The Black House was formed in late 2005 and has been performing live since early 2006.
The Black House play a kind of dark acoustic folk rock that isn't really traditional rock or traditional folk - or, for that matter, uniquely acoustic. All members of The Black House have performed in punk, rock and garage bands and see the music they play today as a logical progression of that. The music is dark, thoughtful and good.
They would describe themselves as a kind of dark lounge band, but this confuses too many people. They don't play easy listening music thats for sure. The idea of the lounge band is the setting. A band that plays in a lounge, an old fashioned lounge, somewhere you sit late at night amidst the cigarette smoke drinking your bourbon, telling the bartender to make it one for your baby and one for the road while a band dressed in black and red sit in the corner and play a few tunes easy and low.
Or maybe its just a new take on an old idea, music and words that you have to listen to, that relax you some times and make you think at other times.
The songs are a collection of thoughtful originals and a few well-chosen covers all performed with an assured easy-going feel that makes the listener feel right at home.
Ian Porter - Vocals/Guitar ~ Jon Bolton - Keyboards ~ Pete Collis - Drums/Percussion ~ Chris Glew - Bass
Influences
Ian. Tim Hardin, Lou Reed, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel, Polnareff, Townes Van Zandt, Jimmy Webb, Richard Harris, Suicide, Johnny Thunders, Gordon Lightfoot, Love, Scott Walker, Tindersticks, Long Ryders, Lee Hazlewood, Velvet Underground, Glen Campbell, David Ackles, Plush, Clifford T Ward, Spacemen 3, Silent Hill 2 OST.
Pete. Yo La Tengo. Seam. Iron & Wine. Pink Floyd. Calexico. Jim O’ Rourke. Lee Dorsey. Blood & Fire. Catskills. Lamb. Jamie Lidell. Wilco. Sebadoh. Tummy Touch. Close Family Hannan. Pavement. Matthew Herbert. Tom Waits. Spring Heel Jack, Rising High. Lambchop. Spiritualized.
Jon. Lone Justice, Cowboy Junkies, Maria McKee, Green on Red, Depeche Mode, Mark Almond, Joy Division, Big Star, P J Harvey, The Triffids, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Rufus Wainwright, Anthony and the Johnsons, Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Human League, Air, Dean freedman.
Chris. Tom Waits, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sixteen Horsepower, Woven Hand, Lilium, The Vanity Set, Thee Headcoats, The Buff Medways, Gogol Bordello, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, Johnny Cash, The Stooges, Willard Grant Conspiracy, William Elliot Whitmore, Dirty Three.
Postcard From An Abandoned Hotel
1. 1989 2. Home 3. Brown Paper Bag 4. Shadows 5. New Song 6. Gone 7. The Wasting Time 8. December 10 9. Shipwreck 10. Postcard From An Abandoned Hotel
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