Guillemots are a frighteningly prolific band – frontman Fyfe Dangerfield claims he has 60 hours of music in the vaults – which is why decided to put their songwriting skills to the ultimate test: could they write and record an entire track from scratch, on a subject of our choosing, in just 24 hours?
We visited the band in their East London recording studio, gave them a topic – “Seabirds” – and set the stopwatch. 24 hours later, a song emerged, fully-formed and actually rather fantastic.
Based around a thudding electronic drumbeat, Seabirds is, according to Dangerfield, about “youthful idealism”, and features sounds created by such esoteric “instruments” as house-keys, scissors, a length of hoover pipe, a camera-shutter, and, best of all, a copy of Q being flicked though.
You can read the story behind the track in the new issue of Q, but the only place you can hear it is here on Q4music.com.
I can't reach it! The site goes blank and a ghosted message appears in the address bar reading"go to this address". Is this the joy of macs or the curse of Q?
Posted by Derry Robinson at 07:25PM | March 28, 2008
yet again they hit the proverbial nail on the head. I am in Finland living a youthful dream; becoming a wilderness guide. I am worried I am out of my depth as I travel to Lapland in a week for a 9 day solo expedition into winter wilderness. I can't read a map but I'll take the guillemots with me.
Posted by henri at 08:34PM | March 28, 2008
Is there anywhere I can download this?
Posted by george at 11:00AM | March 29, 2008
Would be great if you make this downloadable - thanks...
Posted by Andy at 10:55AM | March 30, 2008
right click and save target as
Posted by jack at 10:57AM | March 30, 2008
Unfortunately the track can't be downloaded, it can only be streamed.
Derry - it's a Windows Media stream, which ought to be compatible with both PCs and Macs. If you're still having problems drop me a line at luke.lewis@emap.com and I'll try to find a solution.
Posted by Luke Lewis at 12:28PM | March 31, 2008
The link doesn't work, please can we have this sorted
Posted by David Reeve at 08:43PM | April 9, 2008
Another brilliant song from Guillemots! Am loving the new album, Red. Cockateels, Clarion, Kriss Kross, Get Over It, Standing in the Last Star etc. - all fantastic songs. Guillemots have managed to avoid 'second album syndrome' and have put out a great album. If you haven't got it yet, go buy it. You won't regret it - you'll love it!
Fyfe, release some of those 60 hours worth of music! I'd buy it!
Posted by Chris Haynes at 11:10PM | April 9, 2008
Loving the track, but can u PLEASE make it downloadable?!?!?!?!
'Tis fantasmic, thnx 4 the music!
(Download please.)
:)
Posted by Amanda at 05:45PM | April 17, 2008
Loving the track, but can u PLEASE make it downloadable?!?!?!?!
'Tis fantasmic, thnx 4 the music!
(Download please.)
:)
Posted by Amanda at 05:45PM | April 17, 2008
I can't reach it either. I think it's the joy of Macs. Please can you look into this Q.
Posted by Guy at 10:55AM | May 3, 2008
Come on Q, get with the times and make this downloadable. I would pay money to get a copy of this.
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Guillemots are a frighteningly prolific band – frontman Fyfe Dangerfield claims he has 60 hours of music in the vaults – which is why decided to put their songwriting skills to the ultimate test: could they write and record an entire track from scratch, on a subject of our choosing, in just 24 hours?
