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rock band, formed in 2010 in
Nottingham
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by
South Londoners Ben Romans-Hopcraft and Leo Dobsen while studying at the
University of Nottingham
, mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom
, established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status
, type = Public
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.
The duo first gained attention after uploading a couple of demos online.
After recruiting bassist Daniel Salamons and drummer Daniel Ajegbo, the band gigged around Nottingham before signing to Marathon Artists / House Anxiety and released their debut single ''Blue Velvet'' in October 2012. Following the departure of Daniel Ajegbo and re-basing themselves in South London, the band recruited Jonny Williams and released second single ''Solemn Skies'' on 10 June 2013.
The single was produced by
Rory Attwell
Rory Attwell is an English musician, best known for his part in UK punk trio Test Icicles, who formed in 2004 and played a handful of concerts before disbanding on 22 April 2006, after their sold out final show at the Astoria in London. During th ...
, formerly of
Test Icicles.
The band released their debut album ''Lacuna'' on 11 August 2014. Produced by
Dan Carey, the album was preceded by the single ''Falls Away'' in June.
On 24 April 2015, the band revealed that Thomas Tomaski was now the band's bass player - despite updating the band's lineup information on their Facebook page, the band never announced or commented on the departure of Daniel Salamons.
On 21 July 2017, the band released their second album ''Universal High''. The album was preceded by single 'Californian Light' in April 2017 and second single "Cameo" in June 2017.
Recorded the previous summer in Atlanta, USA at Maze Studios with Ben H Allen III, the album was less collaborative than their debut, with Romans-Hopcraft admitting that although he "would never call it a solo project" that "for this record, we all tried to collaborate and it never really worked, so it ended up coming from this one funnel – then everyone added their own thing".
The band quietly disbanded in 2018, with Romans-Hopcraft going on to play bass with Insecure Men and Warmduscher. He is also currently working on a new project with
Sean Lennon
is an American–British musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother to Julian Lennon. Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto, The ...
producing.
Original bassist Daniel Salamons continues to work as a session player. The band's second bassist Thomas Fiquet has gone on to join
Swim Deep.
Discography
Singles
Albums
Former Members
* Ben Romans-Hopcraft – lead vocals, guitar
(2010–2018)
* Leo Dobsen – guitar
(2010–2018)
* Thomas "Tomaski" Fiquet – bass guitar
(2015–2018)
* Max Danieli-Fantin – keyboard, synthesizer, backing vocals
(2014–2018)
* Jonny Williams – drums
(2013–2018)
* Daniel Ajegbo – drums
(2010–2012)
* Chris O'Driscoll – drums
(2012–2013)
* Daniel Salamons – bass guitar
(2011–2015)
References
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Living people
Musical groups from London
English indie rock groups
Musical groups established in 2011
2011 establishments in England
Year of birth missing (living people)