Cousti came together in 2006 to write and record music based entirely on their own Individual tastes and influences. Drawing on a wealth of experience spanning over four decades from the mid sixties to the present day Cousti’s influences range from such early artistes as the Gratefull dead and the Eagles to Jackson Brown, Jackie Lomax and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Taking us through the seventies, eighties and nineties with everyone from Eric Clapton to U2 to more lesser known artistes like Big House. Using this enormous library of knowledge Cousti paint their music on a broad canvas, from the emotional complexities of everyday life to songs such as the inspirational ‘Borderline,’ highlighting the plight of poor people in Mexico converging on the U.S border in search of a better life. In late 2006, completely by accident Cousti won a competition run by the Glasgow fringe, then a branch of the world famous and prestigious Celtic Connections festival held annually in the city, and this inspired them to push on to the serious work of writing their debut album. To date Cousti have written over one hundred songs ranging in styles from the beautiful ‘Mallaig’ with it’s Celtic connotations and ‘Sweetest tunes’ a tribute to the legendary Bob Harris, to more trance like songs such as ‘What goes on’ and ‘Without you’, creating a warmth and texture in their sound which is totally unique in today’s climate of industry manufactured music. Today in 2010 Cousti are still prolifically writing and constantly surprising themselves with the diversity of the songs they come up with, to quote Pete Lamb Cousti's vocalist, “ We write songs about how we feel without conforming to any standard set of rules, we like to concentrate on the feel and quality of the music rather than the genre it belongs to". Maybe this is why you’ll find it difficult to pigeonhole Cousti into any single category. In their own way the band are unique. Cousti are pleased to announce the release of their debut album "string to tracks" and which has an official worldwide release date of Feb 28th 2011. An international distribution deal has been secured and will make the album widely available in all major high street UK music retailers and online
