Forest Giants

Forest Giants performing their Six Music session for Gideon Coe

Forest Giants have an impressive musical heritage, boasting members of Bristol luminaries Blue Aeroplanes and the legendary Beatnik Filmstars, who recorded 5 Peel sessions, toured America with the Flaming Lips in 1998, and earned themselves the nickname 'the British Guided By Voices.'

Despite these formidable credentials, Forest Giants create a sound that is all their own, lovely bittersweet pop songs lyrically dealing with subject matter as diverse as beards and UFOs. Their live shows and previous releases have earned them acclaim and airplay from all quarters; in 2004 they were invited to record a live session for Gideon Coe's 6 Music show.

"Planes Fly Overhead" is now available exclusively from Karma Download and is a taster for the forthcoming album Welcome to the Mid-West, due for release on Cherryade in mid-April. It follows on from 2003 "Closure" EP, the 2004 In Sequence album and 2005's "UFO Stories" EP, and is their poppiest work to date. We hope you love it as much as we do!

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What reviewers have said:

You don't need Mulder and Scully to tell you Forest Giants excel where extraterrestrially cool indie guitar sounds are concerned. Tim Peacock, Whisperin' and Hollerin'

Forest Giants play laid-back, minimalistic, fuzzy pop tunes based on driving two or three chord guitar arrangements topped with with a liberal smattering of squidgy keyboard, electronic drum pads and deadpan vocal delivery, all-important ingredients for an 'old school' lo-fi sensibility similar to Flying Saucer Attack, 14 Iced Bears or The Pastels. Live at Midsomer Norton, Wunderbar

Really gorgeous. Theo Berry, Decode

An otherworldly, enigmatic, and ethereal band that seemingly arrived out of nowhere and is poised to ensnare pretty-pop fans across the globe. Jenncassie, Three Imaginary Girls

Melds the JAMC mold of ear-splitting pop tunes with shoegazer melodies and, occasionally, nods toward modern indie rock. It's a mix whose melodies are strong enough to get pop fanatics of all sorts’ interest revved up while maintaining a presence strong enough to hold rockers' attention. Aversion

A band that should be garnering more attention for itself; pop fans owe it to themselves to have a close encounter. Aversion

If you dig the late 90's Flaming Lips then you'll dig the Forest Giants. Bees Knees

Washed-out rock that takes the best parts of pop and twists them into something completely refreshing. Delusions of Adequacy

Just delicious. In Love With These Times

Absolutely essential for any Anglophile who's pessimistic about the future of the music he loves. Splendid Magazine

There’s a sense of nostalgic wistfulness that keeps the Forest Giants in line with all of the great indie-pop bands of the last two decades, from the Smiths to the Smittens. Mundane Sounds