One More Grain

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One More Grain are a four piece band based in London, England taking their name from a line in the James Joyce novel, Ulysses(although their name is reminiscent of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and they are sometimes referred to as Old Man's Groin by band members). They are signed to Victory Garden Records.

OMG are fronted by the waifish frontman, Daniel Patrick Quinn, who is often compared to the Fall frontman, Mark E. Smith.[1] Daniel hails from the small northern city of Lancaster, where he attended the Royal Grammar School (other alumni include William Whewell, coiner of the term 'scientist' and Lord Cecil Parkinson) where he took his GCSEs. After a hilarious incident with Kele Okereke, now of Bloc Party, and an acoustic guitar, Daniel became disenfrancised with the school and left to complete his A-levels at the local college, before going on to study Philosophy at university in London. After completing university, Quinn left London and went to live in Edinburgh, where he set-up Suilven Recordings (an independent label which released ambient music) and worked in the national gallery. His Scottish excursion lasted for around three years and culminated in the release of the record 'Ridin' the Stang', which was released to plaudits from a number of critics including television's very own Mr Stewart Lee (who gave the album four out of five in the Sunday times, and featured the track The Burryman on his Topography of Chance CD), but not comercial success. This record was subsequently toured with a group called The Rough Ensemble made up of local musicians. [2]

Returning to London, Quinn took up residence in the old Milton Arms building, in east London, which was also the home to the Xerox Teens.[3] This was used as his base and Quinn immediately set about recruiting musicians for a new musical adventure. His new recruits were Andrew Blick (trumpeter, author and former session musician), a Frenchman called DuDu (stand-up bass) and the Israeli Gal Moore (drums). In the manner of the Teens, the quartet began to rehearse in the cellar of the old pub and quickly amassed enough material to record an album. The band subsequently reached an agreement with Victory Garden Records (who also released early material by Hot Chip and Trencher) to release their album, and also saw the departures of DuDu and Gal, and the arrival of their replacements, Merek Cooper and Laurie Waller (on bass and drums respectively). Their record 'Pigeon English' was released in April, 2007 garnering a review in the Sunday Times (1/4/2007), which described the the band as "[g]reat English talent" and gave the record 4/5.[4]The band regularly gig in and around London.

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