Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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3947239 | Play | primitive (the way i treat you) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947236 | Play | Anecdote | 00:00 Tools | |
3947238 | Play | Stay Where You Are | 00:00 Tools | |
3947237 | Play | Heavy Lifting | 00:00 Tools | |
3947241 | Play | Ophelia | 00:00 Tools | |
3947240 | Play | Yoga Means Union | 00:00 Tools | |
3947242 | Play | Sugar Pill | 00:00 Tools | |
3947244 | Play | Young Urban | 04:21 Tools | |
3947245 | Play | Michigan | 04:30 Tools | |
3947246 | Play | Swim | 00:00 Tools | |
3947243 | Play | Stay Tuned | 00:00 Tools | |
3947250 | Play | Country Gentleman | 00:00 Tools | |
3947248 | Play | The Ocean | 00:00 Tools | |
3947247 | Play | New English | 00:00 Tools | |
3947252 | Play | Straight A's | 00:00 Tools | |
3947257 | Play | Primitive | 00:00 Tools | |
3947251 | Play | Arbuckle's Swan Song | 00:00 Tools | |
3947253 | Play | Fearless (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947255 | Play | Sugar Pill (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947249 | Play | Ocean | 00:00 Tools | |
3947256 | Play | Helmsman | 00:00 Tools | |
3947254 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8-Track Home Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947259 | Play | Ocean [Velvet Underground Cover] | 00:00 Tools | |
3947260 | Play | The Ocean [*] | 00:00 Tools | |
3947258 | Play | Fearless | 00:00 Tools | |
3947262 | Play | Sugar Pill (Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947300 | Play | I Don't Believe Anyone | 00:00 Tools | |
3947289 | Play | Impervious | 00:00 Tools | |
3947265 | Play | Heavy Lifting [Acoustic 8-Track Home Demo][Demo Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
3947276 | Play | (No Title) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947275 | Play | Green Light | 00:00 Tools | |
3947316 | Play | Waves | 00:00 Tools | |
3947270 | Play | Dancing Through A Eulogy | 00:00 Tools | |
3947317 | Play | The Ocean (Waves) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947284 | Play | It Goes Without Saying | 00:00 Tools | |
3947274 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic Home Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947327 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947269 | Play | Paper Doll | 00:00 Tools | |
3947271 | Play | Upsetter | 00:00 Tools | |
3947320 | Play | Ocean (Hidden Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947329 | Play | Untitled | 00:00 Tools | |
3947282 | Play | Ivy | 00:00 Tools | |
3947304 | Play | Arbuckles | 00:00 Tools | |
3947323 | Play | Heavy Lifting [Acoustic 8-Track Home Demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
3947277 | Play | Ladyfingers | 00:00 Tools | |
3947288 | Play | Inferno | 00:00 Tools | |
3947338 | Play | young urban professional | 00:00 Tools | |
3947318 | Play | Heavy Lift | 00:00 Tools | |
3947492 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - New English | 00:00 Tools | |
3947280 | Play | Arithmetic | 00:00 Tools | |
3947273 | Play | Country Ballad | 00:00 Tools | |
3947375 | Play | Heavy Lifting [Acoustic 8-Track Home Demo] [Demo Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
3947314 | Play | Fearless (Pink Floyd cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947272 | Play | Earthbound | 00:00 Tools | |
3947349 | Play | Arbuckle | 00:00 Tools | |
48728718 | Play | The Invention of Beauty | 00:00 Tools | |
3947410 | Play | Brown Park | 00:00 Tools | |
3947287 | Play | Focus | 00:00 Tools | |
3947328 | Play | ocean (velvet underground cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947285 | Play | James | 00:00 Tools | |
3947283 | Play | Ruby | 00:00 Tools | |
3947291 | Play | Outside | 00:00 Tools | |
3947286 | Play | Monkey Trap | 00:00 Tools | |
48728719 | Play | Kaite Come True | 00:00 Tools | |
3947290 | Play | Love Bird | 00:00 Tools | |
3947295 | Play | Easy | 00:00 Tools | |
48728720 | Play | hidden | 00:00 Tools | |
3947294 | Play | Bus | 00:00 Tools | |
3947405 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Original 8 Track Acoustic Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947299 | Play | Dark E | 00:00 Tools | |
3947296 | Play | Coco | 00:00 Tools | |
48728721 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8 - Track Home Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728722 | Play | On the Concourse | 00:00 Tools | |
3947292 | Play | Children of the Revolution | 00:00 Tools | |
3947298 | Play | Powder Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
