Two Spot Gobi
Two Spot Gobi's unique and alternative blend of organic pop was born in 2005 in Brighton.
Their unique line up featuring cello and trumpet alongside drums, bass, guitar and singer James' acrobatic vocals makes a refreshingly new sound with a laid back coastal groove. This is intelligent urban sass for the chilled out surf generation with an infectious live show.
Two Spot Gobi have toured relentlessly in the UK and internationally and have built up a loyal fanbase both at home and abroad. They released their debut single Sunshine Lady in June 2008 and subsequently travelled to the US to perform a series of intimate East Coast Shows. This brought them to the attention of platinum selling and Grammy award-winning artist Jason Mraz (through a remarkable set of coincidences he had previously discovered TSG at a show in the UK in early 2006) who invited them to tour with him in the US, including at his biggest ever headline show at that point at the Berkeley Greek Theatre.
In 2009 Two Spot Gobi released their debut album Everywhere You Should Have Been, and in support of this they toured Portugal and the UK with Mraz and headlined their own shows in the UK. They have also supported artists such as Newton Faulkner, performed at the first Leeza Gibbons Oscars Aftershow party in LA and played many festivals including the GoldCoast Ocean Festival, Volksfest, Maker Festival, Bloom Fest and CMJ in New York.
In late summer 2009 they travelled to Jason Mraz's San Diego home studio to record for several months with Niko Bolas (Neil Young, Sting). After building enthusiastic and loyal support on the West Coast following a handful of California shows, they returned with second studio album The Sun Will Rise completed and ready for release in 2010.
Two Spot Gobi's Sunshine sound is perfect for the summer and the band release their new single You Make It Easy on 14th June on IRL featuring irresistibly cool acoustic vibes and funky upbeat sounds that garner a myriad of influences from jazz and blues to alt pop and hip hop and drawing comparisons with The Police, Jack Johnson, Elbow, Nick Drake and even the energy of Jamiroquai.
