The musician behind Dark Screens, is from Manchester and is currently based in the Lake District. Working under a name derived from the visual style he created during his years at Art School, he is now driven towards a sound that combines his major influences and life experiences into melodic Post-punk songs designed to fit on to one side of a 45.

"In a similar vein to contemporaries Advances in Mathematics and Young British Artists, Dark Screens shows a great balance between the demonstration of intricate instrumental musicianship and entertaining melodies that push the music forwards. Nocturnal specifically really stands out, with a beautiful guitar line that would sit proudly along anything Mercury Prize winners The xx have done." 
- Friend Rock Manchester

''Preparations has a similar atmosphere to that classic, early Cherry Red stuff I love so much'' - Mark Burgess (The Chameleons)

"Preparations is sublime...as perfect as a sound can be'' - Jeff Grainger (the internet station Dandelion Radio & Oldham's The Download Show)

''Really lovely tunes'' - George Borowski

''I really like what he does, its something that I've been waiting for, he's capturing a feeling that no ones caught in a long while'' - Ric James

  We are an original Rock band from Denver CO, USA.  Influenced by the Pixies, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Slayer, Melvins, Devo...

With roots in both Ft. Collins and Denver, Colorado’s Wire Faces has a sound that can only be described as bigger than the sum of its parts. Their music seethes with primal energy, chaos and melodic finesse. Front man and drummer Shane Zweygardt, guitarist Ian Haygood, and bassist Menyus Borocz stylistically blend elements of post-punk into their groove-focused, experimental rock n’ roll. This concoction is the result of the band’s somewhat autonomous style of writing. Their affinity to not subscribe to a particular genre has allowed Wire Faces to stand apart from their peers, while strengthening the foundation of their creative center, improvisation.

Since 2011, the trio has had the opportunity, to play the SXSW festival, twice, in front of a mass of un-expecting festivalgoers. They were named “Best Rock Band” three years in a row, by the FoCOMA Peer Awards, and were nominated for “Best Post Punk Band” by Westword four years running. Wire Faces released a 6-song E.P., Diamonds & Gold, which gained wide regional acclaim and charted on the CMJ’s Top 200. In February of 2013, the band released a full-length album entitled King Cataract. The album was written, recorded, and produced entirely by Wire Faces, and finds the band examining a more mature and colorful spectrum of sound. 

The trio is currently in the studio again, feverishly writing and recording a series of singles and music videos set to release throughout 2014. 

Download the latest single "Lend Me Your Ear" here: http://wirefaces.bandcamp.com/track/lend-me-your-ear

Watch the "Lend Me Your Ear" music video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYNyN4aAGI


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