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History

Forming in 2005 the five piece band began life with mainly instrumental songs, however as they grew as a band lyrics began to appear in their songs. As well as a self-produced and distributed EP, '' Stop/Go Happy/Sad Forward/Forward'' (2005), The Strange Death of Liberal England have released two singles and one "mini-album". The first single titled "A Day Another Day" was released by Fantastic Plastic early in 2007, with "Oh Solitude" following in June 2007. The band released their first "mini-album" called ''Forward March!'' on 9 July 2007. The Strange Death of Liberal England released their first full-length album, '' Drown Your Heart Again'', in September 2010.Gourlay, Dom (2010)
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, 15 June 2010, retrieved 2010-08-20 The album was preceded by a single, "Rising Sea" in August 2010.

Members

*William Charlton - Guitar, Drums, Backing Vocals *Kelly Jones - Bass, Backing Vocals *Andrew Summerly - Drums, Backing Vocals (Summerly left in early 2010 and was replaced on drums by David Lindsay) *Adam Woolway - Guitar, Main Vocals *Andrew Wright - Glockenspiel, Percussion, Backing vocals

Live

The Strange Death of Liberal England have played many gigs throughout the UK and Europe, mostly

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2007, and a live Maida Vale studio set for Steve Lamacq. The band have also supported

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, in Spain at Primavera Sound (Barcelona) and gigs in England at The Freebutt, The Water Rats and at The Offset Festival. The band returned to the stage in April 2009 at The New Theatre Royal Portsmouth and played dates with Editors on their March 2010 tour. The band played at the Beautiful Days Festival 2011 in Devon.

Discography

Albums

*'' Forward March!'' (2007) *'' Drown Your Heart Again'' (2010)

EPs

*'' Stop/Go Happy/Sad Forward/Forward'' (2005)

Singles

*"A Day Another Day" (2007) *"Oh Solitude" (2007) *"Angelou" (2008) Limited to 500 copies. *"Rising Sea" (2010)

References

External links

Formerly the band's official website

Myspace Page

NME Artist page featuring reviews and shop

Drowned in Sound - album review

gigwise.com - album review

NME - Album review
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