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Confession TV is the new single from fariña’s forthcoming album, Three People. B-side Nothing Lasts is a non-album track.

Fariña are a London-based three piece, formed in September 1995. Influences include late 60’s/early 70’s singer-songwriters, Australian proto-punks the Saints, orchestral soundtrack music and American pop experimentalists from the Beach Boys to the Flaming Lips. Matt and Mark have skirted the borders of British independent music for years, previously playing in The Palace of Light and Mabel Joy - both of whom released acclaimed albums on cult label Bam-Caruso.

Fariña are Mark Brend (vocals, guitar, bass, melodica), Matt Gale (vocals, computer, bass, keyboards, guitar, accordion) and Cliff Glanfield (vocals, drums, trumpet, keyboards).

Fariña release their debut album Three People (EGG 26) on Pickled Egg Records in early November.

"…Farina's sublimely melancholic lament to former glories" [David Sheppard, Q]

"…shining lights such as Farina's Twilight of the Empire with its lazy, locked groove, fighting spirit and trumpet." [Ngaire, Music 365]

"…pretty as a picture of a bittersweet moment of transient happiness" [Victoria Segal in the NME]

"It's easy to turn into an adjective monster on these occasions, so I'll stick to just a couple: unusual and moving." [Robots and Electric Brains]

"…ces garçons sont doués, leur musique sans grumeau." [Guillaume Sautereau, POPnews]

"…Displace on the other hand can despatch a grown man to a weeping heap at ten paces, and I should know. Pass that kerchief quickly." [Mark Barton, Record Mart and Buyer]