01 July 2009
Amusement Parks On Fire

I'm in love with a band from the UK I found today on MySpace called Amusement Parks On Fire. They're one of Silversun Pickups favorite bands, so you know they've gotta be good. If you're into shoegaze, you're going to wet yourself when you hear these guys.

Formed by Michael Feerick in 2004, who wrote and performed all the instruments for the self-titled debut album, Amusement Parks on Fire now writes and performs as a five-piece group: Michael Feerick (guitar/vocals), Daniel Knowles (guitar/production), Peter Dale (drums), Gavin Poole (bass) and Joe Hardy (keyboard).

The band began as the solo project of Michael Feerick in 2004, who wrote and recorded nine songs on a small budget with friend Daniel Knowles engineering the sessions. The self-titled debut album was released in the UK on INVADA Records, a label run by Geoff Barrow of Portishead in 2005. The band signed to V2 Records in 2005 and recorded their second studio album Out of the Angeles at Sigur Ros' Sundlaugin studio in Iceland and toured Europe and America extensively. The band are currently at work in LA on their third full length LP.

Read the full Wiki here. Make sure to check out their official site and, of course, their MySpace, where you can test drive 7 of their songs. Watch out: this stuff is highly addictive. If you're so inclined, follow the band on Twitter as they record their current record and become a fan on Facebook.

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