REVIEWS OF OUR DEBUT SINGLE - Holiday Song/The Animals Left the Zoo
"'Holiday Song' is unrecognisable as a debut single, some bands with years and years of albums behind them have yet to produce a single of this quality..." - HIGH VOLTAGE
"Pure eccentric genius..." - MY VILLAGE
"The Mekkits! write music that makes good old Manc seem like the Sunshine State of L.A..." - COMFORT COMES
"Madcap and colourful The Mekkits are a breath of fresh, carefree air in a world that takes itself far too seriously..." - MANCHESTER MUSIC
"It sounds like the music that the Southwest beach kids could impregnate each other to..." - PAUL RAFFERTY, HOT CLUB DE PARIS
"The Mekkits are relentless sun-shiny fun and could really be one of those 'next-big-things'..." - MUSIC OMH
"That set was as short as Danni de Vito, yet it was as sweet as Yogi Bear's small, humble sidekick..." - EUGENE MCGUINNESS
"Primary coloured skiffle pop..." - THE METRO
* Band Members *
Mark Bristol (Lead vocals, guitar, percussion); James Chambers (Vocals, guitar, keyboards, trumpet); Adam Costello (Drums); Richard Sims (Vocals, guitar, keyboards, trombone); David Smith (Bass).
photo by Shirlaine Forrest.
photo by Shirlaine Forrest.
photo by Shirlaine Forrest.
photo by Shirlaine Forrest.
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The Mekkits
* Releases *
Available @ The Mekkits myspace.com www.myspace.com/themekkits Also avaliable from: Rough Trade - London, Pure Groove - London, Piccadilly Records - Manchester, Fopp - Manchester, Norman Records - Leeds and Probe Records - Liverpool!
"The Mekkits!" - Autumn 2005
"King Waves Kill..." - Summer 2006
"Greetings From Silver Bay" - Winter 2006
* Influences *
Arcade Fire - The Beatles - The Beach Boys - Beirut - The Broken Family Band - Built To Spill - Bjork - Belle and Sebastian - British Sea Power - Biggles Wartime Band - Broken Social Scene - Johnny Cash - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - David Bowie - Elvis - Kamal Arafa - Love - Hot Club De Paris - Neautral Milk Hotel - Of Montreal - Pearl Jam - PJ Harvey - Radiohead - Sublime - Smashing Pumpkins - Sufjan Stevens - The Shins - The Specials - The Pixies - The Pogues - Wolf Parade...... Bears - Sharks and Seagulls..... Phoenix Wobbly Bob - Pizza and Love.... WALES - HOLLAND - erm... Other countries - The City - The Seaside - The Shire... Baby Grace - Baby ROO and Louie dog.
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