3947293 | Play | Untitled #1 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947279 | Play | Napoleon | 00:00 Tools | |
3947352 | Play | New English (new song) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947302 | Play | Heavy Lifting (8 Track Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728723 | Play | hidden track | 00:00 Tools | |
3947345 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947278 | Play | Primitiv (The Way I Treat You) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947350 | Play | Straight A's (hidden track) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947297 | Play | Untitled #2 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947495 | Play | Country Gentleman (from the Startime International compilation) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947453 | Play | Arbuckle (new song) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947353 | Play | 12 Ocean | 00:00 Tools | |
3947491 | Play | Stay Where You Are (radio edit) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947397 | Play | Somalia | 00:00 Tools | |
3947441 | Play | Stay Where You Are (Extended Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947358 | Play | Straight A's (hidden UK Lp track) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947377 | Play | alison | 00:00 Tools | |
48728729 | Play | Sugar Pill - Demo | 00:00 Tools | |
48728724 | Play | B0001JXQBK001002 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947321 | Play | Primitive [The Way I Treat You] | 00:00 Tools | |
3947334 | Play | Tonight I'll Be Staying | 00:00 Tools | |
48728725 | Play | Katie Come True | 00:00 Tools | |
48728726 | Play | The Way I Treat You | 00:00 Tools | |
3947406 | Play | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | 00:00 Tools | |
48728727 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8-Trac | 00:00 Tools | |
48728728 | Play | Stay Where You Are [Radio Edit] | 00:00 Tools | |
3947324 | Play | I'll Be Your Mirror | 00:00 Tools | |
48728730 | Play | Heavy Lifting (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728732 | Play | new intro | 00:00 Tools | |
3947399 | Play | Hearse | 00:00 Tools | |
48728731 | Play | Earth Bound | 00:00 Tools | |
3947310 | Play | Interview | 00:00 Tools | |
48728733 | Play | Primitive The Way I Treat You | 00:00 Tools | |
48728734 | Play | Ambulance LTD - Anecdote | 00:00 Tools | |
3947311 | Play | Michigan ('04) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728735 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - Heavy Lifting | 00:00 Tools | |
3947326 | Play | The Dogs | 00:00 Tools | |
3947500 | Play | Primitive (Way I Treat You) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947348 | Play | Ocean [*] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728736 | Play | 01 - AMBULANCE LTD. - New English | 00:00 Tools | |
48728738 | Play | Bonus track | 00:00 Tools | |
48728737 | Play | Primitive (The Way I Treate You) (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947426 | Play | 03 - Anecdote | 00:00 Tools | |
48728739 | Play | 02 - AMBULANCE LTD. - Arbuckles Swan Song | 00:00 Tools | |
48728740 | Play | 07 - AMBULANCE LTD. - Straight As | 00:00 Tools | |
3947343 | Play | Heavylifting | 00:00 Tools | |
3947366 | Play | Primitive(the way i treat you) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947424 | Play | The Ocean (velvet underground cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728741 | Play | 05 - Ophelia | 00:00 Tools | |
48728742 | Play | 04 - AMBULANCE LTD. - Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8 - Track Home Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728743 | Play | I Am A Star I Am An Angel | 00:00 Tools | |
3947380 | Play | Ambulance LTD - Primitive (the Way I Treat You) | 00:00 Tools | |
76814717 | Play | 08 - Michigan | 00:00 Tools | |
3947362 | Play | Paper Doll (full acoustic) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728745 | Play | 05 - AMBULANCE LTD. - Sugar Pill (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728746 | Play | 03 - AMBULANCE LTD. - Fearless | 00:00 Tools | |
48728747 | Play | Sugar Hill (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728748 | Play | 06 - AMBULANCE LTD. - Country Gentleman | 00:00 Tools | |
48728749 | Play | ambulance ltd - ophelia | 00:00 Tools | |
86932207 | Play | Ambulance ltd - Yoga Means Union | 00:00 Tools | |
3947319 | Play | Julia | 00:00 Tools | |
3947372 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8 - Track Home Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728750 | Play | 09 - Stay Tuned | 00:00 Tools | |
