Sunset Cinema Club

Sunset Cinema Club are a 3-piece band based in the Midlands, UK (Birmingham and home-town of Redditch).

Dom James (Guitar, vox), John Maycroft (Drums, vox) and Greg Haines (Bass, vox) formed the band as a hobby in 2001 - originally naming their musical adventure Peachfuzz, but then changing it to Sunset Cinema Club in 2002 after an old adult cinema in Birmingham (now known to the public as Adult World).

Their sound has been coined by the NME as "Jitterpunk" (James Jam, NME 21st Oct 2006 pg.18) and is born of a melting pot of influences, all prominent in the mix - ranging from early Post-Hardcore (Fugazi, Minutemen), Post-Punk (Talking Heads, James Chance), Funk n’ Soul (Funkadelic, Kool & The Gang), Jazzy Psychedelia (Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart) and dischordant Indie of the early 90’s (Dinosaur Jr, Pixies).

SCC have have thrived off the support gained from admirers Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens (both Radio1) and John Kennedy (XFM) who have been playing various SCC demos on their respective radio shows for the past yearFact|date=October 2007 – most notably the single Gojira Suit - which never made official release. In November 2006 they recorded their first Radio Session at Maida Vale Studios for Huw Stephens, and then another for John Kennedy at XFM in June 2007.

In May 2007, they made their first ever performance abroad in Sweden, at Stockholm’s reputable Debaser 2 venue.

After a summer of UK festival appearances that included Dot to Dot, Latitude Festival and London’s Tin Pan Alley all-dayer, they started their own monthly club night – Tropical Hotdog - at Birmingham's award winning Island Cocktail Bar.

Discography

Planet Hotdog EP CDR (Self released) 1. Confectionery Hell 2. Sunday Best 3. 7Eleven 4. Reflex DJ 5. Lonely Bone 6. Rapunzel ‘Gojira Suit’ appeared on the Dot to Dot 2007 CD sampler, and ‘Bus Stop Girl’ appeared on a promo-only CD free with Music Week magazine in June 2007

Johnny Foreigner/Sunset Cinema Club Split Single 7" Vinyl (Laundrette Recording Company) - A limited, nicely packaged split-single idea with 3D artwork and cover versions of each other’s songs) Side A: Johnny Foreigner 1. Yes you talk too fast 2. Ninki vs. Dingle (SCC cover version) Side B: Sunset Cinema Club 1. Down on the farm 2. Candle (Jo-Fo cover version)

Gojira Suit CDR (Scruffy Bird) - a promotional/press release only CDR 1. Gojira Suit 2. Pie Fingers

Rififi Sampler 7" Vinyl (Rififi Records) - a limited vinyl release promoting 3 unsigned Birmingham bands Side A: 1. Edmund – ‘Breaking into houses’ Side B: 2. Computer Club – ‘Snobs’ 3. Sunset Cinema Club – ‘Rant’

SCC 2007 CDR (Self released) - a collection of past releases/CDR demos originally put together for SCC’s visit to Sweden:1. Gojira Suit 2. Pie Fingers 3. Down on the Farm 4. Candles 5. Bus Stop Girl 6. Trees 7. Ready To Die 8. Ninki Vs Dingle (BBC Session) 9. Breast Strokes (BBC Session) 10. Sucker Me 11. Home Alone 12. Mount Etna 13. Digital Bone 14. Secret Room 15. (Secret track - BBC Radio 1 Jingle)

External links

[http://www.myspace.com/sunsetcinemaclub myspace page] [http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/stages/artiste.aspx?aid=76f5ef9e-cea3-447b-bc7d-73451b499d8a SCC Latitude festival] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KttKfamunLA Gojira Suit Video] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN9Lspm-TOk Interview]