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Marineville
12+ albums
post-punkdubindieelectronicLo-Fi
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Please note: there are 2 MarineVilles listed here. The first is a Wellington, New Zealand post-punk guitar band currently working on their third album. Their previous releases are Ready for the Dance (Oak Park, 2001) and Diving the Wreck (Involve, 2004). http://www.myspace.com/marineville The other Marineville releases here (Redpath House, Billie Holiday) are by a UK drum n' bass band. MarineVille (NZ) are a Wellington rock group currently working on their 3rd album. Inspired by classic 1960's song-writing (The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground) through to the sprawling epics of Australia's The Dirty Three the band balances out it's songs with passages of improvisation, sometimes turning a 3 minute pop song into a 10 minute jam. Their previous releases have included Ready for the Dance (Oak Park Records, 2001) and Diving the Wreck (Involve Records, 2004). In UK, The Wire magazine praised Ready for the Dance's "prominent, ragged guitars ... amassing then releasing vivid, intense bursts of energy". In 2004 MarineVille received a grant from Creative New Zealand to make their second album Diving the Wreck (Involve Records). Writing in Staple magazine Steve Kerr said ‘... if you’re interested in hearing well-crafted, adventurous guitar music consciously building on our underground guitar heritage, then there isn’t a band that’s doing a better job of it right now than MarineVille’. Based on the songs of singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Williams the band currently includes Dru