3947475 | Play | Sugar Hill (Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947344 | Play | Me Japanese Boy (I Love You) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728754 | Play | Primitive (The Way I Treat Yo | 00:00 Tools | |
3947427 | Play | Amb New Intro | 00:00 Tools | |
48728751 | Play | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728752 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - Sugar Pill | 00:00 Tools | |
48728760 | Play | Ocean [Velvet Underground Cove | 00:00 Tools | |
48728753 | Play | Ambulance LTD - Young Urban | 00:00 Tools | |
3947419 | Play | Hail Mary | 00:00 Tools | |
48728758 | Play | 02 - Primitive (The Way I Treat You) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728755 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - Country Gentleman | 00:00 Tools | |
48728759 | Play | ambulance ltd | 00:00 Tools | |
48728756 | Play | Track 12 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728757 | Play | 11 - Young Urban | 00:00 Tools | |
3947303 | Play | I'll Be Your Mirror (The Velvet Underground cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947433 | Play | Unknown title | 00:00 Tools | |
48728764 | Play | Heavy Lifting (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728761 | Play | 06 - Stay Where You Are | 00:00 Tools | |
3947404 | Play | Talk | 00:00 Tools | |
3947309 | Play | Me Japanese Boy (I Love You) (Burt Bacharach cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728768 | Play | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | 00:00 Tools | |
3947330 | Play | Stay Where You Are (shorter intro) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728763 | Play | 10 - Swim | 00:00 Tools | |
48728762 | Play | Anectode | 00:00 Tools | |
3947398 | Play | Heavy Lifting [Demo Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728770 | Play | Helmsaman | 00:00 Tools | |
48728765 | Play | 21 seconds | 00:00 Tools | |
48728766 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - Michigan | 00:00 Tools | |
3947355 | Play | Dark Energy | 00:00 Tools | |
48728854 | Play | Young Urban - HD 720p | 00:00 Tools | |
48728767 | Play | Upsetter (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728769 | Play | Oceans | 00:00 Tools | |
48728771 | Play | Stay Where You Are (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947477 | Play | Back To School | 00:00 Tools | |
3947498 | Play | Ivy Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
3947494 | Play | Intro | 00:00 Tools | |
3947388 | Play | 01 amb new intro merc 8_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728772 | Play | Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
48728773 | Play | 02 arbuckle's swan song | 00:00 Tools | |
3947497 | Play | Primative (The Way I Trust You) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728774 | Play | fearless (live pink floyd cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728775 | Play | 30 Century Man | 00:00 Tools | |
3947325 | Play | Friends | 00:00 Tools | |
3947488 | Play | Stay Where You Are [Album Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728776 | Play | Ladyfingers (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947340 | Play | The Ocean (Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728777 | Play | 02 paper doll merc 8_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947346 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - Country Gentle | 00:00 Tools | |
76814719 | Play | Primitive - Live | 00:00 Tools | |
48728778 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - Fearless | 00:00 Tools | |
48728779 | Play | Hey! Beat Takeshi | 00:00 Tools | |
3947322 | Play | Outro | 00:00 Tools | |
48728780 | Play | The Woman In The Underpass | 00:00 Tools | |
3947464 | Play | Here Come The Waves | 00:00 Tools | |
3947481 | Play | 12 Ocean (Velvet Underground cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947351 | Play | Sugar Pill (ОСТ Мальчики--налётчики) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728781 | Play | Ambulance ltd - Swim | 00:00 Tools | |
48728792 | Play | Ladyfingers (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728782 | Play | Me Japanese Boy, I Love You | 00:00 Tools | |
3947436 | Play | The Ocean [velvet underground cover] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728783 | Play | Fearless (Pink Floyd) | 00:00 Tools | |
86932208 | Play | 06 Country Gentleman | 00:00 Tools | |
