Royworld are a British

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band formed in 2006, when songwriting brothers Rod and Crispin Futrille stuck up an advertisement on the college notice board. Robert Parkin and Timmy Miles met at St. Aidan's & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form in Harrogate, where their journey together began. The two duos came together after the advert was answered by Gerry Morgan and Tim Miles. Miles's friend, Rob Parkin, then completed the line-up. Soon after forming they began to play gigs around

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at venues including Dublin Castle, The Barfly and The Hope And Anchor. They had managed to attract the attention of several record labels, including

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, who released their single "Elasticity" via their

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imprint in December 2007 and

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to whom they would eventually sign. Their first single on

, "Dust," was released on 19 May 2008, and reached No. 29 in the

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. Their debut album was released 2 June 2008 and was produced by Andy Green. Royworld's debut album was recorded at Helioscentric Studios in Rye, and was mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent in Los Angeles. Royworld supported

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on four dates of their April UK tour, and supported Guillemots on their second UK tour. In March 2008 Royworld completed a Get It Loud In Libraries' library tour of the UK, putting on acoustic gigs many of which were free. They completed the tour at Westminster Reference Library featuring a live string quartet, which they went on to use again at Brighton's Great Escape festival. In September 2008 the band parted company with Virgin Records, the band stated on their official Facebook page: "We recently parted company with Virgin and so unfortunately have had to tie up a few things - including the tour""From Royworld with Love...", Official Royworld Facebook

', 10 September 2008 The band is currently on hiatus. Gerry Morgan joined the electro rock band, We Got Wires in 2009 while Robert Parkin and Tim Miles formed the band Chaser in 2011.Chaser, Proud Galleries, London, The Fly Magazin

15 July 2011 Since 2009 Rod Futrille has been writing and producing for other artists, such as Penguin Prison, Nik Kershaw and Ollie Wride. Royworld's music featured in the

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Musical style

Royworld drew inspiration from a wide range of music.

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have all been mentioned by the band and journalists.Dan Cairns, The Times, Hot New Band: Royworl
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Discography

Studio albums

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Man in the Machine Man In The Machine is the debut album released by British band Royworld in 2008. It contains the limited release 7" songs "Elasticity" and "Man In The Machine", as well as the UK hit single Dust. Track listing #Elasticity #Dust Dust is ma ...

'' (released 2 June 2008)

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No. 52

Singles

*"Elasticity" - 7" vinyl (released 3 December 2007) *"Man in the Machine" - 7" vinyl (released 3 March 2008 *"

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" (released 12 May 2008) -

No. 29 *"Brakes" (released 1 September 2008)

References

External links

Official Facebook Page
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