Arco are a British band noted for unusually slow, quiet, poetic music: a gig review in national newspaper ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...
'' suggested "an hour in arco's company is the aural equivalent of a day in a flotation tank". Similarly, a review in ''
Q'', a UK monthly music magazine, described first album ''Coming To Terms'' as "the aural equivalent of a human being pausing for thought as the world speeds on around".
Their track "Lullaby" was featured on the soundtrack album of ''
Californication'' on the US
Showtime network.
In Korea, the two tracks "Alien" and "Perfect World" were featured on the soundtrack album of network drama series ''
Coffee Prince'', while "Lullaby" featured in an advertisement for Sky mobile phones, and "Babies Eyes" in an advert for "17" tea. "Alien" also appeared in the soundtrack of the
film
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''Turning Green'', and in the soundtrack of ''
One Tree Hill'' (series 1, episode 15).
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In 2005 they played a tour of the US west coast, including gigs at Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
Their most recent, and apparently final album, ''Yield'', was released via Pastel in Korea in 2010.
Members
*Chris Healey – vocals, guitars, keyboards
*Dave Milligan – bass, guitars
*Nick Healey – drums
Discography
EPs
*''Longsighted'' (1998)
*''Ending Up'' (1998)
*''Driving at Night'' (2000)
*''Alien'' (2001)
Albums
*'' Coming to Terms'' (2000)
*''Transparency'' (compilation album
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, 2002)
*''Restraint'' (2004)
*''Yield'' (2010)
References
External links
Official websiteMySpace page
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British rock music groups