48728797 | Play | Anecdote (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728785 | Play | Ivy (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728786 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8-Track H | 00:00 Tools | |
48728787 | Play | Ocean (The Velvet Underground Cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728788 | Play | 03 fearless (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728803 | Play | Stay tuned (Album Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728789 | Play | Ambulance Ltd - Stay Tuned | 00:00 Tools | |
48728790 | Play | Extra Track | 00:00 Tools | |
48728805 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8-Track Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728791 | Play | Track 10 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947337 | Play | Jesus | 00:00 Tools | |
48728793 | Play | 07 straight a's | 00:00 Tools | |
48728794 | Play | acnedote | 00:00 Tools | |
48728795 | Play | It Goes Without Saying (instrumental) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728796 | Play | Heavy Lifting [Acoustic 8-Trac | 00:00 Tools | |
48728798 | Play | 05 sugar pill (demo version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728799 | Play | [Hidden Track] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728800 | Play | 04 new english merc 08_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947469 | Play | TVT, Sugar Pill (Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728801 | Play | 01 01 - AMBULANCE LTD. - New Englis | 00:00 Tools | |
48728802 | Play | 01 - new english | 00:00 Tools | |
48728804 | Play | No Title | 00:00 Tools | |
48728806 | Play | Ambulance LTD - Fearless (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728807 | Play | Track 11 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947454 | Play | Ivy (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947460 | Play | Untitled 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947361 | Play | stay on the bus | 00:00 Tools | |
48728808 | Play | Coco (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728811 | Play | 12 The Ocean | 00:00 Tools | |
48728809 | Play | 12 - The Ocean | 00:00 Tools | |
48728823 | Play | Ophelia (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728810 | Play | Stay Where You Are (Album Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947435 | Play | 1. Yoga means Union | 00:00 Tools | |
48728812 | Play | Helsman | 00:00 Tools | |
48728813 | Play | My Sugar Pill | 00:00 Tools | |
48728814 | Play | 07 Ivy merc 08_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
3947470 | Play | Paper Doll (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728831 | Play | Stay Where You Are (Instrumental version) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947394 | Play | Young Urban [Album Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728815 | Play | Ophella | 00:00 Tools | |
48728816 | Play | Stay Where You Are [Radio] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728817 | Play | Track 04 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728818 | Play | 12 Ocean [Velvet Underground Cover] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728819 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8-Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728820 | Play | Track 02 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728821 | Play | Anectdote | 00:00 Tools | |
3947369 | Play | Foxtail (Instrumental version) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947333 | Play | "Yoga Means Union" | 00:00 Tools | |
3947467 | Play | I'll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground Cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728846 | Play | New English (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728847 | Play | Country Gentleman (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
3947448 | Play | Ivy Bunker Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
48728822 | Play | Stay Where You Are (Edit) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728824 | Play | The Ocean (Lou Reed) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728825 | Play | Heavy Lifting [Acoustic 8-Track Home Demo]/Acoustic 8-Track Home Demo | 00:00 Tools | |
48728826 | Play | 06 Alison merc 08_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728827 | Play | 03 upsetter merc 8_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728828 | Play | Relax | 00:00 Tools | |
3947364 | Play | 05 country gentleman merc 08_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728856 | Play | Alison (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728829 | Play | 12 Unknown title | 00:00 Tools | |
