The Sand Band are a British

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band from

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consisting of guitarist / songwriter David McDonnell and bass guitarist Ben Curtis. After working in a music shop together in 2002 and playing together for a number of years, David McDonnell and Scott Marmion formed The Sand Band in 2009. Previously McDonnell played live guitar on

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’s 2002

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tour and

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’s 2005

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tour while Marmion played in Liverpool band

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. McDonnell played guitar on and helped record The Coral’s The Curse of Love album in 2005 and helped record their 2007 album Roots & Echoes. McDonnell and Marmion got together in 2009 to record '' All Through the Night'' at McDonnell’s Sefton Park flat in Liverpool. The band performed at

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in London and signed to Martin Kelly’s Heavenly Songs publishing. They played

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festival in 2010.Davis, Laura (2010)
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records to a positive critical reaction,Grundy, Gareth (2011)
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'' in January 2012 as "one of the best albums of the year"."Sand Band Return!", ''

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'', March 2012, p. 17 McDonnell was originally part of

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, 6 July 2011, retrieved 2012-01-28 Ben Curtis also plays bass for The Moons. Former drummer Jay Sharrock played in

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and featured two B-sides ‘Way Back When’ and ‘All Is Forgiven’. On 2 November 2012 ‘When We Kiss’ and ‘Mistress’ were released on 7” white vinyl to mark the launch of Dave Hewitson's new Eighties Vinyl Records label. ''All Through The Night'' also featured John Head of

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and Ian Skelly of

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guitarist Dave Knudson’s and Sam Bell for Knudson’s solo album ‘The Only Thing You Have to Change is Everything’. The 10th Anniversary Edition of All Through The Night on 180gm Vinyl was originally released for #loverecordstores day on 4 September 2021 on

and digitally via

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’s September issue featured the re release in their Buried Treasure section. Hello Global vinyl delays pushed the release to June 2022. It is now available via

Bandcamp page.

Discography

Albums

*'' All Through the Night 10th Anniversary Edition 180gm Vinyl'' (2021),

*'' All Through the Night 10th Anniversary Edition Digital + 11 Bonus Tracks'' (2021),

*'' All Through the Night'' (2011),

Singles

*’ Set Me Free (The Sand Band song), Set Me Free’ - Digital single (2011)

*’ When We Kiss’ - 7” White Vinyl EVR001 (2012) Eighties Vinyl Records

Compilations

*What The Folk - Butterfly Acoustic Recordings Vol 1 - The Sand Band - Spinnin’ Wheel (2007),

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- The Songs Of Tim Hardin - The Sand Band - Reason To Believe - FTH100LP (2012),

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* Pet Sounds Revisited (A Tribute To The Beach Boys 1966 Album) -

Cover CD - The Sand Band - That’s Not Me'' (2012),

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sand Band Musical groups from Liverpool Musical groups established in 2009 British indie folk groups English folk musical groups Deltasonic Records artists