Garlands

There are several bands called Garlands

1) Garlands is a gothic band from Czech republic

Our roots are in the legacy of old gothic, cold wave and postpunk bands such as Siouxsie & The Banchees, Cocteau Twins, Joy Division, Fields Of The Nephilim, Christian Death, Sisters of Mercy, Killing Joke, X-mal Deutschland, Swans, Corpus Delicti etc. We like punk - Misfits, The Clash, Wire, Pixies etc.

History: The band was founded in December ´94 in the town Frydlant nad Ostravici, Czech Republic. In that time we carried the name „THE SQUARE“. Band members at that time were Dalish (guitar), Richard (vocal) and Cyril (bass, vocal). We were all beginners, we played without drums, but we learnt how to use the instruments. After Robert (drums) joined in in September ´95, we started to be the real band and in December ´95 we played our first live show.

In the summer of ´96 we changed our name for „GARLANDS“ according to the first Cocteau Twins album. Kozel (flute, clarinet) joined in during the autumn that year and our music gained new dimension. Our first record „For the Awaken“ (March ´97) received surprisingly good reviews in the music press. The best award - Demo record of the month - we were awarded in Czech rock magazine Rock & Pop (numb. 3/98). Roughly 150 cassetes were sold and the song „Vitriol“ was released on a compilation of Czech underground music in Italy.

Robert (drums) had left us in February ´00 and Borro replaced him. With a new drumer we started to play live shows and work on new songs immediately. We beginned to record our second record "Lonely Evening" in studio in April ´01. It was almost finished in July ´01, but due to technical problems we lost it. We went to studio again in December. The record was finished in autumn ´02, but it was released DIY as late as in July ´03.

We play in the clubs and during festivals. In total we have played around 75 concerts.

In ´04 The Vitriol Crew arose. This group of friends organizes hc/punk concerts in club Sokolik in Frydek-Mistek.


2) Garlands is a swedish band that consists of Christin Wolderth and Roger Gunnarsson. Roger previously played in Nixon, Free Loan Investments and The Happy Birthdays.

In 2008 Cloudberry Record and Cosy Recordings co-released the Garlands debut EP

This is the same artist as The Garlands

3) New York's Garlands first unleashed their style of jangly indie pop in the late '90s with the release of a self-titled cassette and the Just the Verses vinyl single. Those releases were followed by various compilation appearances, including releases by Shelflife Records, Blackbean & Placenta Records, and Sealed Fate Records. In 1999, the six-song (Picnic, Lightning) was released on Mister Records. The disc was instantly compared to '80s Brit-pop. They were featured on March Records' Reproductions: Songs of the Human League with their cover of "Being Boiled" in 2000. In 2001, Michigan's Audiopants Records featured their version of Smokey Robinson's "The Tracks of My Tears" on the compilation Shoop Dee Doop: A Tribute to Motown.

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