Arco are a British indie pop band noted for unusually slow, quiet, poetic music: a gig review in national newspaper The Guardian suggested "an hour in arco's company is the aural equivalent of a day in a flotation tank".Betty Clarke, "Reviews", The Guardian, 13 September 2000 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".Anna Britten, "Reviews", Q, November 2000 issue
Their track "Lullaby" was featured on the soundtrack album of Californication on Showtime.Billboard press release for Californication soundtrack album Californication soundtrack album on iTunes
In Korea, the two tracks "Alien" and "Perfect World" were featured on the soundtrack album of network drama series Coffee Prince,"Coffee Prince" soundtrack album on yesasia.com 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 Turning Green, and in the soundtrack of One Tree Hill (series 1, episode 15).One Tree Hill, Ep 15 Season 1, musical credit at www.tv.com
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, 2002) Restraint (2004) Yield (2010)
References
External links Official website MySpace page