Oranges, fly swatting, summertime, beer, trees, anchors, smells, music, jeans, chocolate, laughing, people, graveyards, bicycles, soup, coffee, scrap metal, other bands, record players, broken strings, messages, sharp suits, shiny boots, no cigarettes, no matches - these are just some of the things that went into the formation of Vandeville Falls.
The band is made up of musicians who came together through friendship and happy accident, bringing with them a mix of styles to form the Vandeville sound. They play and write music they love and if others do too then that’s a bonus.
Vandeville Falls are now firmly based in London after realizing that it was deeply impractical (not to mention painfully expensive!) to be traveling from Jenny’s Yorkshire hometown of Mexborough to the capital to rehearse & perform. The band are now regulars on the London gigging circuit, playing both full band line-ups and special acoustic shows as a slimmed down 3 piece, to ever-growing audiences.
Their lyrics have warmth, maturity and depth, combined with a natural storytelling charm, and their ability to come up with a classic pop hook aligns them with those that have been admired most in this industry, in particular the bands own influences, which include Fleetwood Mac, Cyndi Lauper, Coldplay, David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright, Elton John, The Smiths, Jackson Browne and many others far too numerous to mention!
Vandeville Falls began a tour of the UK last summer, covering many major towns north and south, rounded off by several festival appearances, including The Bearded Theory and 2000 Trees. For details of where you can catch the band performing tracks from their much-anticipated debut album, go to www.vandevillefalls.com Ten Years Of Talk In Mexico City, was released September 28th 2009. The album has been produced by Ian Grimble (The Cranberries, Texas and The Manic Street Preachers).
