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Sennen are an English
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band from
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, England, in 2002, the current line-up consists of Larry Holmes (guitar, keys and vocals), Rich Kelleway (guitar and vocals), James Brown (drums and keys) and Tim Kelleway (bass). The band's uncorrupted, oddly schizophrenic style has won them a loyal following across the world, and seen their music appear on hit US TV dramas such as
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. The band are named after the
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song "Sennen", originally released on the '' Today Forever'' EP.


History

Sennen's first record ''Widows'', a 7-track mini-album, was released in late 2005 on the Hungry Audio label to critical acclaim and featured in
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's Top 50 Albums of 2005 where it was described as "a remarkably assured debut". In December 2005, American
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''Somewhere Cold'' ranked ''Widows'' No. 6 on their ''2005 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame'' list. A largely instrumental and predominantly post-rock record, Widows displayed plenty of Sennen's early influences - ethereal soundscapes and dark atmospheric guitars building to the kind of epic crescendos produced by My Bloody Valentine,
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. Sennen's first single release in 2007, the limited edition 7" "Blackout", was immediately championed by
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at XFM, earning the band supports with the likes of
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/ House of Love producer Pat Collier. Released in May 2008, the album retained Sennen's exhilarating sound but applied it to a more traditional song-based format, and the result was a record met with universal approval - "A piece of work that is most succinctly and accurately described as beautiful". Soon followed nationwide shows, festivals, and live radio sessions, and in October 2008 the band set off on a tour of Europe's major cities with
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. Starting to reach a new audience in Europe, Japan and Taiwan, Sennen spent their time writing and recording the album, ''Age of Denial''. During recording (December 2009 - again with Pat Collier), the ''Destroy Us EP'' was released and further critical acclaim ensued - as XFM’s X-Posure’s Hot One and The Sunday Times hottest download. Sennen's cover version of New Order’s "Bizarre Love Triangle" picked up radio play and was used in the US TV drama
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. ''Age of Denial'' was released in the UK in 2010. The
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proclaimed, "it straddles the Atlantic, assimilating US sun drenched harmony pop while espousing shoegazy noises from these shores". In 2011, ''Age of Denial'' was released in the US through
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Records, and saw another inclusion in mainstream US television - the album track "S.O.S" featuring in hit drama
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. Shortly before the UK release of ''Age of Denial'' in 2010, bassist Andrew Horner left the band to spend more time with his family and was replaced by guitarist Rich Kelleway's younger brother Tim. In the summer of 2011 Sennen went back into the studio to begin recording their third full-length album ''Lost Harmony'' with
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producer Dave Allen. The album was released in the spring of 2012 on Indelabel with the first single "Vultures" featuring as XFM’s X-Posure’s Hot One. After a few years' hiatus, Sennen released their fourth full-length album ''First Light'' in February 2016. Mastered by Sonic Boom (aka
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/Spectrum), ''First Light'' was described as "a collection of semi-psychedelic, elegant guitar pop, and their most complete album to date”. In May 2021 Sennen announced the reissue of debut album ''Widows'' via Sonic Cathedral. Remastered by
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's Simon Scott, the special expanded edition featured a number of previously unreleased tracks from the time, including lead single "40 Years".


Band members


Current

*Larry Holmes —
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*Rich Kelleway —
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*James Brown —
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*Tim Kelleway —
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Past

*Andrew Horner —
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Discography


Albums

*''Widows'' (Hungry Audio, 2005) *''Where the Light Gets In'' (Hungry Audio, 2008) *'' Age of Denial'' (Hungry Audio, 2010) *''Lost Harmony'' (Indelabel, 2012) *''First Light'' (Indelabel, 2016) *''Widows - Expanded Edition'' (Sonic Cathedral, 2021)


EPs

*''Destroy Us (EP)'' (Hungry Audio, 2009) *''
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'', (Hungry Audio, 2010)


Singles

*"Let You Down" (Hungry Audio, 2006) *"A Life To Live" (Hungry Audio, 2007) *"Blackout" (Hungry Audio, 2007) *"Just Wanted To Know" (Hungry Audio, 2008) *"Age Of Denial" (Hungry Audio, 2010) *"With You" (Hungry Audio, 2010) *"Vultures" (Indelabel, 2012) *"40 Years" (Sonic Cathedral, 2021)


Compilation appearances

*"40 Years" on ''Club AC30#4'' (Club AC30, 2005) *"I Couldn't Tell You" on ''WombatOnebat'' (NROne Records, 2006) *"Hard to Take" on '' 50 Minutes'' (Exercise One, 2006) *"Blackout" on ''Psychedelica 3'' (Northern Star Records, 2008)


References


External links


Sennen official website

Hit US vampire show bites into band's song

Hungry Audio Site
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