The Vending Machine Heart is Jason Applin and Stuart Wills. They formed the Vending Machine Heart and started writing acoustic based songs after finding that they had a common admiration for many of the same songwriters - in particular Elliot Smith. The Vending Machine Heart’s music has been described as two parts Elliot Smith to one part Simon & Garfunkel.
Jason currently fronts The Head Club who have recently released their first long player.
Stuart is a singer-songwriter and an accomplished live performer and has just re-released his first solo album. In the 90s he was the lead singer of the band Sand and also lead guitarist in the five piece Savalis.
Music Influences
Alexi Murdoch, Damien Rice, Denison Witmer, Elliot Smith, Fionn Regan, Iron & Wine, Joni Mitchell, José Gonzŕlez, Josh Ritter, Josh Rouse, Kathryn Williams, Kings of Convenience, Nick Drake, Rocky Votolato, Rosie Thomas, Sufjan Stevens
