The Hillmisters formed as an emerging friendship, fellow spirits looking to make shimmering alternative pop sounds like those which excited them so. A joyous sound of noisy, melodic, messy guitar pop with healthy doses of feedback and experimentation. It is bands like The Velvet Underground, The Kinks, The 13th Floor Elevators that are all staple diets for these guys, but influences are certainly far ranging. Arising from Southend in Essex the magic is between the eyes, the sun and moon.
(((Oh Dear are Marcus, Liz, Jack and Ben. Residing in the picturesque riverside enclave of Woodbridge, Suffolk, quietly corrupting the youth of East Anglia with their lo-fi stylings. Some say sounding like Harmacy-era Sebadoh with tinges of lost indie pop gods. Recently seen supporting indie titans British Sea Power, alt-folksters Arbouretum and playing a live set on Radio Suffolk from the the Anchor pub in Woodbridge. Between them they have one cat, three caravans and a great song about a Dutch classic rock radio station that sadly ceased broadcasting last year.
