The People The Poet is an
alternative rock
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band from
Cardiff
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,
Wales
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. The band formed in 2012, having previously performed with the same lineup under the name
Tiger Please
Tiger Please is a Welsh indie / alternative rock five-piece band from Cardiff, Wales. The band formed in August 2008. The band's influences are U2, Sigur Rós, Kings of Leon, John Mayer and Counting Crows. They signed with Walnut Tree Records i ...
. The People The Poet released their first album ''The Narrator'' in 2013, and have since performed at
South by Southwest
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and released an EP (''Paradise Closed'' - 2016).
The band are due to release an album in 2018, from which the first single ("Where The Dandelions Roar") was released in December 2017.
Discography
EPs
*''Paradise Closed'' (2016)
LPs
*''The Narrator'' (2013)
*''A Short Obsession With Time'' (2018)
*''The Light of Day (B Sides and Demos)'' (2020)
References
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2012 establishments in Wales
Welsh alternative rock groups
Musical groups established in 2012
Musical groups from Cardiff