Biography
Describing themselves as "North London's favorite grungey-indie superdupergroup," Paintings of Ships
are a nautically obsessed trio whose purposefully ragged, guitar-based
sound recalls some of the touchstone acts of late '80s and early '90s. Paintings of Ships
were formed the early weeks of 2009 by Daniel Clancy (guitar and lead
vocals), Catherine Wilson (bass and vocals), and Matt Hill (drums).
Embracing the dynamics and melodic attack of Nirvana, the noisy soundscapes of Sonic Youth, and the dreamy meanderings of the shoegaze crowd, Paintings of Ships
began gigging regularly around London and the surrounding area, and
putting Hill's engineering talents to good use, they recorded their
debut EP in his front room, which doubled as his home studio. The
four-song Shore for Sure was released on CD and as a digital download in
2010, and by the end of that year, the band headed into a recording
studio to begin work on their first full-length album, English Weather.
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