The Proper Ornaments

This band I stumbled across and became drawn in by their bittersweet 60’s west coast influenced sound. The band have been kind enough to provide wecantmixandwedontcare! with an interview. Make sure you catch them at 1234 Festival this weekend playing alongside the likes of Hind Ear, Still Corners and the list goes on of great bands.

Who are you and where are you from?

Maximo Claps and James Henri Hoare, from Buenos Aires and Dartington Hall, Devon. We now both live in north London (and our drummer lives in a disused pub in oval)

Describe The Proper Ornaments sound in three words:

Middle of the road

Where does your band name originate from?

1960's soft psyche band, the free design

The best and worst band you have ever been compared to?

We recently got compared to Felt which we were very happy about. One of our friends said we sounded a bit like two princes but then we realised that was a compliment too.

The strangest summation of your band and or songs?

err?

What’s next for The Proper Ornaments?

We’re releasing a 7" on west coast label Make a Mess. We’re also looking at doing a full a length LP with them.

Finally, who would you choose to be an honorary member of The Proper Ornaments for one night only? Tell us why and what would they do?

Paul McCartney. As we feel he'd be a good member of the team. On bass/synth/backing vocals.

The bands debut single is being released on Make a Mess Records which is the same label as the excellent Brilliant Colors from San Fransisco.

Check out more from the band on their myspace here http://www.myspace.com/theproperornaments and find some songs by them here and here.