Bones UK (stylized as BONES UK) is a

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band from

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consisting of lead vocalist /

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ist Rosie Bones, lead guitarist Carmen Vandenberg, and drummer Heavy. Rosie Bones and Carmen Vandenberg met each other at the Blues Kitchen in Camden Town and were in the all-girl band Fake Club from 2012 to 2014 before forming Bones UK later that year. They caught the attention of musician

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early on in their career, who asked the band to cowrite his 2016 album, Loud Hailer, and to perform with him on tour. Since then, Bones UK relocated to

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. The band has put out multiple singles independently before releasing their

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, self-titled album on July 12, 2019 via

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, to sexism within the music scene, and also includes a cover of

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" after being asked by

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to record the song for a Bowie tribute album. ''

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'' named the album one of the 50 best rock efforts of 2019. Following the success of "Pretty Waste", the single became nominated for a

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for Best Rock Performance in November 2019. In January 2020, Bones UK released an EP titled "Unplugged" and a short film of their performance online. In 2021, a single was released for the animated TV series ''

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'', titled "Dirty Little Animals".

Discography

Studio albums * ''Bones UK'' (2019) Singles * "Fat" (2016) * "Beautiful is Boring" (2017) * "Pretty Waste" (2019) – No. 27

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* "Filthy Freak" (2019) * "Choke" (2019) *"Dirty Little Animals" (from the TV series ''

'') (2021) *"Boys Will Be Girls" (2021) Music videos * "Beautiful Is Boring" – dir. Alex Warren * "Creature" – dir. Rosie Bones and Gille Klabin * "Filthy Freaks" – dir. Ryan Valdez * "Choke" – dir. Gille Klabin * "I'm Afraid of Americans" – dir. Eric Thirteen

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.bones-uk.com/
I'm Afraid of Americans
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