biographical info
In Scarborough, friends of old and new gathered to form a musical outfit which, when perfectly aligned, greased up, and ready to roar, set on a course to inundate your ears with sounds of modest rock-folk-pop power ballads.
Since christening the band with lyrics from the second single from 'Fables of the Reconstruction', Locomotive 8 has been the primary creative outlet for a group of Scarberians who have been scattered across this cubicle city since 2006. We are a band that makes number crunching, bankers' box schlepping and all day collating seem worthwhile.
Locomotive 8 is our reason, our purpose and our need to cut loose, something bigger than the punch-clock bleak-house that has been laid before us. Our influences and heroes run the gamut of modern western music, from the early sounds of Sun Records to the golden age of Matador and Merge. What we do is a privilege and a joy. "...Southern Crescent hear the bells ring again..."
lineup
paul vocals, guitars
clayton drums
olivier guitar, vocals
leah keyboards
brendan bass
influences
Guided By Voices
REM
Neil Young
Pavement
The Replacements
Belle & Sebastian
Smothered in Hugs
Georges Brassens
Yo La Tengo
The Feelies
this topsy turvy world
Shotgun and Jaybird
English Words