Allo Darlin' are an

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and su ...

band based in

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. Their self-titled debut album was released on the

Fortuna Pop! Fortuna POP! was an English independent record label based in London, started in 1995 by Sean Price. It specialised in indie pop music. Fortuna POP! previously promoted gigs under the banner of The Beat Hotel and then Basement Scam at the Buffal ...

label in 2010, with a second album, ''Europe'', appearing in 2012. A third album, ''

We Come from the Same Place ''We Come from the Same Place'' is the third and final studio album by indie band Allo Darlin'. It was released by Fortuna Pop! Records on 6 October 2014 in the UK and by Slumberland Records on 7 October 2014 in the US. It received mostly posit ...

'', was released in autumn 2014.

History

Allo Darlin' was started as a solo project by Australian singer and songwriter Elizabeth Morris whilst living in London, England. The band name came from her time working in Soho. "I used to work near the market sellers," she said. "Every day I'd walk past and the old guys would yell out "Allo darlin'" as they ashed into their fruit bowls." In early 2009, a full band lineup of Allo Darlin' formed with guitarist Paul Rains, drummer Michael Collins and bassist Bill Botting. They released their first single, "Henry Rollins Don't Dance", on WeePOP! Records that summer. That year

signed the band, and they released two singles, "The Polaroid Song" (2009) and "Dreaming" (2010), before the band's self-titled debut full-length, produced by Simon Trought, was released by the label in the summer of 2010. In 2011 Allo Darlin' self-released the "Darren"/"The Wu-Tang Clan" single. The band returned with new album ''Europe'' in spring of 2012, released again by Fortuna Pop in the UK and this time by Slumberland in the US. They spent the next year touring before heading back into the studio to record their third album. ''We Come from the Same Place'' was released in October 2014. The band went their separate ways at the end of 2016. In January 2023, the band announced on social media that they have reunited for a few gigs in England, their first in six years, with a possibility of recording new music together.

Discography

Albums

*'' Allo Darlin''' (

, 2010) *''

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'' (Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland, 2014)

Singles

*"Henry Rollins Don't Dance" (WeePOP!, 2009) *"The Polaroid Song" (Fortuna Pop!, 2009) *"Dreaming" (Fortuna Pop!, 2010) *"My Heart Is A Drummer" (Fortuna Pop!, 2010) *"If Loneliness Was Art" (Fortuna Pop!, 2010) *"Darren" / "Wu Tang Clan" (Self-release, 2011) *"Capricornia" (Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland, 2012) *"Northern Lights" (Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland, 2012) *"Europe" (Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland, 2012) *"Only Dust Behind" (WIAWIYA, 2012) *"Bright Eyes" (Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland, 2014) *"Half Heart Necklace" (Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland, 2015) *"Kings and Queens" (Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland, 2015) *"Hymn on the 45" (Fortuna Pop!/Hangover Lounge, 2016)

References

External links

Official website
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