Broken Hands are an English

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band, formed in 2006 in

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, England. The band is composed of vocalist Dale Norton, guitarist Jamie Darby, bassist Thomas Ford, drummer Callum Norton and guitarist/keyboardist David Hardstone. They are reportedly named after the character Chief Broken Hand from the Western film ''

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''. The band originally formed under the name of Onlookers at the age of 15. They released their debut single ''Mine'' in September 2007 via 1965 Records, and follow up single ''Canterbury Tales'' in October 2009. They toured in support of One Night Only and

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and picked up radio interest from XFM (John Kennedy’s ‘Hot One’), BBC 6, NME Radio,Radio 1 and Radio 2. They began putting on clubnights in Canterbury called Hoochie Coochie. Changing their name to Broken Hands, they were the first signing to James Endeacott and

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' new label AED (Endeacott was also behind 1965 Records who released their debut single). The first released under the new name came via 7" single Brother in October 2011. They then began working with producer

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and released the single ''If You Need To Lie'' in May 2012 and EP ''Down By The Current'' in May 2013 via Music For Heroes. They also self-released ''The Quadrangle Session'' EP. Originally a 4 piece, guitarist/keyboardist David Hardstone joined the band in 2014. The band released their debut album ''Turbulence'' in October 2015 via SO Recordings. The album was produced by

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. Whilst touring the album, the band covered the rooms they were playing with silver tinfoil to make the audience feel that they were inside a space capsule, in a concept which they named "Silver Landing Program". Singer Dale Norton revealed that the band had not been happy with the material they had been writing for their debut album and had scapped everything. They were on the verge of splitting up until he was inspired by air and space travel after having dropped off a friend at an airport. The band moved into a communal space in

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and began writing. In October 2018 it was announced that the band had signed to

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and shared two new songs "Split In Two" and "Friends House".

Discography

Albums

* ''Turbulence'' (SO recordings - 9 October 2015)

Singles and EPs

* "Mine" (1965 Records - September 2007) * "Canterbury Tales" (Sell Yourself - October 2009) * "Brother" (AED - October 2011) * "If You Need To Lie" (Music For Heroes - May 2012) * "Down By The Current" (Music For Heroes - October 2013) * "Split In Two" / "Friends House" (

- October 2018)

References

{{reflist English indie rock groups