During this time she was very much involved in the London music scene and worked alongside Charles Hayward (The Heat) for a stint and was also picked up by The Orb’s Alex Patterson who produced a version of her song ‘Tiny Snatch of Daylight’.

Continuing on with her tuneful edification, Lyndsey continued to conduct musical experimentation and also begun to play the bass guitar. Further inspired, by a Juana Molina concert, she purchased herself a loop station. This enabled he to find a perfect blend for live improvisations, pre-recorded sounds and songs.

Currently she’s involved in the solo project under her own name and is also part of accordion-acoustic driven duo ‘Wooden Dresses’ which has involved collaborations with Sheila Chipperfield (ex Elastica), Rae Spoon and Cindy Wonderful (Scream Club).

From acoustic to accosted Lyndsey provides those all inspiring Poll 13 answers.

The album I live my life by…
Belle & Sebastian, Tiger Milk

The song I wish I had written…
Party GAMES by Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight

The song I’m glad I didn’t write…
The Birdie Song

If I could stalk one celebrity rock star…
PJ Harvey

If I could resurrect one rock star it would be…
Freddie Mercury

Celebrity Death Match Opponent…
Kid Rock

My best gig ever…
Pixies in Bristol ‘89ish

If I could get one band to cover one song…
Iron & Wine sings ‘I see a darkness’ [Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy]

If I could wipe a music genre off the face of the earth…
Christian Rock

The first record I ever bought…
Ottawan, Disco

On my ipod/mp3/walkman device right now…
La Roux, Bulletproof

Superpower I wish I had…
flying

Does your musical style influence your underwear?
no

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More info: www.lyndseycockwell.com

The collaboration was one of a natural progression, as was the sound – but fining tuning the songs, that took some time. They worked with producer Ben Kerstenin in three different studios over the summer of 2007. “We wanted to mess around with as many unorthodox instruments and sounds as we could,” says Mat. Across the album’s eleven tracks, you’ll hear trombone and Flugelhorn, violin and pedal steel guitar – and some timbres trickier to identify. Slide guitars were rubbed with violin bows, cellos plucked to create bass lines. “At one point, we put a mic on a ukulele and played it through every effects pedal in the place.”

This willingness to improvise even gave birth to a new song in the studio, the instrumental ‘Breezy No Breezy,’ a curious amalgamation of rock, jazz, and dub reggae. “That one was written and recorded in about an hour,” Brooke remembers, smiling. “It was the last day of recording, and we had a little extra time left.” They took all their favourite oddball sounds featured throughout the making of The Grand Archives, and condensed their charms into a single track.

The band brings together old pals – in that they all knew each other – singer/guitarist Mat Brooke, [previously– Band of Horses, Carissa’s Wierd], drummer Curtis Hall [The Jeunes], bassist Jeff Montano [The New Mexicans], and guitarist/keyboard player Ron Lewis [Ghost Stories] and finally guitarist Thomas Wright – who graciously answered the Poll13 under the influence of absinthe, which may explain the obsession with P!nk…

The album I live my life by…
P!nk ‘I’m coming out’

The song I wish I had written…
Allstate Commercial Jingle ‘We Bring Good Things to Life’

The song I’m glad I didn’t write…
Kiss ‘Beth’

If I could stalk one celebrity rock star…
Michael Jackson

If I could resurrect one rock star it would be…
John Lennon

Celebrity Death Match Opponent…
Mickey Rouke

My best gig ever…
Working at a gas station

If I could get one band to cover one song…
Grateful Dead to cover P!nk’s ‘I’m Coming Out’

If I could wipe a music genre off the face of the earth…
Indie Rock

The first record I ever bought…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Soundtrack

On my ipod/mp3/walkman device right now…
>no batteries<

Superpower I wish I had…
The ability to stop crying!

Does your musical style influence your underwear?
If I wore any, no!

Musically think ethereal, melodic, picture setting pop-folk and you’d be close enough to get the idea, frankly though I’m all for you make up your own conclusion on its musical sensibilities. Check out their MySpace page for a sample…

The Luxembourg gig was undoubtedly a bit of a disappointment, having come from what they consider their best gig ever (at that point, that is). Nevertheless they did grant intrepid, unprepared and somewhat inebriated UPFRONT bloggers a Poll 13 response…

Port O’Brien’s “All We Could Do Was Sing” is their debut album and is available at all the usual places!

Cambria Goodwin on the Poll 13

The album I live my life by…
On the Beach – Neil Young

The song I wish I had written…
Pink Moon- Neil Young

The song I’m glad I didn’t write…
So What – P!nk

If I could stalk one celebrity rock star…
Justin Timberlake

If I could resurrect one rock star it would be…
Jimi Hendrix

Celebrity Death Match Opponent…
Katy Perry

My best gig ever…
Ours, Germany on December 9th 2008

If I could get one band to cover one song…
Nirvana – Strawberry Fields Forever

If I could wipe a music genre off the face of the earth…
Ska

The first record I ever bought…
Pet Sounds – Beach Boys

On my ipod/mp3/walkman device right now…
Paleo

Superhero I aspire to be…
Wonderwoman

Does your musical style influence your underwear?
“I don’t wear any underwear ”