Los Salvadores
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| Los Salvadores | |
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| Origin | England |
| Genres | Punk rock, Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Gareth Arnold Marf Whiskin Hannah Ellerby Matt Selfe Jim Mclean-Johnsen Matt Ogilvie |
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Los Salvadores is a six piece band from south east England. They currently gig across the United Kingdom and have appeared at several festivals including Zoo Thousand, Endorse It in Dorset, Sellindge Music Festival and Creates.
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[edit] Biography
The band originally formed as a loose folk punk collective in 2004. The original members, Mafro (mandolin), Marf (guitar), Patrick Jones (saxophone) and Peter Blackett (bass, cello and keyboards), met through gigging in other bands on Kent music scene, all drifting in and out of a variety of acts covering several genres.
Los Salvadores became a more formal arrangement with the addition of singer Gareth Arnold, bassist Luke Renton, and drummer Huw Arnold in early 2005, when the band first acquired its name.
The band's self-titled debut ep was released in summer 2005. This was followed by two other Eps, Is This a Set Up? and Pink Champagne over the next year.
Patrick Jones left the band at the end of 2005, moving to Switzerland to become a ski instructor. In April 2007 Los Salvadores signed to Ipswich-based indie label Corndog Records, who released a limited run of the band's first full-length album, Attack of The Clones, in February 2008, which was largely well received by the underground music press.[1]
However, Attack of the Clones was criticised by alternative music magazine Rock Sound for poor production values and not being a true folk punk album.
The ten track album features two reworks of previously recorded songs "My Coloured Town" and "Path into the Sea", as well as a live recording of crowd favourite "The Drinking Song" as a secret track.
In summer 2008 the band announced a proposed second run of the album would not be printed, concentrating instead on new material recorded in August at Outhouse Studio in Reading. Shortly before this, Luke Renton left to spend more time with his family, and was replaced by current bassist Jim McLean-Johnsen.
In Spring 2009, original drummer Huw Arnold parted ways with the band due to a breakdown in personal relationships. He was replaced by drummer Matt Ogilvie.
At about the same time, the band added violinist Hannah Ellerby, and decided to drop their increasingly hardcore punk sound in favour of a return to acoustic folk punk. Keyboardist Pete Blackett also decided to part ways with the band at this point. Shortly after, the band recorded their first EP with the new lineup, at Barnroom Studios with Bernie Torme. This EP was titled Wasps Birds and Clients, and featured four reworked songs and two new songs.
Los Salvadores have played with Neck (Band), Pronghorn, The Dangerfields, The Ghost of a Thousand and The Display Team.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Attack of the Clones (2008)
[edit] EPs
- Wasps, Birds and Clients (2009)
- Excerpt from a ward (2008)
- Pink Champagne (2006)
- Is This a Set Up? (2005)
- Los Salvadores (2005)
