False Advertising are a British three-piece

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group from

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Biography

False Advertising was formed by Jen Hingley and Chris Warr in 2013, with Josh Sellers completing the lineup in 2014. Upon deciding that between them they could produce and release their own music, they set about writing and self recording their debut album. The band released their first single ‘Dozer’ and self-titled album ''False Advertising'' in 2015, in June 2016 they released a 7" single on

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Singles Club. The band are noted for their live instrument swapping. The band received coverage by

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, The Skinny,

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, where Jen was cited #8 in Music Radar's ‘Best New Guitarists in the world right now’ poll. They have played festivals including

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(curated by Robert Smith),

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Waves Vienna. In 2018 they put on their own festival in Manchester called ‘Falsetival’. In October 2018, the band were chosen as recipients of

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's Momentum Fund. Jen Hingley's uncle is

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, who was previously the singer of

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Band members

* Jen Hingley - lead vocals, guitar, drums (2013–present) * Chris Warr - lead vocals, drums, guitar (2013–present) * Josh Sellers - bass (2014–present)

Discography

Albums * ''False Advertising'' (2015, self-released) * ''Brainfreeze'' (2019,

Alcopop! Records Alcopop! Records is a British independent record label, run by Jack Clothier and Kevin Douch formed in 2006 when the pair lived together in East Oxford. The label works with the likes of DZ Deathrays, Johnny Foreigner, Fight Like Apes, Anamana ...

) EPs * ''Brainless'' (2016, self-released) * ''I Would Be So Much Happier If I Just Stopped Caring'' (2017, self-released) Singles * "Dozer" (2015, self-released) * "Alopecia" (2016, self-released) * "Give It Your Worst" / "Scars" - (2016,

) * "Not My Fault" (2017, self-released) * "Honest" (2017, self-released) * "Hey You" (2017, self-released) * "You Said" (2018, self-released) * "You Won't Feel Love" (2019,

) * "Influenza" (2019,

) * "Wasted Days" (2019,

) * "Personal Space" (2021,

)

References

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