Howl Griff
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Howl Griff | |
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 Left to right: Hywel Griffiths, Nick Moore, Gary Parkinson and Steve Kennedy | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Wales |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Dockrad |
| Members | Hywel Griffiths Nick Moore Gary Parkinson Steve Kennedy Adrian Evans |
| Past members | John Davy Matthew Barnes |
| Website | Official website |
Howl Griff, formed in Wales in 2006, is a five-piece psychedelic rock band currently signed to the Dockrad' label.[1] The band contains members from Aberystwyth, Bolton, Merseyside and Texas but all currently live in London. They have released three albums: Howl Griff, in Welsh, and The Hum and Fragile Diamond, in English.
History
[edit]The band's first (Welsh-language) album, Howl Griff (2008), was released on the Dockrad label. It received airplay on BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales, and the band appeared on S4C shows Bandit and Uned 5 playing songs from the album. Some of the tracks of the album were re-recorded in English and released later in 2008 as The English EP.
The band's second album, The Hum, was released in late 2010 on the Dockrad/Catdog Label and spawned the singles "Bluebirds", "Crash and Burn", "Devotion" and "Sunrise". Tracks from the album were played across BBC Radio 6 Music and described by Lauren Laverne as "bloody lush".[2]
The band's third album, Fragile Diamond, was released in October 2012.
In 2014, the band released new material, a double-A single, "We're Still Running" / "Backyard".
Line-up
[edit]Current members
[edit]- Hywel Griffiths - lead vocals and rhythm guitar (2006-)
- Nick Moore - drums (2006-)
- Gary Parkinson - lead guitar (2006-)
- Steve Kennedy - bass guitar (2010-)
- Adrian Evans - keyboards (2015-)
Past members
[edit]- Matthew Barnes - bass guitar (2006-2010)
- John Davy - bass guitar (2010)
Discography
[edit]- Hope Against Hope (demo) (2006)
- Howl Griff (2008)
- The English EP (2008)
- The Hum (2010)
- Fragile Diamond (2012)
- We're Still Running / Backyard (singles, 2014)
References
[edit]- ^ "Dockrad launcher". www.dockrad.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Nick Moore (15 July 2011). "The view from the stage". The Independent.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Official bandcamp, includes streams of all the band's music
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