Biography
Alex Roc & The Penitents is a homemade folk band formed in Sevilla in 2008. Big White Room is the first Ep released by the band in 2009. 7 songs selected from a 40 songs demo recorded in a 3 m2 room in Budapest where Alex Roc lived during one year. The selection of the melodies was made based in one target, "if you can't whistle it, it's not good."
Members of the band: Alejandro Barranca, Salvador Dorado, Alejandro Masferrer , Cristian Uki , Alex Roc.
Influences include: Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Presley, Will Oldham, Giant Sand, Cat Power, Richard Hawley, Smog, The Beatles, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Mark Lanegan, M.Ward, Matt Elliott, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Six Organs of admittance, Dominique A, Micah P. Hinson.
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