Stealing Sheep are a
pop band from
Liverpool
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, England, who formed in 2010. The three members are Rebecca Hawley (vocals and keys), Emily Lansley (vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and Luciana Mercer (vocals and drum kit).
The band released ''The Mountain Dogs'' and ''I Am the Rain'' both in 2011. Those were collected on ''Noah and the Paper Moon'' in 2012. The debut studio album ''Into the Diamond Sun'' was released in 2012 by
Heavenly Recordings
Heavenly Recordings is a London-based independent record label founded by Jeff Barrett in 1990. Heavenly released the first albums from Saint Etienne, Beth Orton and Doves, and early singles by Manic Street Preachers. Current Heavenly artists ...
.
The band's second album, ''Not Real'', was released on 13 April 2015 and their third, ''Big Wows'', followed on 19 April 2019.
The band's influences include
the Knife,
Kraftwerk,
Talking Heads
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,
Moondog
Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his ...
,
Sia
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,
Daft Punk and
Can.
Discography
;Studio albums
*''Into the Diamond Sun'' (2012,
Heavenly Recordings
Heavenly Recordings is a London-based independent record label founded by Jeff Barrett in 1990. Heavenly released the first albums from Saint Etienne, Beth Orton and Doves, and early singles by Manic Street Preachers. Current Heavenly artists ...
)
*''Not Real'' (2015, Heavenly Recordings)
*''Big Wows'' (2019, Heavenly Recordings)
* ''La Planète Sauvage'' (2021,
Fire Records
Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the la ...
, with
The Radiophonic Workshop)
* ''Wow Machine'' (2022, Both Sides Records)
;EPs
*''Stealing Sheep'' (2009, self-released)
*''What If the Lights Went Out?'' (2010, self-released)
*''The Mountain Dogs'' (2011, Red Deer Club)
*''I Am the Rain'' (2011, Red Deer Club)
*''Noah and the Paper Moon'' (2012, Heavenly Recordings)
References
External links
Official website
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British indie pop groups
Musical groups from Liverpool
All-female bands
Heavenly Recordings artists
English pop music groups
British musical trios