Bassist & 2nd Needed For Post-Punk Band
Hey Guys!
Myself (Jack, Guitar), James (Vocals) and Cathal (Drums) have started a Post-Punk band. We got about 6 songs from start to finish sorted and loads of ideas and demos floating about - had a bit of bad luck trying to find the right bassist, and no luck at all finding an additional guitarist.
The 3 of us have a really tight bond for people who were essentially strangers a few months ago, and we work properly well together as we're all really keen to take this band seriously, record a few singles by the beginning of next year and rehearse for 4 hours once a week in the evenings. We've all been in bands before so we know how to get things moving.
[https://soundcloud.com/jack-arnold-4/sets/my-tunes](https://soundcloud.com/jack-arnold-4/sets/my-tunes) - Here's a link to my Soundcloud. Impasse, Rabbit Run and Young Bucks are songs we're currently working on.
As a bassist, you'll need to be able to lock into the groove, good improvisation skills for jamming, can play lightly as well as giving it a bit of welly, play with a pick (as well as ya fingers if you want to) and be up for getting a few pedals along the line if you don't already have some.
As a guitarist, would be cool if you have a good style in terms on chord choices, I'm not really someone who believes in the whole "you're the rhythm player, I'm the lead player" thing, I think it's a pretty sh*tty way of looking at it, more just playing what's right for the song, which could mean a harmony, random noise or simply just a nice drone-y wash-y verb'd note that sits nice in the mix - also, sort of crucial you have a pedalboard - we do some experimental stuff so the essentials are the minimum.
As much songwriting that you want to contribute is completely up to you - I'd personally love to have people in the band who will bring songs to the table. but if you just want to add parts and play along to the songs we have already - that's completely fine too!
We're 26, 28 and a (young looking) 32 - so ideally looking for people in and around that age bracket.
We're sort of still finding our sound, we got a good idea, but we want to experiment a fair bit and try out all sorts. Like any good post-punk band, they all bring in certain sub-genre's that really work for them and that's what we're all figuring out.
Bands for Reference: The Murder Capital, Preoccupations, Radiohead, Just Mustard, Do Nothing, Husky Loops, DITZ, Egyptian Blue, Foals, Everything Everything, Spirit of The Beehive, Corridor, N0V3L, The Fall, Humour, Folly Group, The Chemical Brothers, Tigercub, Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, IDLES, CLT DRP ect...
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Cheers!
Jack
Manchester, Salford, Didsbury, Stockport