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Componentes
Andy Hudson (vocals/piano)
Daniel Chapman (bass guitar)
Emma Hall (vocals/keyboard)
Ian Cowen (guitar)
Jonny Tansey (drums)
Ciudad de origen
London
Sello discográfico
How Does It Feel To Be Loved? / Oddbox
Records
Biografía
Pocketbooks are a pop band from London, combining melodic boy/girl harmonies, spiralling guitars and delicate piano lines.
Expect a sprinkling of dazzling 60s soul alongside some sparkling indiepop charm!
They first introduced themselves to the world by appearing on the
2006 compilation '
The Kids At The Club' (How Does It Feel To Be Loved?) alongside indiepop favourites such as
Voxtrot,
I'm From Barcelona and
Lucky Soul.
Since then, they've played gigs across the country, including headlining the first ever Indietracks event on a
1950s steam railway in
Derbyshire in
April 2007. This event has now turned into an annual two-day festival each July, which several of the band now help to organise. They've played shows with some fantastic bands, including The
Pains Of Being
Pure At Heart,
God Help The Girl,
Art Brut,
Fanfarlo,
The Wedding Present,
Darren Hayman and
Monica Queen.
In 2008 they hit the summer festivals, including the
Rip It Up festival (
Sweden),
Offset festival,
The Mix festival in London, and a return to the Indietracks festival.
Their debut single,
Cross The Line (
Atomic Beat Records,
2007) was described by
Simon Armitage as "pure snowshaker pop, and more dressing table than kitchen sink". This was followed by an EP, Waking UP (
Make Do And Mend Records, 2008), which
Losing Today described as "Spring-ushering tinglesome guitars, softly shy eyed lilting melodies and hopelessly lovelorn boy / girl harmonies."
Their debut
album,
Flight Paths, was released on 13 July 2009 on the How Does It Feel To Be Loved? label. This was preceded by a single,
Footsteps, on 15 June.
Songs from the album have picked up radio play from
Huw Stephens (
BBC Radio 1),
Gideon Coe (
BBC 6Music) and
John Kennedy (Xfm).
Their second album,
Carousel, was released on
19 September 2011 on
Odd Box Records, following the release of the single
Promises, Promises in July 2011. The album features violin players from A
Little Orchestra and was recorded by
Simon Trought (
Allo Darlin',
Wave Pictures, Darren Hayman). Songs from the album have picked up radio play on BBC 6Music,
BBC London,
BBC Nottingham and
Dandelion Radio.
Ubicación actual
London
Sitio web
http://www.pocketbooks.org.uk
http://pocketbooksgroup.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/pocketbooks
http://www.last.fm/music/pocketbooks
http://www.myspace.com/pocketbooks
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pocketbooks/6659789638?sk=info
Contacto de prensa
pocketbooks@gmail.com
Agente de reservas.
pocketbooks@gmail.com
- published: 02 Dec 2011
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