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The Last Dinosaur are two friends (Jamie Cameron and Luke Hayden with Rachel Lanskey on viola) who stay up very late and make beautiful music, playing all the instruments themselves and letting their imaginations run wild.
Hooray! for Happiness was home recorded on multitrack without the aid of computers and released in April 2010. The album is available to listen to on Spotify and you can own a digital copy through iTunes or order a physical copy from the Rough Trade store.
The band are currently working on the follow-up to Hooray! for Happiness, an album about death entitled The Nothing due for release in the last quarter of 2011. You can download a preview of the album here.
Uncut Magazine - "An album that's warm, engrossing and impressively original."
6Music - "One of the most underrated bands in the country."
The Line of Best Fit - "One of the most refreshing, creative and inventive records of the year."
4or The Record - "This is a masterpiece, and each second is a reminder of that"
Other Magazine - "Hooray For Happiness fails to exhibit any glaring weaknesses, in the process making a strong case for the importance of a band like The Last Dinosaur’s arrival on the English indie music landscape."
The 405 - "One of the most refreshing, original and gratifying records of the year. Soul food for the head and the heart."
Bearded Magazine - "A beautiful record made by two emerging talents that are definitely deserving of attention. Let it envelop you, and discover all the delights contained within for yourself."
God Is In The TV - "Hooray! For Happiness is a revelation."
Never Enough Notes - "There are gorgeous piano instrumentals, snapped-finger percussion, chiming guitars and almost classical arrangements, and throughout the album lead singer Cameron’s careworn voice and lyrics project an intimacy and thoughtfulness refreshingly free of cynicism."
Echoes and Dust - "Filled with moments of startling beauty and gloriously melodic melancholy."
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- Spirit of Talk Talk
In September The Last Dino will be featured on a tribute album for my favourite band Talk Talk.
This will be released by the legendary Fierce Panda (where bands such as Idlewild, Death Cab, Seafood, Coldplay, Youthmovies, The Polyphonic Spree and more started off) and will also include tracks from lots of incredible bands.
We worked on a cover for Runeii, the final track from Laughing Stock, Talk Talk’s final album which you can hear below.Needless to say we’re very excited :)
Check out the track list below and for more information about the release visit the Facebook page and ‘Like’ to keep up to date with all the goings on.
01. WEALTH - Lone Wolf
02. THE COLOUR OF SPRING - Zero 7
03. I BELIEVE IN YOU - S.Carey
04. DUM DUM GIRL - Recoil ( feat. Shara Worden )
05. LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT - Duncan Sheik
06. THE RAINBOW - Thomas Feiner, Fyfe Dangerfield, Robbie Wilson
07. AFTER THE FLOOD - Halloween, Alaska
08. IT’S GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING - Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm, Davide Rossi
09. GIVE IT UP - King Creosote
10. LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD - Lights ( feat. Darkstars )
11. THE RAINBOW - Zelienople
12. MYRRHMAN - Joan As Police Woman
13. RUNEII - The Last Dinosaur
14. ? - Jack Northover
CD 2:
01. IT’S MY LIFE - The TenFiveSixty
02. INHERITANCE - Recoil ( feat. Linton Kwesi Johnson & Paul Marshall ) 03. ASCENSION DAY - Turin Brakes
04. TODAY - White Belt Yellow Tag
05. I DON’T BELIEVE IN YOU - Ian Curnow ( feat. Human )
06. CHAMELEON DAY - Goldheart Assembly
07. APRIL 5TH - Matthias Vogt Trio
08. NEW GRASS - Do Make Say Think
09. TOMORROW’S STARTED - Jason Lytle
10. GIVE IT UP - White Lies
11. TIME IT’S TIME - Lia Ices
12. THE PARTY’S OVER - The Lovetones
13. CANDY - Thomas White
14. RENÉE - The Black Ships ( feat. Amelia Tucker )
15. TAPHEAD - The Acorn
16. I BELIEVE IN YOU - Richard Reed Parry - Arctic Circle Radio Easter Broadcast, Monday, 9 April 2012
This coming Monday we will be playing a couple of songs (as well as chatting) on the subject of Easter/Spring for Arctic Circle’s radio show on Resonance FM. This will be happening at Union Chapel and will also feature World of Fox, My Glass World, The Vatican Cellars and The Gentle Good.
