Former Miss America are essentially Anthony Carter who scribes the melodies and the words, together with Chris Needham who delivers on the beats and electronica.

“The light personal and rather bizarre touches of FMA provide a gentle break from the outside world and it is easy to get lost in the bleak synthetic soudscapes they create.”

(Gigwise.com)

Hailing from Liverpool, Former Miss America have been making waves across the UK with their diverse blend of songwriting. Their music is a dark reflective blend of folk, electronica and shuffling dance beats. Their debut release, “The Acid Folk EP” received much critical acclaim and was described by The Independent as “a massive breath of fresh air”. The band has become synonymous with originality and style.

Following the EP, FMA released their debut album, Carnivalism, in July 2004 on Liverpool’s own Robot! Records. This has already received high praise and built on the success of the EP. The band have also been busy with live performances, appearing all over the UK, and are set to play the Popkomm music festival held in Berlin in September.

FMA live have been and are endlessly compared to such contemporaries as Sparklehorse, Grandaddy, Mojave 3 and Kraftwerk. Live magazine described their live shows as “a rich and complex tuneladen tapestry of ethereal, engrossing, imposing whispers. Add to this four screens of visuals in the live arena- including live, on the spot visual editing of films and images that suck you into their dark dark world.”

The Band have received reviews in leading national magazines such as Q, The Fly, The Observer, Flux and Logo.

“Liverpudlian duo with a gentle mix of slowly shuffling folk and low slung electro that hangs together like a drifting cloud and sucks you into a long daydream.”
The Observer

“Far removed from their home city’s current penchant for Coral/Zutons scally psychedelia, Former Miss America specialize in neatly barbed indie-electronica of surprising panache.”
Q

“Never was a band more aptly named; there’s a tattered loveliness here that is compelling, classy and somehow frayed round the edges.”
The Fly

“FMA are weaving a tapestry out of mist and fog, a swirling melismatic brew of acoustic guitars, almost-there electronica and a string quartet on loan from the gates of heaven. All life is here, and it’s a place you’ll want to be.”

Logo Magazine.com

“FMA’s mature songwriting makes for a heady, nostalgic, subtle, misfit, geeky-cool melange. It’s a gorgeously blended electro/acoustic malt of cracked up, cinematic, subversive, insidious beauty.”
The Big Issue

“With Anthony Carter’s voice recalling the whispered gruffness of Sparklehorse and Chris Needhams perfect instinct of when to deploy a heart-melting keyboard line, Norwegian Wouldn’t is the song Granddaddy would write if they were lost in the big city after a debauched night out.’’
Manchester Online.co.uk

“This is a band for whom the world is reflected through a hall-of-mirrors, allowing them to create a sublime emotional soudscape.’’
BBC Liverpool music online

“Buy this album, buy it now.”
Logo Magazine.com

“At a time when Liverpool is making some of the most cutting edge music around, Former Miss America stand proudly in its midst.”
Live Magazine.co.uk

Buy their heralded debut album 'Carnivalism' (£10.00 inc P&P)

and 'Acid Folk' EP on chunky 7'' gatefold vinyl (£3.99 inc P&P)

www.formermissamerica.co.uk