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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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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-octopusGIG: We’re playing at Ronnie Scott’s next Tuesday for the launch of the new single by our chums Bright Spark Destroyer. Click attending on the Facebook event page to be put onto the £5 cheap list.
This coming Thursday we’re going to be playing the Camden Barfly for the launch of Nothing of Cities, the new album by Years of Rice and Salt. They are brilliant and the night will be too, so grab your pencils and your filofaxes and draw a big exclamation mark over the 14th of April.
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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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- Too much coffee has made me go a bit nuts. I feel like I want to shoot off through the roof and explode like a firework.Feb 21, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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