If you would like to come along to watch (or sing along to Grow) then simply e-mail ben@jointhecircle.net and you will be included on the £5 cheap list.
More information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/395623803782442/
Exactly a year ago on Monday we played for the wonderful Daylight Music at our favourite venue, Union Chapel.
A lot has happened in the following year and i’m very happy to announce that we have recently signed a deal with Cooking Vinyl Publishing (home to Seafood, Howling Bells, Meursault, Kathryn Williams, 65 Days of Static and the brilliant Tall Tree 6ft Man, among others).
We are currently putting the finishing touches to the follow up to Hooray! for Happiness in Little Halings studio with Luke Oldfield and hope to have something out before the end of the year.
More exciting things to follow in the near future..!Last year we were sent a remix of Every Second is a Second Chance by a mysterious loner calling himself the Little Lost Boy.
He has now returned with a track-by-track remix of Hooray! for Happiness which is free for downloading at our Bandcamp.
You can check out a preview of Gusts of Wind here:
http://thelastdinosaur.bandcamp.com/track/gusts-of-wind-blowing-in-different-directions-the-little-lost-boy-wind-mix
or go to: http://thelastdinosaur.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-dinosaur-ruined-by-the-little-lost-boy for the shebang..!
Not sure what to get for your significant other this Feb. 14th?
Worry not! We’re featured on a new Valentines compilation from super-label Hi54LoFi which includes 15 gorgeous tracks by a bunch of other bands and not only that - they are also sending out actual Valentines Day cards.
You can listen to it above (if it works) and you can either read or listen further here: http://hi54lofirecords.com/i-love-you-and-stuff
We have been hibernating for a short while but we’ll have a few exciting things to share in the near future.
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- We are proud to be featured on a new compilation feat. a plethora of talented bands and artists from around the world which sees all proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
Visit http://us-album.com/ to listen and/or buy. Including tracks from Efterklang, Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds as well as a few friends - Bright Spark Destroyer, Dave Gerard and (the extremely hardworking) Alex Kozobolis.
- We are proud to be featured on a new compilation feat. a plethora of talented bands and artists from around the world which sees all proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
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The Last Dinosaur are featured on the latest episode of our favourite podcast, the Past Present Future Funcast by our good friend Simon Panrucker and future friend Tom Mooring.
Simon caught up with us after our set at The Big Mix and asked us a few uncomfortable questions for the CHILDHOODTRAUMACORNER!?!
The podcast is certainly one of the funniest on the whole of the internets and I urge you to subscribe.
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This is a video of a new song recorded at Union Chapel for Daylight Music back in March. It was shot by the brilliant On-Par Productions. Please feel free to share.
Improvising around a few simple ideas outside on a sunny spring day (sun not pictured). Everything else you can hear was added afterwards
You can download the song here: soundcloud.com/thelastdinosaur/the-fake-tree-octopus
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- 7 tracks (28:46)A dinosampler of tracks from our debut album "Hooray! for Happiness" and the forthcoming "The Nothing".
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- A few samples of tracks that will be on the forthcoming Spirit of Talk Talk compilation are now up on the FB page: http://t.co/o3Qcc4yIMay 18, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- The Last Dino to be featured on Talk Talk tribute on Fierce Panda in Sept w/ @theacorn @jasonlytle @scareymusic + more: http://t.co/l4TTiATyMay 15, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- Pen Island, for fans of pens and islands: http://t.co/nQuuCV2U
- What is it about Poundland that attracts the mentals?
- the new @herewegomagic album is absolutely wonderful
- Curry night at work - hooray!
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