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John Bramwell
John Harold Arnold Bramwell (born 1964 in Warrington) is an English singer-songwriter. He is the frontman for the three-piece alternative rock band I Am Kloot, and has previously issued solo material under the guise of Johnny Dangerously.
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John Peel
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Peter Jobson
Peter Alexander Jobson (born 1971) is the bassist for Manchester band I Am Kloot. He is also a co-founder of the record label Skinny Dog Records along with Guy Garvey.He plays a black Yamaha bass.
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Proof - I Am Kloot

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I Am Kloot - Northern Skies ft. Christopher Ecclestone

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Proof - I am Kloot

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I Am Kloot - Fingerprints

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I Am Kloot - No Fear Of Falling

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From Your Favourite Sky

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Storm Warning - live i am kloot

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I Am Kloot - Proof

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I Am Kloot - Cuckoo

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I Am Kloot - Northern Skies - feat Christopher Eccleston

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Twist - live i am kloot

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I am Kloot - Proof.

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I AM KLOOT - Storm warning

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I am Kloot - The same deep water as me

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I Am Kloot - To the Brink

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I Am Kloot -twist (lyrics)

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I Am Kloot - To You

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Over My Shoulder

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I am kloot - Strange Without You

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I Am Kloot - Proof - 2010

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Headless Heroes - To You (I Am Kloot Cover)

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I Am Kloot

{{Infobox musical artist |Name = I Am Kloot |Img = |Img_capt = left to right: Pete, Andy, John |Background = group_or_band |Birth_name = |Alias = |Born = |Died = |Origin = Manchester, England |Instrument = |Genre = Alternative rock, Indie rock |Occupation = |Years_active = 1999–present |Label = Uglyman Wall of Sound Echo Skinny DogShepherd Moon

The Sky at Night album was shortlisted for the 2010 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize.

Discography

Albums

Natural History (2001, #119 UK) I Am Kloot (2003, #68 UK) Gods and Monsters (2005, #74 UK)

B (2009)

Sky at Night (2010, #24 UK, #51 NL, #59 AUT

"Proof" (2010, digital single)

"Fingerprints" (2010, digital single)

Musicians

Band members

John Harold Arnold Bramwell: Songwriter, vocals, guitars.

Peter Jobson: Bass, Slide Guitar, backing vocals, Piano, Organ.

Andy Hargreaves: drums, percussion, Glockenspiel.

Contributing musicians

Guy Garvey: Producer, Engineer, Backing vocals, Percussion, Sound effects, Harmonica, Guacamole, wine glasses

Mel Wesson: Programming

Tony Gilfellon: Additional guitar

Bob Sastry: French horn

Isabelle Dunn: Cello

Amanda Drummond: Viola

Stella Page, Prabjote Osahn: Violin

Robert Marsh: Trumpet

Norman McLeod: Pedal steel guitar

Colin McLeod: Producer

Craig Potter: Producer

Additional live performers

Norman McLeod: Pedal steel guitar, Electric guitar

Colin McLeod: keyboards

Bob Sastry: French horn

Guy Garvey: Extra Vocals

Robert Marsh: Trumpet

Scott Alexander: Electric guitar played with an ebow

Music press

"Of the bands Manchester has spawned recently (Doves, Elbow), the warm and spiky Kloot pack the most clout, despite being the smallest. The big-sounding little trio make the everyday epic and the epic human, smuggling chip-shop cheek into songs of dark wit, grainy texture and often startling emotional power. As dark as they can get, too, their live shows are often joyous, communal affairs, goaded on by the dry wit of frontman Johnny Bramwell." Taken from The Independent newspaper in Britain as one of the 50 best arts events of the autumn 2005.

"Lyrically, the record's great. Explicit and honest and a master of metaphor, Bramwell is, in his own way, as fine a wordsmith as Morrissey or Stuart Murdoch. There are oddly poetic phrases here, shrouded in a multiplicity of possible meanings, that will nag at you forever. "There's blood on your legs", presses Bramwell in 'Twist'. "I love you". The album's pinnacle, 'Because', suggests this lyrical obscurity is essential. Strip the obscure, imagistic couplets from this meditative, rolling-ocean ballad and it'd be nothing. They help form a mystical, rapturous, staggering declaration of love. And a fitting end to an album that, while not flawless, will stir you into a rare, joyous fervour." An extract of a review in the NME for the debut album Natural History. NME went on to rate the album 8/10.

"The band's move away from their acoustic sound has given extra depth to their songs and an added dimension to their live performance. Live, they've always been about Bramwell's charisma but the new direction now highlights Peter Jobson and Andy Hargreaves' essential contributions. The new album had only been out for three weeks prior to this gig, but such is Bramwell's ability with a tune that they all sounded like old favourites - 3 Feet Tall and Not A Reasonable Man sitting perfectly well alongside 86 TV's and Because. But it wasn't until the second half that the band let rip, belting out an aptly brooding version of Storm Warning, a lovelorn To You, and a heart-stirringly beautiful Proof. I Am Kloot have been on the brink of greatness for a good while now - if they carry on like this it should be assured." Taken from a BBC review of I Am Kloot playing at The Shepherd's Bush Empire, London 2003.

"If wishes were horses then beggars would ride, and if critical plaudits were album sales I Am Kloot would be pulled along in carriages made of gold records that would make the Queen literally sh*t with envy. Really special." Time Out

Quotes

"It's only in the context of the bleakness and the quite filthy passion at the core of us, that when we present something that naïve and that simple that it really gets its charm and finds its beauty." - John Bramwell

"There’s a bit of schadenfreude in our stuff, black humour. I hope it gives a feeling of wanting to embrace life, to carry on life, that life is a great thing, and that love is a great thing. It’s just that it comes with some baggage. I feel that we’re optimistic." - John Bramwell (2005)

References

External links

I Am Kloot official web site

Source material

I Am Kloot favouritesky – discography

BBC review

NME album review

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