THE WINNERYS "Daily Urban Times"
2006（Rainbow Quarts） ￥2500(taxin)
まさにマージー・ビートというべき由緒正しき60'sサウンドはイントロからファンの絶叫が聞こえてくる完璧なポップアルバム。マドリッドを飛び出しRainbow Quartz Internationalから世界リリースとなった。スペインのバンドという意外性と、逆に真新しく聞こえる甘酸っぱいメロディー、エヴァーグリーンなコーラスワーク、ジャングリーなギター。XTCが持っていたサイケなセンスもPosiesがDear23で鳴らしていたストレートな初期衝動もここにはある！当時の人間が聴けばフラッシュバック、ヤングが聴いたら斬新なピュア・パワーポップの全方位対応。
Track Lisiting:
1. Get into My Life
2. Big Times
3. No Longer White
4. My Daily Ray of Sunshine
5. So Many People
6. Your Fantasy
7. My Little Good Friend
8. Five, Five, Five
9. Urban Lady Blues
10. How I Miss You
11. Not So Far Away
12. Mr. Cupid's Puppet Show
13. Peace in the World
14. Your Credibility's Shot
15. Humble Heart
MEMBER
Fausto Martín: Lead guitar & vocals.
Javier Polo: Bass & vocals.
Borja Bonafuente: Rhythm guitar & vocals.
Nacho García: Drums & vocals.
SITE
OFFICIAL: www.thewinnerys.com/
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/thewinnerys
BIOGRAPHY
The Winnerys started in 1997 as a covers band called The Bad Boys. After two years performing sixties classics all over the pubs and halls of Madrid, the main songwriters of the band, Fausto Martín and Javier Polo, began to put together a set of original songs.
After a few changes in their line-up they started playing live their own stuff in the summer of 2001. Their first demo, from 2002, opened them doors to media and audiences until the Spanish indie label Rock Indiana offered them a recording contract that same year.
Their first record, "And...The Winnerys" came out in June 2003. Soon after its release it was licensed by the american label Rainbow Quartz and released in the USA and other countries.
Apart from their multiple gigs in Madrid and other places of Spain, their most important performances abroad included:
-IPO Festival in Liverpool, UK (The Cavern) in October 2003
-RQ Night in New York and IPO in Chicago, USA, in May 2004
-Beatle Week in Liverpool, UK, in August 2004 (Beatles stuff)
-Beatles Day in Wasquehal, France, in March 2005 (Beatles stuff)
-CMJ Festival in New York, USA, in September 2005
-SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, USA in March 2006
-Beatles Day in Mons, Belgium, in October 2006
Also, "That Magical Wonder", a song included in their first record, was used in a chapter of the Canadian TV series "Queer As Folk" in 2004.
The Winnerys are, like many other Rainbow Quartz bands, influenced by the melodic 60's sounds of the Kinks, Beatles and the Hollies but have created a sound that is distinctly modern while still tipping their hats to the founding fathers of melodic guitar-based rock, sounding at times like more 70's artists like Badfinger and The Knack.
With each member displaying a high degree of musicianship, The Winnerys have cast a spell on many an audience with the alternating jangle and growl of Fausto Martin's and Borja Bonafuente's guitars, the rock steady grooves of Javier Polo's bass and Nacho Garcia's drums and, of course, their irresistible four-part vocal harmonies.
Lyrically, they exhibit an emotional range from poignant to downright mysterious in a delicious mixture of catchy power pop, beat and psychedelia.
In February 2007, just two weeks before the start of their new album Spanish tour, both guitarists of the band decided to quit this acclaimed musical project which led to their unexpected break-up.
