The Electric Confectionaires

about

The Electric Confectionaires (2005-2010) were a four-piece from Auckland’s North Shore whose music has the feelgood factor – with an edge - of 60s and 70s influences like the Beatles, Doors, Kinks and Funk Brothers. When the final Confectionaire finished school at the end of 2006, the Smokefree Rockquest winners (2005) were free to head into the studio to record their debut album, due for release this November on their new label SonyBMG. Frontman Sheehan is a musical sponge who’s spent years soaking up Radiohead, the Smashing Pumpkins, Led Zeppelin and guitar heroes ranging from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix to jazz innovator Pat Metheny. He composes and records his guitar-based songs track by track onto a Mac that jostles for space with a drum kit, keyboard, guitars, amps and instant noodle cartons in a tiny storeroom next to his bedroom. At Haddon Smith’s house, an old-fashioned villa with a piano in the front room, you’re likely to hear Bartok, Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Haddon’s sister’s bassoon practice. A driving force on-stage, he plays guitar, keys, trumpet, harmonica and percussion. Rob Fenton, an ex-Wellingtonian, multi-tasks on drums and vocals. The last to leave school, Rob was Head Boy at Takapuna Grammar. He recently bought a ’73 Ludwig kit to add to the retro gear favoured by the band, including a venerable Juno keyboard, 1970s cherry red guitar, and a Wurlitzer piano. Hamish Bode, bass and vocals, was brought up listening to his musician Dad play

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albums

Sweet Tooth

Late Night Shopping Spree

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Late Night Shopping Spree - Single of the Week

WEAPON OF CHOICE

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Late Night Shopping Spree - EP

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Vice CD #11 Presented By Virgin Mobile

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The Electric Confectionaires

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The Bus Demo

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Melodies, Moshpits & Mullets - 20 Years Of Smokefreerockquest

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New Zealand Music

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Smokefree RockQuest 2005

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