The Foreign Films from Canada. Like the soundtrack to a distant summer, The Foreign Films (Bill Majoros & friends) create cinematic songs that remind us of our past while we contemplate our future.
The Foreign Films debut double disk was recorded and mixed by Carl Jennings with additional mixing by James Heidebrect (Sloan, The Constantines)
Bill Majoros has recorded and toured North America with a number of bands(Flux ad,The Clouldsmen/ The Paper Airplane Company,Universal Honey and Altogether Morris) with critical acclaim and support from such musical luminaries as Daniel Lanois (U2 ,Bob Dylan), Robbie Robertson and the late great BBC DJ John Peel.
Band Members
Bill Majoros - Vocals/Guitar/Bass/Keys/Drums/vibraphone/bells etc. +various special guests
Influences
David Bowie, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Zombies Big Star, Roxy Music, The Who, Talk Talk, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Brian Wilson, The Turtles Brian Eno, Carole King, Stereolab, The Cars, NewOrder, Guided by Voices, Spiritualized, The Pixies, The Pretenders, Blondie, My Bloody Valentine, XTC, Squeeze, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Televison, Pink Floyd, The Field Mice Sonic Youth, Wilco, Calexico, Kate Bush, 60's Motown, Stax, 70's am radio pop(ELO,Fleetwood Mac,10 cc etc), Indie Pop, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Todd Rundgren, Alejandro Escovedo, Burt Bacharach, Michel Pagliaro, Harry Nilsson, Serge Gainsbourg, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Various Sound Tracks, Milan Kundera, Douglas Coupland, Stewart Copeland, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Elves, Vampires , Cream Soda , Heartbreakers/ Breakdancers etc etc etc.....
The Foreign Films - Distant Star (Double Album)
An expansive 2 CD set (22 Songs) Of psychedelic pop gems.
1 Remember To Forget 2 Another World Behind the Sun 3 Distant Star4 Kiss Goodnight 5 Clouds Above Radio Towers 6 The Meaning is Lost 7 Invisible Heart 8 We've Become Ghosts 9 The Sleepwalker 10 The Grand Unknown 11 Moth to the Light 12 The Lonely #1 13 My Heart Can't...
14 Too Good To Last 15 Smoke and Mirrors 16 Raindrops Of The World Descend 17 Polar Opposites 18 Cinema Light 19 Fall Of The Year '74 (Beautiful Girl) 20 Reason or Rhyme 21 Arcade By The Beach 22 The Snowglobe
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