I haven't posted in a while, but I had to give my two cents when one of the best albums of 2004 was mentioned. "These Were The Earlies" is an awesome album. I would consider them to be Ambient Rock for sure. The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Orb...all those are certainly influences of this band. A friend of mine gave me the CD to play on my radio show back in September. I ended up playing the whole damn thing in its entirety. They are a merge of American and English blokes and I believe them to be one of the most creative bands working right now. If you can, try to find the video for "Morning Wonder" by the Earlies. It's an amazingly creative video and deserves much more play than it gets. Peace...out Skidoo wishes you a good '05!
I found a very cool DJ set on their site. In some ways it reminds me of Alex's live sets. I want to buy their album, but I want to make sure that the studio stuff is as good. I tried all the obvious places looking for song samples like Amazon, the bands site, etc... Anyone know where I can listen to the tracks before I buy? Full MP3's aren't necessary.
BTW here's the link to the live set.