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The Montgolfier Brothers
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The Montgolfier Brothers | |
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Genres | Indie pop, dream pop, indie folk |
Years active | 1999–2020 |
Labels | Vespertine & Son |
Members | Mark Tranmer |
Past members | Roger Quigley (died 2020) |
The Montgolfier Brothers were a British indie pop-dream pop duo which featured gnac's Mark Tranmer and Lovewood drummer Roger Quigley.[1][2]
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The group, which formed in 1999, has released several recordings. Roger Quigley died 18 August 2020.
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Their song "Between Two Points" has been covered by David Gilmour and his daughter Romany Gilmour on his album Luck and Strange.[3]
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Discography
Seventeen Stars (1999)
Seventeen Stars was the band's debut recording. It was released on 4 May 1999 on the Vespertine label before the company folded. It was later reissued by Quarterstick in the United States, and by Alan McGee's Poptones elsewhere.
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Track listing
- "Time Spent Passing" – 2:16
- "Even If My Mind Can't Tell You" – 6:14
- "Pro-Celebrity Standing Around" – 1:45
- "Four Days" – 5:05
- "Seventeen Stars" – 6:12
- "Low Tide" – 5:12
- "In Walks a Ghost" – 5:17
- "Une chanson du crépuscule" – 2:59
- "Between Two Points" – 6:02
- "Fin" – 1:39
The World Is Flat (2002)
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The World Is Flat was released in 2002 on the Poptones imprint.
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Track listing
- "2:55" – 2:47
- "The Understudy" – 2:46
- "Be Selfish" – 7:42
- "The World Is Flat" – 5:09
- "The Second Takes Forever" – 2:50
- "Swings and Roundabouts" – 4:57
- "Dream in Organza" – 4:56
- "I Couldn't Sleep, Either" – 4:35
- "Think Once More" – 3:32
- "Inches Away" – 7:19
All My Bad Thoughts (2005)
References
- ^ "ELMUNDO.ES/METROPOLI - Los discos de la semana". Elmundo.es. 14 December 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "The Montgolfier Brothers | Hey! Manchester". Heymanchester.com. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "David Gilmour/Luck and Strange". SuperDeluxeEdition. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ The Montgolfier Brothers at AllMusic
External links
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