Al
Donlon - Keyboards, Vocals
Craig Hale - Vocals, Guitar
Nick Hawes - Guitars
Christopher Lambert - Drums
Mark Wilson - Bass, Vocals
Craig Hale carries round a tiny silver 'piskie' with him wherever he goes.
Not
only does this bring him luck during the drudgery of his postal round,
but it
also reminds him of endless summers down in the beautiful peninsula of
Cornwall
as a young lad. Now Craig is just about grown up and every year he still
makes
the long pilgrimage down to the south-west from his landlocked and gritty
home
city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Driven by the need for beaches, boozers,
bookies and bumming around in general, a band of accomplices was recruited
from
home - Long time cohort Mark Wilson did the catering, incomprehensible
Nick
Hawes drove the van and Al Donlon got so drunk he disappeared and was
found the
next day asleep under a bush. The boys sought to recreate these bleary-eyed
summers back up north - the only way, it seems, was to form a band. They
gave
their mate Chris 'Lammy' Lambert a pair of drumsticks (they knew he'd
get the
hang of it eventually) and PISKIE SITS were born.
Piskie Sits' racket is fuelled by a love of US slacker noisenik pioneers
of the
80's/90's (Pavement, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur JR, Sebadoh, Breeders), their
Scottish equivalents (JAMC, Teenage Fanclub, Vaselines) and classic English
pop
artists such as D. Bowie and Blur. Add swaggering northern bravado and
a healthy
dose of good-time absurdity and you may come close to understanding Piskie
Sits'
outlook.
The band as we know it has been in existence since Xmas 2004. In the space
of 6
months, the group frantically spewed out 3 demonstration EPs - like the
ascent
of man, each one showed a vast step up in sophistication. The final EP,
named
'50's Greaser Uniform' caught the attention of Leeds outsider pop co-operative
Wrath Records, who viewed Piskie Sits barrage of messy beauty as the perfect
new
blood for their label. Things are all set to kick off in the autumn of
2005 with
Piskie Sits' debut release on Wrath as part of the 'Super Sevens' singles
club
series. The split 7" features their wonky epic 'Props' on one side
and a track
by close Wakefield friends, The Old House, on the other. With a personal
invite
to support rising pop stars The Research (also from Wakefield) on their
entire
tour and plans for a debut album release on Wrath, the latter part of
2005 is
certainly looking to be a strangely hectic time for Piskie Sits as flagbearers
of the burgeoning Wakefield scene. Prepare yourselves for the return of
the
slack!
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September 2005 Props
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