Dream City Film Club were an English, North London-based indie rock band between 1995 and 1999.
Their sound was difficult to categorize in that it encompassed tortured lovelorn balladry, avant-garde flourishes, Tin Pan Alley, straightforward rock and gospel yearnings in both lyrics and subject matter. Ultimately, Dream City Film Club failed to find enough of an audience to sustain them.
Vocalist Michael J. Sheehy had been working as a solo singer/songwriter for several years when he met Alex Vald and Laurence Ash, who quickly began writing songs with Sheehy. Upon the demise of another local group, Breed, bassist Andrew Park joined. The band's name came from a news story Sheehy had seen about an arsonist who had burned down a members-only porno theatre.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played the group's material in 1996 before they released an album. Further material from the band was played by the DJ, including two sessions for his programmes. However, by the time the new millennium arrived, the band had split and Peel did not play anymore tracks from the group.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- 1997 Festive Fifty: If I Die I Die #25
Sessions[]
DREAM CITY FILM CLUB John Peel 29th December 1996
The first session is available on the Peel Session (1998, CD, Beggars Banquet)
1. Recorded: 1996-12-29. First Broadcast: 12 January 1997
- Situation Desperate / One Sweet Moment / Perfect Piece Of Trash / Stick Girl
2. Recorded: 1997-02-07. First Broadcast: 17 March 1999
- Licking The Bone / Gideon Blues / Close Watch / Nobodys Fault But Mine/Dirty Little Cherubs
Other Shows Played[]
- 1996
- 10 November 1996: Pissboy (7" - Do My Self Harm) Beggars Banquet
- 05 January 1997: '1 Sweet Moment (12" - Perfect Piece Of Trash)' Beggars Banquet
- 26 February 1997: ‘Perfect Piece Of Trash (CD Single)’ Beggars Banquet
- 17 March 1997 (BFBS): 'Perfect Piece Of Trash (CDS)' (Beggars Banquet)
- 18 March 1997: ‘Perfect Piece Of Trash (CD – Dream City Film Club )’ Beggars Banquet
- 16 April 1997: ‘Pissboy (7 inch)’ Beggars Banquet
- 01 July 1997: Because You Wanted It (CD - Dream City Film Club) Beggars Banquet
- 12 August 1997: If I Die, I Die (7 inch) Beggars Banquet
- 28 August 1997: If I Die, I Die (7") Beggars Banquet
- 23 December 1997: 'If I Die I Die (7 inch)' (Beggars Banquet) FF #25
- 1998
- 04 March 1998: Situation Desperate (CD - Peel Session) Beggars Banquet
- 19 March 1998: Perfect Piece Of Trash (EP - Peel Session) Beggars Banquet
- 10 November 1998: Nerveshot (7") Beggars Banquet
- 10 December 1998: Nerveshot (7" single) Beggars Banquet
- 1999
- 19 January 1999: The Curse (LP - In The Cold Light Of Morning) Beggars Banquet
- 21 January 1999: Steal Away (LP - In The Cold Light Of Morning) Beggars Banquet
- 20 January 1999: 'Spitting And Stumbling (LP-In The Cold Light Of Morning)' (Beggar's Banquet)
- 27 January 1999: Sarah In Dreams (LP: In The Cold Light Of Morning) Beggars Banquet
- January 1999 (FSK): Spitting And Stumbling (CD - In The Cold Light Of Morning) Beggars Banquet
- 09 February 1999: Steal Away (LP: In The Cold Light Of Morning) Beggars Banquet
- 14 February 1999 (BFBS): 'Country Paranoia (CD-In The Cold Light Of Morning)' (Beggars Banquet)