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Geist[Pop/Rock/Acoustic, 5 piece]
 GEIST
John McDevitt - Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Terry Hughes - Bass
Neill Tupman - Guitar, Vocals
Anna Jenkins - Violin, Vocals
Stuart Francis - Drums, Vocals
Dave Coston - Geist Session Pianist
Dominic Hudson - Songwriter
Geist is a 5-piece independent band (formed in 2002, 2003, 2004 and finally in 2005) describable as 'pop-rock' for want of a pigeon-hole of their own. They could be a six or seven-piece band if you included the other writer - Dominic Hudson and our personal session piano player - Dave Coston, who fits Geist in where he can.
In 2003 Geist released Songs For Your Neighbour featuring only two of the current line-up (John and Neill), and were asked to provide a theme tune for the Channel 5/Eye Film & TV programme A Different Life, which has been BAFTA nominated and is now in its 3rd series (and commissioned for a 4th). Incidental music in the programme has been taken from Songs for Your Neighbour.
Geist, as they are now, have been together since May 2005 and formed around Songs For Your Neighbour; Anna Jenkins joined in 2004 during her last year at Trinity Music College, and Stuart Francis and Terry Hughes after hearing the 1st album.
Songs For Your Neighbour sold through the Unsigned...AS YET! section on CD-Wow, remaining in the Top Ten for over 2 years. Since this section is now being wound down, it is now selling through cdbaby.
Decreasing Circles, was released on 14 February 2006, and is being sold through CD-Wow and amazon.co.uk.
Geist - n. spirit; intellectual capacity or bent. Freedom or self-contained existence; freedom designated as ability to self-direct. | |
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| Previous Gigs / Events | |
Geist at Cheers @ The Bellevue Hotel, Bognor Regis on Sun 10th Dec 06  write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at The Three Lions, Farncombe on Sun 19th Nov 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon on Sat 28th Oct 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at The Appletree, Crawley on Sat 14th Oct 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush on Fri 13th Oct 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at Darvel Music Festival, Darvel on Sun 8th Oct 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at Filthy McNasty's, Clerkenwell on Sun 17th Sep 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at Stroud Festival, Stroud on Sat 9th Sep 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at The White Lion, St Albans on Tue 5th Sep 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
| Geist at The Hobbit, Southampton on Sat 26th Aug 06 write a gig review for Geist » | |
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 Geistzeit! The White Lion, St Albans on Tue 5th Sep 06 | |
   Tuesday night at the White Lion is a good gig; bands are always musically intelligent, original in their selections, and excellent in their execution. Every now and then we get a real blitzer, like Geist. Their repertoire is entirely original and perfect pop, based on smart writing and really CUTE arrangement - so cute that it doesn't show. They just seem to be up there having fun and putting out a show and making you watch and smile and tap your foot, and then you realise the calculation that's gone into the instrumentation of every song, the restraint of good musicians who know they can't ad-lib when they are filling or counterpointing... great dynamic balance. Solos? Yeah, got them too! But all so melodic.
Influences you can detect? EVERY great British band of the last ten years. Name yours, they're in there.
There was actually a queue to buy their CD, Decreasing Circles, after the gig, and it proves to be a real reflection of the stage performance. Polished, intelligent, interesting. Buy two (just in case you lend one). | |
| Julian Gunther, Tue 12th Sep 06 | |
| Unforgettable album launch The White Lion, St Albans on Tue 14th Feb 06 | |
| Went to see Geist on their album launch at White Lion and it was worth the journey. What a superb performance from everyone in the band. They got the crowd singing, dancing and enjoying the rest of the night. Geist are such an amazing band. Their songs are so catchy and interestingly different to anything I've heard. They surely packed White Lion, and it's one album launch that should make a mark in music history. Congratulations on your new album "Decreasing Circles". | |
| Nathalie, Fri 10th Mar 06 | |
| An excellent gig The Royal Hotel Great Harwood, Great Harwood on Sat 4th Feb 06 | |
 I was lucky enough to see Geist at The Royal Hotel, Great Harwood along with some friends.
It was the second time I had seen them at this venue and enjoyed it even more than the first. Everyone I spoke to was very impressed with their music.
Two excellent sets by a very tight band with an unusual sound. The lead guitar and violin really gelled together while bass and drums, plus the unusual voice of the singer made sure the overall sound was really very good.
The fact they play only original material just added to my enjoyment. Never easy for either band or audience when this is the case. Each song was listened to by a captive audience, then applauded at the end.
Not often a unknown band gets asked for an encore but Geist had to play three.
I have just being listening to a CD belonging to my son by the Stereophonics: reasonably like Geist but without the addition of the violin.
Someone should get this band a gig at a bigger venue, or as a backing band for a tour. They really are that good.
Thanks again guys for an excellent night and don't leave it too long before you return "up north". | |
| Peter Brockbank, Wed 15th Feb 06 | |
| Great gig The Royal Hotel Great Harwood, Great Harwood on Sat 4th Feb 06 | |
I've got to admit I was apprehensive when I went to the concert, but was very pleased I did - it is certainly a band I will look out for and see again.
At first I wasn't sure, with one of the band members being a classical trained violinist, if it would work with the rest of the band, but it was outstanding and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. | |
| Croc, Thu 16th Feb 06 | |
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 [Fri 16th Jun 06] Please visit this link http://... Please visit this link http://www.geist.co.uk/news/flyerbt.pdf in order to download a PDF flyer for our gig on Saturday 1st July at The Betsey Trotwood in London.
Print it out and bring it with you, the flyer will get you in for £4.00 instead of the usual £5.00.
GEIST
http://www.geist.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/therealgeist
Brand new album Decreasing Circles available on cd-wow.com and amazon.co.uk | |
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 | | Decreasing Circles
Brand new Geist album, OUT NOW!.
Visit the Geist website for a free download of the first single from the album. A second single download is available to members only (membership is free too!). Decreasing Circles was released on February 14th 2006 and is available from CD-Wow and amazon.co.uk where it is available for delivery to your door.
Geist - Decreasing Circles
Steam Trains And Long Hot Summers
Twenty-Five
Your Rituals
Untitled 8
Decreasing Circles
Untitled 9
Fine
No More Tomorrows
Jasmine
A Night On The Town
Victory Spoils
All songs by Hudson / McDevitt © 2006 Published by Losing Streak. Recorded at Cattleprod, mixed and mastered at Hatch Farm by Ben Darlow, whom we thank very much indeed. |
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 | | Songs For Your Neighbour
This was our 'toe in the water' of album recording. Made on a budget to say the least, it consists of 10 Hudson / McDevitt songs. Vocals, instrumentation and drum programming are by John McDevitt, except electric guitar by Neill Tupman, violin by Chris Goddard and backing vocals on That Was Then & All My Smiles by Lisa Camsell.
Songs For Your Neighbour has sold approx 2000 copies to date, and has served to allow Geist to recruit a full line-up for live shows and for the recording of the 1st album proper, Decreasing Circles. Along the way, Geist were asked to write and perform the theme tune to Channel 5 programme A Different Life. A sampled selection of this material can be heard by visiting the Geist website or the MP3 section here.
Geist - Songs For Your Neighbour (2003)
That Was then
Milk & Two Sugars
For You
All My Smiles
Lemon Days
Our Wonderful Joe
The Retreat
Untitled 7
When The Wind Blows
Memory Lane
The album is still available either through cdbaby or by contacting us directly. |
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| Page last updated 12 October 06, gig/event details last updated 9 January 07. |
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