Radio 1, Jonthan Ross on Radio 2 and is A listed on BBC 6 Music
Here's the video: SOMETHING TO BANG VIDEO
A. Weasel
B. Les Mesaventures Sexualle
2. Something to Bang
3. My Dead Wife
4. In the Toilets Again
5. On the Hallway
6. Heather's Golden Shoulder
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"Wonderful, sordidly warm alt rock" - Rocksound
"Absentee's very existence makes the world a better place" - NME 9/10
"Gallows funny with instantly memorable songs" - Observer
"Entertaining and melodic - Absentee have to be applauded" - **** The Times
"Brilliant, a man sized portion of rock and roll" - Artrocker
"Like Lou Reed with grubbier fingerprints. Very promising" - **** Q Recommends
"Neat, soulful Indie-pop" - Music Week
22 August - Independence, Sunderland
10 September - Bestival Isle of Wight
12 Septembet - Borderline London
16 September - End of the Road Festival
01 October - Moshulu, Aberdeen
02 October - Oran Mor, Glasgow
03 October - Academy 2, Newcastle
04 October - Fleece, Bristol
05 October - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
07 October - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
08 October - Barfly, Birmingham
09 October - Academy 3, Manchester
10 October - Scala, London
12 October - Scala, London
13 October - Bierkeller, Manchester
14 October - Social, Nottingham
15 October - Faversham, Leeds
2008
10 June - Hoxton Bar & Grill, London
04 July - Zodiac, Oxford
05 July - Cornbury Festival, Oxford
06 July - Bodega, Nottingham
11 July - Academy 2, Liverpool
13 July - Ifor Back, Cardiff
16 July - Bush Hall, London
17 July - Audio, Brighton
19 July - King Tuts, Glasgow
25 July - Secret Garden Party, Huntingdon
29 August - Electric Picnic, Ireland
09 September - Junction 2, Cambridge
12 September - End Of The Road, Larma Gardens
02 October - Whelans, Dublin
03 October - Cockpit, Leeds
05 October - Academy 2, Birmingham
06 October - Union, Sheffield
07 October - 93 Ft East, London
08 October - Bodega, Nottingham
09 October - King Tuts, Glasgow
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The band have had two previous major releases. Donkey Stock in 2005 was a six track EP, which helped get the band noticed. In 2006, the band released a full length album called Schmotime, which was well received by the music press, including a 7.1 Pitchfork rating.
The album "Schmotime" was produced by James Ford, of Arctic Monkeys and Mystery Jets fame.
Any free time has been spent touring with the likes of Magic Numbers, Brakes, Broken Family Band, Micah p Hinson, Bloc Party and Silver Jews.
When not recording and touring with Absentee, all the band members have side projects. Singer Dan has Dan Michaelson and the Coastguards, Babak, Melinda and Laurie have Wet paint and Melinda has The Bronsteins.