Crescent

Crescent are an alternative music band from Bristol, England, formed in the early 1990s by Matt Jones (guitar, vocals and other instruments), Chris Locke (bass on earlier albums) and Jasper Larsen (drums and percussion). Currently, the two principal members are brothers Matt Jones and Sam Jones (guitar and other instruments). Sam Jones also plays and records as 'The Balky Mule'..
Both the Jones brothers are also members of Movietone. Kate Wright (singer and guitarist in Movietone) is also the bass player in Crescent. 
Crescent's music is generally slow, minimalistic and melancholy, unsurprisingly in a similar vein to Movietone but with an occasionally harsh, discordant edge, particularly in the earlier records. Recordings are deliberately low fidelity, often incorporating ambient sounds and samples of speech. The second album Electronic Sound Constructions was recorded by Matt Jones alone, and is entirely instrumental. The release of By the Roads and the Fields (2003) marked a change of style and since then the band have adopted a more song-focused approach.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played tracks from the band between 1994 and 1996, but seemed to have lost interest in them after that, as there are no airplays of their material after their debut album.
== Shows Played ==
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*11 February 1994: Lost (7" - Lost / 360°) Planet
*05 August 1994: Sun (7" ) Planet
;1996
*19 January 1996: Third Light Home (album - Now) Planet PUNK 011
*08 March 1996: Third Light Home (CD - Now) Planet
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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