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New Demo: Radiator Experts
The Doctor Lied ***1/2 (Click Here to get to the Sound Page and hear a snippet of this very song-and more!)
"Supports to Of Montreal and Herman Dune are already behind the four-piece (!), with a show supporting Bis the most apt of their touring partners to namecheck. It's perky Fonda 500-esque indie that stays just the right side of twee as a maddeningly catchy synth plonks away. A wall of fuzzy feedback and what may be a piano dying proves there's more to them than mere fey stylings" - Indigo- Channel 4 Teletext # 03 June 03
"...the Radiator Experts (upbeat lo-fi pop band; sometimes they sound kind of powerpoppy but with quirky bits, other times they do a less noisy summery pop thing. This excellently named band are much poppier now than they used to be; this is some of the best stuff I've heard from them!)" - Aquamarine on-line zine # 24 May 03
"the Radiator Experts...play whistleable West Coast-centric melodies with a nonchalant gum chewing cool" - Butterfly Crush fanzine issue #4 May 03
"...sounding like a groovy mix of the Beach Boys, Kaito and a soupcon of the Byrds (with a drum machine) and Kylie - in that when you listen to it you can't get it out of your head...this absolutely #$%!ing ace" - Juicy #5 Fanzine April 02
"...Sounding like Belle and Sebastian offshoot Looper, it's cute tinkly keyboards aplenty." - Channel 4 Teletext March 02 review of the more post rock styled David Weatherall EP.
"E6-ish quirky power pop from the Radiator Experts" - boa melody bar
Interview in Juicy #5 Fanzine April 02
Introduce yourselves...
Ben: Special moves: Angular guitar striker, keyboard improviser, dodgy singer & general songwriting duties.
Beck: Special moves: Heartfelt monologues, dreamy backing vocals & chunky rocktastic bass player.
Paul: special moves: Melodic bass groove manipulator.
Who/What are your main influences?
Ben: Lyrically: Belle and Sebastian, Musically: Dressy Bessy and then an amalgamation of the Shangri-La's, Godspeed, Bearsuit, Petula Clark, Of Montreal, Futurama and the Sound of Music Soundtrack.
Who would you most like to support on tour?
Ben: It would be Of Montreal without a doubt.
Paul: the waif like beauty of Stina Nordenstam, or psychedelic pop wonderment of the Olivia Tremor Control.
Beck: Symposium cos i think they're fab.
As a kid, did you think clowns were funny or scary?
Ben: I've always thought of clowns as being funny, especially Binky the clown off Garfield and Friends. It's only people that i am scared of.
Paul: I remember being quite scared of those psycho clowns at the start of one of the James Bond films.
Beck: Definately scary, nightmare kind of scary.
What song have you got in your head right now?
Ben: In my left ear- Aquarius by Boards of Canada. In my right? Gimme Aibo by Printed Circuit.
Paul: Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic, also Get to You by the Byrds with Heavy Soup by Cornershop providing a funky rythm section!
Beck: The Last Thing I Should Do by Jetplane Landing.
Whats yer fave...Choc bar/ Simpsons character/ animal/ flavour of crisps?
Ben: Honey comb Aero currently/ I'm a Futuramaman through and through with Bender the robot being my fave character/ the canadian bull frog/ Worcestor Sauce.
Paul: Creme Egg/ Again, Futurama rules-Dr Zoidberg is funny/ Sloths cos they're so damn ugly!/ Roast Beef & Mustard or Smoked Ham and Pickle accompanied with a pint of Red Stripe!
Beck: Whole Nut Dairy Milk/ again Futurama's Bender/ Sheep with black legs & heads/ Salt & vinegar Squares
Anything else you wanna say?
Ben: Boom a bang bang bang shangalanglanglang doobie doobie doo!
Paul: Too much optimism leads to dissapointment, too little gets you nowhere...be a realist.
Beck: Clangers make a funky noise, but Bagpuss will rule forever.
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