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The Visitors were born in Bridgwater 1998 AD. With no family to speak of, the band was left orphaned amidst the evils of a small post-industrial town. Taking its first steps on the circuit of working men's bars, pubs and gin-and-neon nightclubs, the Visitors' staple diet was a motivating force of unemployment, alcoholism and dire poverty. On this heady mixture of social apathy and carbohydrate, the band quickly grew to adulthood, blossoming into a glorious form of ex-teacher, ex-journalist, ex-kitchen salesman and The Most Dangerous Man in Somerset. For a while it courted with love, with sex, with drink, with obsession, then, with the release of its first CD; Flying to the Ocean Floor, the band acquired a more poetic experimental edge. This coincided with an expansion in performance venues as far and remote as Prague and Dartmoor Jail, now fully contrite and out on bail, The Visitors then recorded their second CD; Moving Darkly. Now, with a rawer edge and one of their tracks Down to the Sea released by 25 Records the Visitors began their latest project; Post Industrial Dark. it's is out now on Midnight Mango!!! |
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This CD is now available. Some of the tracks are already
available on our myspace.com web site. The lyrics and the
artwork can be viewed from this website by clicking on the CD
image to the left.
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This CD represents a year's worth of writing and playing,
we spent a lot more money in the recording studio and as a result
we reckon that we have honed these songs into a cohesive, tight
album. There are 12 songs which run to about 55 minutes plus
a hidden track which is a reworking of "The Air from the
Lung" All in all well over an hour of provocative sounds.
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Flying to the Ocean Floor was the first CD that the Visitors attempted. We didn't have much cash when we went into the studio so we recorded all fifteen tracks in double quick time. Still we managed to add the effects of ebb "&" flow and come up with an inspirational, if not technically perfect set of songs. The outcome was an album which earned us the Morning Star review "This band should play Glastonbury Festival" well we're still working on that one...Again this CD comes with evocative art work from Ellie. This Flying to the Ocean Floor link will take you to a page that is dedicated to the CD, where you'll find poetry and art work from the album. It costs £5.00. |
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If you wish to contact the Visitors for any reason, then please click on this email link or write to 21 Kings Drive, Westonzoyland. TA7 0HJ. Any cheques should be made payable to M. Bartlett. We'd love to hear any comment about our material. |
This mini site is composed of six pages all of which are
linked from the banner at the top and the navigator at the bottom
of each page. For information about when the Visitors are playing
please refer to the "What's
On" page in Midnight Mango.
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