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Guildford, England (2005 – present)
Switches are an indie rock band which formed in Guildford, England in 2005. They consist of Matt Bishop (vocals, guitar), Ollie Thomas (guitar), Thom Kirkpatrick (bass) and Steve Godfrey (drums). The band’s debut album “Heart Tuned to D.E.A.D.” was released on April 23, 2007 in the UK and on March 18, 2008 in the US (under the title “Lay Down the Law”).
Singer/Guitarist Matt Bishop grew up on the Essex coast where the edgy glitz of Southend seafront did nothing more than inspire Madison Square Garden fantasies. After hearing T-Rex’s ‘Electric Warrior’ when he was 4 years old he wrote his first song called “It’s My Shadow So Leave It Alone”. While other kids were at school learning the three Rs he was studying the three Bs, Bowie, Bolan and Blur, skipping lessons to write songs about girls, more than 200 (songs, not girls) by the time he was 16. Realizing that the musical monkey wasn’t getting off his back, he learned to play every instrument he could find, then he asked everyone he met what their favorite album was and played it over and over again, searching for its secret…that moment on every album when it all comes together, by accident or design, the essence of music, the holy grail of the song.
Singer/Guitarist Matt Bishop grew up on the Essex coast where the edgy glitz of Southend seafront did nothing more than inspire Madison Square Garden fantasies. After hearing T-Rex’s ‘Electric Warrior’ when he was 4 years old he wrote his first song called “It’s My Shadow So Leave It Alone”. While other kids were at school learning the three Rs he was studying the three Bs, Bowie, Bolan and Blur, skipping lessons to write songs about girls, more than 200 (songs, not girls) by the time he was 16. Realizing that the musical monkey wasn’t getting off his back, he learned to play every instrument he could find, then he asked everyone he met what their favorite album was and played it over and over again, searching for its secret…that moment on every album when it all comes together, by accident or design, the essence of music, the holy grail of the song.
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Heart Tuned To d.e.a.d
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Lay Down The Law
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Heart Tuned To D.E.A.D.
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Drama Queen
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infectedmodes wrote:
We Love British Bands
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russian_b-52 wrote:
awesome, awesome. but wheeeeen?)
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PaBLonKiller wrote:
a new album will be awesome (: [2]
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tomas_g92 wrote:
a new album will be awesome (:
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rockandroller17 wrote:
When new album ? ;)
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noebeatt wrote:
awesome band!!
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Bounce_Bounce wrote:
"You're cool, I'm hot, You're girl, I'm not" )) ooh, they're so cute)
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umbb wrote:
why I didnt pay attention to them before. theyre pretty cool.
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shadowhao1991 wrote:
really good music pls come to England
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IndieKaya wrote:
Ваще клевые. Жаль, в России они не так по-моему известны
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stockurs wrote:
duggy I am your hero
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dugggy wrote:
No Hero! No Hero!
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DirtyG wrote:
The most under-rated band i have ever heard. Hope the 2nd album will be as good as the first.
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Scrotumzz wrote:
I thought these guys split up, they looked so promising and then kinda dissapeared after their underappreciated album, new stuff soon please? :D
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bloomy_87 wrote:
bless last.fm's music recommendations [21]
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hurricane_mario wrote:
bless last.fm's music recommendations [20]
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Gatca wrote:
bless last.fm's music recommedations [19]
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BoutiqueEmpire wrote:
hey guys, great record "Drama Queen." nice one.
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mr_boiko wrote:
bless jaguar's ad with message from yuz
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exdeathbr wrote:
so spread the word, make people use more last fm as it should be used and not only as a place to show to their friends what they listen and shout "coldplay is the best in the world" in the coldplay profile Maybe they find a good artist in last.fm too and then share the name of this good artist
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yourdecaydance, BritishNova, poisonousblack9 and 1 other person added Switches to their libraries. yesterday evening
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bk27m tagged Switches with ‘british’. 28 days ago
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