The Crooked Fiddle Band
Music - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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"Their music is original and quixotic, with the depths of some strong roots. I've never heard anything like it." Brian EnoThe Crooked Fiddle Band formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2006 - the year that Pluto was redefined as a dwarf planet (although that had nothing to do with us!). The band features Jess Randall (violin, nyckelharpa - check one out on your spare Swedish 50 kronor banknote); Gordon Wallace (guitar, bouzouki, cittern); Mark Stevens (double bass); and Joe Gould (drums, percussion).Early on we discovered that our mutual love of the energy and intensity of world music traditions was shared by the other music we love: a common thread between the frenetic accompaniment of trad bluegrass, klezmer and punk rock; the twisting rhythms of math-metal and balkan folk; the clear tonalities of Scandinavian folk, Celtic folk, and cinematic post rock.This has resulting in a multi-layered, complex and ecstatic hybrid we call 'chainsaw folk'. Others have called it "14th century Romanian metal", "thrash folk", "whirlwind gypsy" and even "what Sepultura would sound like if they provided the soundtrack to a hyperactive version of O Brother Where Art Thou." So whilst our genre remains elusive, we're mainly concerned with making music with melody, energy and intensity.Live, we've played in the theatre of Sydney's Opera House, festival headline stages like the London Olympic Arts Festival, Woodford, Falls and Peats Ridge, as well as cult underground appearances at Tasmania's Dark Mofo, Germany's Fusion Festival, and the UK's Shambala. Supports include Shellac, The Jezabels, We Lost The Sea, Lunasa, Afenginn, The Beards, Closure in Moscow.We previously recorded two albums with studio legend Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Pixies, Gogol Bordello) at his analog-only Chicago studio Electrical Audio, but decided to stay closer to home at Brain Studios with Clayton Segelov for our latest, 'Another Subtle Atom Bomb', which dropped on 19/9/2019.We hope you enjoy our sound!
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