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The Goodnights <thegoodnightsdundee>
""Hold your head up high""


Born in Dundee in August 2007

"The Goodnights are, right now, one of the consumate album-oriented song bands on the scene".

"A heartfelt slice of superior songwriting and arranging."

" more and more infectious with every play."

"You can't readily classify this band other than saying they represent the skilled songwriting side of the Dundee Scene with a maturity and quality that wreaks of album band".

"The Goodnights signal a truely remarkable feat of established songwriting, having only been together for a short time, they show musical maturity earning their status as a rising talent ready to grip domination outside their home territory"



Much love xx



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Genre
Alternative
Experimental

Label
Self Published

Hometown
Dundee
UK

URL
http://www.bebo.com/thegoodnightsdundee

Profile Created
November 2006

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Upcoming Shows

5 September 2008 at 8:00 PM
Where
Ivory Blacks, Glasgow
Details
To follow.
12 September 2008 at 8:00 PM
Where
The Doghouse, Dundee
Details
The Goodnights headlining with Support T.B.C
21 September 2008 at 8:00 PM
Where
Box, Glasgow.
Details
T.B.C
 

Blogs

Our E.P Review part 2
THE GOODNIGHTS- Coming Back CD-EP

Wasting no time, The Goodnights have returned to the studio and laid down three further tracks to follow-up the trio of excellence that made up the previous EP - and they do not disappoint!!
First off is"Coming Back" which firmly stamps their mark of quality on the proceedings with a strong yet heartfelt vari-paced anthem to match some of the best indfie-rock ballads around by many a more famous band. Opening with lightly strummed acoustic guitar and echoey lead vocals, there's an immediate warmth, which is given strength as the band comes in with some tasty drumming, ripling piano and deep bass undercurrents. Above what is now a quite exotic backing, the vocals soar forwards in gorgeous fashion, the brief harmonies adding the icing on the cake as the tracks twists and turns. A delightful electric guitar lead rings out above the solid piano backdrop as the track lifts off, that addictive chorus swirls around your head and the whole thing becomes inexorably part of you, as you're sitting there subconsciously singing along at the top of your voice. Yet its arrangement manages to put so much variation into its three or so minutes without sacrificing any of the wondrous emotion that makes it such a strong and well delivered song, by anyone's standards.

"Cold Outside" opens with lilting piano and right from the start you just know this is going to be a ballad with more emotion in it than a Barbara Cartland novel. You'd be right too. The vocal has an aching sense of yearning to it as the lyrically thoughtful song emerges, the band providing a slow river of dreams with delicate drum work, deep bass, a river of electronic sounding undercurrents and almost glissando-like backdrops. The song gradually strengthens as the vocal becomes ever more optimistic, sung to perfection and played superbly. Slowly it climbs, gathering intensity as the instrumental density is piled on and th guitars, piano, drums and bass just drive into view and take to the skies, the vocal soaring high above it all and truly spellbinding. Then it starts the slow drop back down to earth on chiming notes of electric guitar, those wondrously lurching slow rhythms and eventually ending with its feet firmly but lightly on the ground. Quite gorgeous and absolutely sublime.

To show that they also possess what it takes to be a good-time band, they end with "Nothing To Hide", the strident march of the rhythm section proving a welcome contrast to the preceding pace, while the guitar rings out and comes to life as the track drives forward and another excellently sung vocal soars out, the piano sounding like its being played with lead-lined gloves, solid yet still delicate, while the band really crunch. Mid-way, it drops down to a brief rest, before takinjg off once again as the guitar work sizzles and the vocalrise and fall, conveying the trademark emotion of before but with an aded strength that shines through. The band riff and roll their brief way to the final bars and then it's over - another gem of a song from a band who clearly know how to play and compose quality tracks with a capital "Q"
1 Comment 99 days ago
We need your votes! Please help us to get to number 1!!!
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0 Comments 201 days ago
REVIEW - THE GOODNIGHTS - Doghouse, Dundee 01-02-08
To a sizeable Doghouse crowd - and one of the largest audiences that I've seen present to hear the band, so far - The Goodnights amply illustrated why, in such a wide-ranging hotbed of talent that is the Dundee music Scene, they are totally unique, but in a way that is seriously surprising, in that it not only works so well, but that it's gathering legions of new fans to it by the month.

For The Goodnights are proud performers of some of the most mid-paced songs that any Dundee band has to offer. That they make this work throughout the set, and have a large audience absolutely captivated by what they are playing, is a testament to the writing, arranging, playing and singing talents that the whole band possesses.

