Zoey Van Goey

Infobox musical artist
Name = Zoey Van Goey


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Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 2006 - present
Origin = Glasgow, Scotland
Genre = Indie pop
Experimental Music Twee pop
Label = Say Dirty Records (UK)
Current_members = Kim Moore Matt Brennan Michael John McCarthy
URL = http://www.zoeyvangoey.com

Zoey Van Goey are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2006. The trio of Kim Moore, Matt Brennan and Michael John McCarthy are originally from England, Canada and Ireland respectively. [Citation |last=McNair |first=James |title=The top 25 indie acts for 2008 |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music-magazine/music-magazine-news/class-of-2008-771790.html |publisher="The Independent|date=2008-01-24 |accessdate=2008-04-02]

The band's debut single Foxtrot Vandals was released on seven-inch vinyl and across both iTunes and eMusic digital distrubution channels in October 2007. The single was produced by Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch.

Press Coverage

Zoey Van Goey were received onto the Scottish music scene being described as "like the Postal Service with a sense of humour" [Citation |last=Paterson |first=Laura |title=Maps are intent on destruction |url=http://www.skinnymag.co.uk/content/view/6017/ |publisher="The Skinny|date=2007-11-12 |accessdate=2008-04-02] being included in national press alongside established acts such as The Down and Outs and The Chemical Brothers. [Citation |last=Suttie |first=Heather |title=On My Nano |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1132135/on_my_nano/index.html?source=r_science |publisher="The Daily Record|date=2007-11-06 |accessdate=2008-04-02]

Tours and Gigs

.In 2007 Glasgow based writer Alan Bissett approached the band and Y'all is Fantasy Island suggesting they perform together. In May 2007, all three performed together in a short tour of Central Scotland. The three acts, dubbed as "The Super Puny Humans" played in Edinburgh on the second of May, Glasgow on the third, Stirling on the fourth and finally Falkirk on the fifth.

Discography

ingles & EPs

Other Recordings

*"We All Hid in Basements"
*"Song To The Embers"
*"Two White Ghosts"
*"City is Exploding"
*"Tell Me Lies"
*"Persecution Complex"
*"Jump Your Bones"

References