48728830 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic Home D | 00:00 Tools | |
48728861 | Play | Young Urban (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728832 | Play | 06 - country gentleman | 00:00 Tools | |
3947386 | Play | Country Gentleman | Absolut Radio | 00:00 Tools | |
48728833 | Play | Stay were you are | 00:00 Tools | |
48728834 | Play | Primitive (The Way I Treat Y.. | 00:00 Tools | |
48728835 | Play | 2. Primitive (The Way I Treat You) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728836 | Play | 10. Swim | 00:00 Tools | |
48728837 | Play | Track 01 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728838 | Play | Track 03 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728839 | Play | Stay Where You Are [Album: LP (TVT)] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728840 | Play | Anecdote [Album: LP (TVT)] | 00:00 Tools | |
48728841 | Play | NAPO-LEON | 00:00 Tools | |
48728842 | Play | Untitled 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728843 | Play | Stay Tune | 00:00 Tools | |
3947499 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728844 | Play | Sugarpill | 00:00 Tools | |
48728845 | Play | Antecdote | 00:00 Tools | |
48728849 | Play | Heavy Lifting [Demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
76814720 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Acoustic 8 Track Home Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728848 | Play | ? | 00:00 Tools | |
3947420 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Original 8-Track Acoustic Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728850 | Play | astrud astrud | 00:00 Tools | |
76814721 | Play | Jacqueline | 00:00 Tools | |
48728851 | Play | Stay Where You Are (KEXP Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728852 | Play | The Ocean [Velvet Underground] | 00:00 Tools | |
86932209 | Play | Helmsman Alternate (Instrumental version) | 00:00 Tools | |
89021783 | Play | Tonight I'll Be Staying (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728853 | Play | Sugar Pill [Demo Version]/Demo Version | 00:00 Tools | |
89021784 | Play | Friends (Instrumental version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728855 | Play | Young Urban (Instrumental version) | 00:00 Tools | |
89021785 | Play | Upsetter (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728857 | Play | Youn Urban | 00:00 Tools | |
86932210 | Play | Michigan (Instrumental version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728858 | Play | Heavy Lifting (Instrumental version) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728859 | Play | 08 ladyfingers merc 08_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728860 | Play | Stay Tunes | 00:00 Tools | |
48728862 | Play | Totally | 00:00 Tools | |
48728863 | Play | heavy liftiing | 00:00 Tools | |
48728864 | Play | 03 - fearless | 00:00 Tools | |
48728865 | Play | Everybody Knows This Is Now | 00:00 Tools | |
48728866 | Play | "Heavy Lifting" video | 00:00 Tools | |
48728867 | Play | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young) | 00:00 Tools | |
48728868 | Play | 14 young urban merc 08_09 | 00:00 Tools | |
48728869 | Play | 4. Heavy lifting | 00:00 Tools | |
48728870 | Play | Ambulance LTD - The Ocean | 00:00 Tools | |
48728871 | Play | 3. Anecdote | 00:00 Tools | |
48728872 | Play | 5. Ophelia | 00:00 Tools |
On Ambulance LTD's debut album, one can find a number of stylistic influences from the Beatles and the Stones to Spiritualized, Elliott Smith and the Smiths. And that’s the point. “Our niche is not sticking to any particular niche,” says Benji Lysaght, guitarist. The four members of the New York group refuse to be stuck in any sub-genre of rock. “We don’t want to confine ourselves,” says Marcus Congleton, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter. To that end, the group -- Congleton, Lysaght, Darren Beckett (drums) and Matt Dublin (bass and backing vocals) -- draws its inspiration from decades of rock: Motown, ‘60s psychedelic pop and blues, ‘70s rock, ‘80s Britpop/new wave and ‘90s shoegazing. “We don’t kick much ass volume wise,” admits Marcus. “Conceptually, poetically, we kick ass. Atmospherically, we kick ass." The guys learned a lot from the '70s, and they're not just talking the Ramones and other punk rockers or the glam rock of David Bowie, but another side of the decade, the side the New York rock scene doesn't usually cop to: the blue eye-soul of Hall and Oates, the pure pop