Zillionaire (band)

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Zillionaire
Background information
Origin	Wellington, New Zealand
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	Worlds End Records
Website	http://www.myspace.com/zillionaireband
Members
Stephan Tomasek Anthony Hall Lee Moulds Mark Meharry
Former members
Ash dearmer Dani Brito

Zillionaire are Stephan Tomasek (vocals, guitar), Anthony Hall (guitar), Mark Meharry (bass) and Lee Moulds (drums), the first three hailing from different points on the North island coastline of New Zealand and their British anchor hailing from New Essex (OK, Stansted Mountfitchet).

Its the perfect psycho-geographic combination; Zillionaire sound both exquisitely chilled and streaked with a lonesome melancholy (as anyone who recognises the nature of definitive music of Kiwi origin will appreciate) but theres urban tension and tenacity in their soul. This is delicate, intricate songsmithery but with a swarthy, slowburning gait.

Their debut album Comfort In The Machine produced by paul shcroeder (stone roses/the verve) infuses both dynamics and speaks of experiences both arduous and joyful. It involves shifting life and soul to the other side of the world; over-fragile Spanish bass players; recording in tiny London bedrooms and famous plush Welsh studios.. All the usual trials and tribulations, then. But the result is an unusually sublime collection of songs.

Martin Ashton - The Times