For a quintet who feature a guy (Ross Kirk) on electric piano and organ as a prominent lead, as well as extra musical coloration, they have a depth of sound that is truly exquisite. That they can open the set with a song such as "save Me" and have the audience in the palms of their hands, is the sign of the writing skill. You start with this expansive anthem of a song as ringing guitars from lead guitarist John Mill and rhythm guitarist Paul Wyllie, and flowing organ sound above militaristic rhythms courtesy of Dave McDermott on bass and Jamie Corstorphine on drums, the song rolling along as guitarist and lead vocalist Paul Wyllie's voice just soars on a song that has this smouldering passion to its anthemic outpourings, the audience swaying along, only for the song to decelerate then, in a swift uprising of rhythm, erupt into a hail of guitars and electric piano as the vocal rises up to deliver the memorable chorus, before it all drops down to a sea of lilting piano, choppy slow rhythms and back into the mesmerising verses once more. All of this lapped up by an audience wrapped up in the song and its delivery.

What really become surprising as the set progresses is that the band don't really rock out - "Jane" coming as close as it gets - but provide a solid, flowing and extraordinarily well played set of songs that's like listening to an album only in a live setting, for this is the stuff of which long-lasting album pleasure is most surely made.

A song such as "Holding On" is played as a bona-fide indie anthem but with a maturity that puts it in an altogether different league, again its pace matched by its intense passion and delicious sounding arrangements as the band inject it with beef and intricacy, dynamics and fluidity, to make it sound so good. That the band are fired up by the fact that their songs are now beginning to get the recognition that they deserve, is merely leading to much more commanding performances, of which tonight was surely evidence, as the band played as one, and, for the pace but sheer quality and appeal of the songs and the singing, held a Doghouse spellbound, something no other band of this ilk - if there is one - could do.
6 Comments 212 days ago
 

Songs

More Than Anyone Add to Playlist
Nothing To Hide Add to Playlist
Coming Back Add to Playlist
Holding On Add to Playlist
Save Me Add to Playlist
Cold Outside Add to Playlist
Jane (Live @ Fat Sams, Dundee. Supporting The Dykeenies) Add to Playlist
Coming Back (Live @ Fat Sams) Add to Playlist
More Than Anyone (Live @ Fat Sams, Dundee. supporting the Dykeenies) Add to Playlist
 

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Photos


BAND PROMO SHOTS
(12 photos)

A Goodnight in Liverpool
(14 photos)

The Doghouse
(12 photos)

Fattys Live: Supporting The Dykeenies
(11 photos)

Our Great Fans
(8 photos)

Recording our EP
(46 photos)

EP LAUNCH
(20 photos)

Hard At Work
(25 photos)

Hustlers
(12 photos)

The Capitol
(9 photos)

The Barfly
(11 photos)

The Marquee
(3 photos)

Where's Johnny????
(8 photos)

Dexters
(2 photos)

Erin and John guitars wedding
(9 photos)
 

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Comments

Kathleen Gillan
hiya just thought id post yiz a wee comment as was watching yiz on you tube n that think youz r great keep up the good work lads chow 4 now.x
4 days ago
FAT SAMS LIVE
Love from Fat Sams Live.
5 days ago
John Mill
Em back ya cunts!!

And now have a bi mexican mouserlike this..

http://images.chron.com/photos/2007/...

Ya dig???
6 days ago
Lee
John paid me to do that brick! :)
1 week ago
Charlie Cancer
dear christ jamie...get some sleep
1 week ago
Jamie Corstorphine
Do you think John G is Coming Back?? i mean i want him back More Than Anyone so he can Save Me from the Cold Outside but hey iv got Nothing to Hide after all im still Holding On!

KEN!!!!!
Ok 23 hours with no sleep is becoming fun!!!! :L woooo!
I need to hit my drums!! :L :L
1 week ago
Charlie Cancer
whars JG this exact second tho? thats whats freaking me out
2 weeks ago
Maggie
congrats on ur wedding bud all the best xx
3 weeks ago
Betty-Xo
Wow Your Well Good :D x
3 weeks ago
Charlie Cancer
dinna worry jee....i groomed them well..........
3 weeks ago
Jee
maybe it's no a good idea to make john's wedding public knowlege...mite scare off the female fans ken?...:L
3 weeks ago
Cara
Congrats on the first goodnights wedding... looked like a great day :)

xox
3 weeks ago
Boris
I went through all the work of signing up to vote for you to get an album... When do I get my EP? :(
4 weeks ago
Louise Jack
I appreciate The Goodnights support for the unblocking of ears - nice to know I've fowk to turn to during this difficult time. :L
4 weeks ago
John Mill
You guys were fucking awesome on Saturday....ken!!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4 weeks ago
Jee
watch oot for the Auchenshogle bogle...you've been warned
4 weeks ago
Charlie Cancer
"screamer" is what they used to call "challenged children" in the 50's. to be chief screamer would be the one who was best at spazzing out...
4 weeks ago
Jamie Corstorphine
I heard your Screams Erin!! xx:L
4 weeks ago
Erin Mill
Think I've lost my voice from last nite. I am officially chief screamer!

xx
4 weeks ago
Jamie-Lee Morgan
sorry guys, i cant make it 2nyt, have a hen nyt!!! im sure dave will keep me updated with the gigs u hav coming up. def c u's all soon.xxxx
4 weeks ago
 
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