of Seals and Crofts, the jazz-rock of Steely Dan and the classic rock of Fleetwood Mac. "A lot of our stuff has '70s undertones to it, not so much the punk side, but the indulgent side that punk was rebelling against," says Marcus. "I already did my punk time in high school." The members' musical backgrounds are diverse -- half the band has toyed in jazz -- and they found their ways to New York from as far away as Ireland and the West Coast. Marcus, 25, from Eugene, Ore., started strumming his first guitar in middle school, when his uncle, a blues musician, showed him the chords. He formed a ska-punk band in high school but also played with a “vaguely grungy” alternative band, as well as jazz (he also plays the trumpet), hardcore and even rockabilly bands. At 19, he moved to New York after a visit to the city charmed him. There he began to check out the Velvet Underground and Brit pop music. "I was into punk and Guns N' Roses type bands, but I couldn't howl like those guys," says Marcus, who now lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. "It seemed more natural for me to croon stuff.” Darren, 28, from Belfast, Ireland and now living in Queens, got his first drum kit at age 6 -- his dad was a professional drummer and even played with Tom Jones “for a minute.” He earned a spot with his primary school art teacher’s Beatles cover band. It was a one-time-only gig, but it piqued his interest. Obsessed with Keith Moon, he also listened to James Brown, Sly Stone, John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Darren, once immersed in New York’s bustling jazz scene, mixed up rock and jazz gigs. Today, the Pixies, Can and My Bloody Valentine are on his playlist. As a kid, Benji, 23, from Santa Monica, Calif., was inspired by Slash in Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City” video. His parents bought him a cheap electric guitar and the seminal Guns N’ Roses record, “Appetite for Destruction.” “It was really heavy shit,” he recalls. Being booed at an elementary school talent show pushed Benji toward playing well. He took lessons from a blues-focused guitar teacher and formed a jazz band in high school. Now living in Williamsburg, Benji was exploring music beyond jazz and working with a singer/songwriter when he joined the group about a year ago. “I haven’t found anything that makes me as consistently happy as I am when I pick up a guitar,” he says. Bassist Matt, age 26, grew up all over New England, but he's a New Yorker at heart. He got the calling in eighth grade, when he took home a "rickety" old electric bass. When he heard Black Sabbath's bassist Geezer Butler, Matt got "freaked" out. "I realized the bass was cool, not just root notes and boring shit," recalls Matt. Ambulance fell together four years ago, after Darren and Marcus, who both played in another local rock band, joined Ambulance and then took over after its other members left. But the group almost called it quits after a particularly disheartening show at a nearly empty Brownies (a now-closed New York club). Fortunately one member of the audience was an A&R guy from TVT Records, which eventually released the band’s debut EP last summer as well as their debut disc, due April. Marcus was struck by early sessions in the studio and realized the chemistry was right. "Stay Where You Are" was only half-written when they started recording, but by day’s end the lush pop song was done. Darren's and Benji's jazz pasts aren't reflected in Ambulance's refreshing sound, but the influence is there, lurking. Jazz “gives us a strong foundation of musical knowledge, an understanding of rhythm, harmony and melody,” says Benji. “It helps you focus and be in the moment.” The members appreciate and respect each other –- on the road, in the studio and on the stage. "It's like being in love four times over," says Matt. Young and energetic, in their first tour overseas (opening for the London Suede in the U.K.) last year, Ambulance went rock-star wild. “People wouldn't expect us to be crazy but we are, in fact, insane,” says Darren. “When we go out we tear it up.” The bandmates have tamed it down a bit since that first tour. “There was a lot of bad behavior and debauchery,” recalls Benji. “The novelty wears off fast.” Now it’s all about the music. “I’ve been doing it for so long, that I can’t imagine not being in a band,” says Marcus. “I can’t imagine not going to practice and working on a song.” http://www.ambulancenyc.com http://www.myspace.com/ambulanceltd Read more on Last.fm. 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