Queen of Hearts - the Chandeliers. Full Album

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for download visit: https://sebastianhandley.bandcamp.com/album/queen-of-hearts 0:00 I Dreamt I Could Fly http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/i-dreamt-i-could-fly 3:13 Chinese Whispers http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/chinese-whispers 5:22 Country Girl http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/country-girl 7:25 Ballad of the Lonesome Rider http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-the-lonesome-rider 10:36 Song for Victoria http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-victoria 13:08 Live Together http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/live-together 16:19 Sunrise http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/sunrise 19:33 Rainy Day http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/rainy-day 22:48 Miguel Rodruigez http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/miguel-rodriguez 25:16 Lucky Day http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/lucky-day 26:28 Rock and Roll http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/rock-and-roll 27:48 Silicone http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/silicone 29:14 George Harrison http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/george-harrison 32:26 Airplane http://thechandeliers.bandcamp.com/track/airplane Released December 2007 on Dirtbrain Recordings. This album was produced, recorded and mixed by Steve Dixon at Cybersound Studios, Creekside, Deptford. Overdubs done mostly at Steve's house, sometimes at Seb's. Mastering by Taza Salamut at Cybersound. All drums, percussion, keyboards, and musical overdubs by Steve Dixon. Electric guitar, bass guitar and vocals by Sebastian Handley Acoustic guitar on track 1 by Joe Hoover Saxophone on track 11 by Amy Perkins Violin by Milla Greggor Cello by Annie Ashton Mouth Organ by John Handley Various backing vocals by Steve Dixon, John Handley and Victoria Cumming Photography by Kelly Dearsley Styling by Victoria Cumming Hair and Make up by Dominic C. Skinner Model Thalia Graphic design by Amy Perkins To this day (23.05.13) the Chandeliers have been completely shut out by the entire music industry / establishment. No dj has ever played one of our songs and no one has ever reviewed our music -- with ONE noble exception: Hedj Dollman is the ONLY person to have listened to an album of ours and write a review of it for his Circus Divine website. For this we are very grateful. Here is his review in full: As part of 'Act 02: Collaborate and Support' we bring you the 'Sideshow' and are proud to present 'The Chandeliers' as our first guest band. We met 'The Chandeliers' front man Sebastian Handley by chance on a very chilly Halloween night in the smoking pit at Scala, London. Sporting a rather fetching leather Zorro style mask, Seb told us about 'The Chandeliers' and, in between shivers, he listed their influences which was more than enough to spark our interest. Handing me a conveniently carried copy of 'Queen Of Hearts' the bands album (Seb says never leave home without one) we parted ways. Several hours later we left Scala for the drive back to Bedford, remembering the CD on it went. Now, when I listen to a new band, my usual habit is to listen to the opening few bars of the first three tracks then, more often than not, it gets ejected and tossed into the glove box where it stays. I managed to get to the second track and had to start over - I was blown away! These guys sound so familar yet so fresh, comforting like a recently washed blanket. So who are these guys? Well, 'The Chandeliers' are a 4-piece band hailing from Deptford, London, via the cosmopolitan international hotspots of Denver and Penge. Steve Dixon - drummer, producer, percussionist, engineer; Milla - bass, violin, acoustic guitar and vocals; Sebastian Handley --- vocals, guitar (has also recorded under the name of Sebastian Morris for reasons best omitted here); Joe - guitar, bass They play groovy thrashy witty melodic rock 'n' roll, and would love to shine their light into your life. They're not sure about comparisons but some people say they sound a bit like The Pixies fronted by Jonathan Richman or if members of Belle and Sebastian started a side-project with Dinosaur Jr. As I've already mentioned this album sounds so familar but I challenge you to pin down your comparisons. It sounds like the very best of every worthy band you may of heard in the past 25 years and at the same time it sounds like none of them! Queen Of Hearts shouldn't work as an album, but it so does. The diversity of its content is un-nerving, short, fast paced tracks like 'Chinese Whispers', awash with everything that was good about post punk garage, flow seamlessly into happy tongue in cheek ditties like 'Country Girl' and dark ballads such as 'Miguel Rodriguez'. This album will leave you feeling like you have just walked through the mind of a Bi-Polar sufferer on the verge of mania! Trust me this is a good thing. I just wish I could stop walking around with a huge grin on my face whilst singing 'Lucky Day' in my head - Possibly the most uplifting track of the century! Hedj Dollman - Dec 2010