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Brighton, United Kingdom (2007 – present)
“Everything you have ever heard but a bit better and a bit more English.”
That’s the confident claim made by Brighton’s The Auteur on their thriving online community – and only a band with the songs and live show to back up such a statement could pull it off.
Fortunately, the band have both - and are quickly generating a real buzz around their electro-tinged powerpop, creating waves within a scene dominated by American artists.
Having formed in October 2007, Alex Rumble (vocals, guitar), Julian Bowen (drums, samples), Kerry Williams (bass, vocals) and Kevin Deverick (guitar) spent 2008 honing their sound, building a fanbase and perfecting a dynamic live set.
Keen not to rush into a debut release, they sold out of numerous pressings of their four-track ‘2007 Demos’ disk – the title of which failed to do justice to Bowen’s superbly polished production.
After embarking on three full UK tours, the band signed to Manchester-based indie LAB Records in June 2008, at the end of their eleven-date stint alongside two of the label’s staple artists – MiMi Soya and Lost On Campus.
By the end of the year they had played sold out shows with some of the fastest rising bands in the country – Attack! Attack! and Lights & Sounds – and single B-side ‘To Cut A Short Story Shorter’ debuted on their MySpace profile with a staggering 7,000 plays in the first 24 hours it was online.
That’s the confident claim made by Brighton’s The Auteur on their thriving online community – and only a band with the songs and live show to back up such a statement could pull it off.
Fortunately, the band have both - and are quickly generating a real buzz around their electro-tinged powerpop, creating waves within a scene dominated by American artists.
Having formed in October 2007, Alex Rumble (vocals, guitar), Julian Bowen (drums, samples), Kerry Williams (bass, vocals) and Kevin Deverick (guitar) spent 2008 honing their sound, building a fanbase and perfecting a dynamic live set.
Keen not to rush into a debut release, they sold out of numerous pressings of their four-track ‘2007 Demos’ disk – the title of which failed to do justice to Bowen’s superbly polished production.
After embarking on three full UK tours, the band signed to Manchester-based indie LAB Records in June 2008, at the end of their eleven-date stint alongside two of the label’s staple artists – MiMi Soya and Lost On Campus.
By the end of the year they had played sold out shows with some of the fastest rising bands in the country – Attack! Attack! and Lights & Sounds – and single B-side ‘To Cut A Short Story Shorter’ debuted on their MySpace profile with a staggering 7,000 plays in the first 24 hours it was online.
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Featured Tracks
| FULL TRACK Nice Hair, Nice Face | 3:28 |
| FULL TRACK Shadows On Skyscrapers | 4:01 |
| FULL TRACK Trampoline | 2:57 |
| FULL TRACK Welcome Back | 3:39 |
| FULL TRACK Hey! Watch This... | 3:18 |
Top Albums
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Nightcap EP
The Auteur
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Demos 07
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Hey! Watch This...
The Auteur Buy- Download Album
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Shoutbox
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sc0tt32 wrote:
RIP
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Kyoto_Drive wrote:
Love Pop Rock? New Kyoto Drive songs for free download here - http://www.last.fm/music/Kyoto+Drive
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MestUp-VampGirl wrote:
The Auteur have split and have officially posted this unreleased album on their Facebook page: http://www.mediafire.com/?6bywxbbefsfn371
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Nathando wrote:
Routine If All Else Fails, Lower Your Standards Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Slowly If whoever played these songs could let me know where they got them that would be great, cant find them anywhere!
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CatherineFriday wrote:
cool guys!)
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Liutaoyong wrote:
Never heard them
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TonyFB wrote:
Nice Hair, Nice Face♥
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suzaay wrote:
does anyone else think that the lead singer sounds like an english version of Tyson Ritter? :3
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emoxname wrote:
You guys were SO good tonight! Better than Boys Like Girls =D All so lovely too ^^
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TonyFB wrote:
amazing^^
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SteveyC88 wrote:
The new EP is awesome, though I'm sure 'Welcome Back' uses a drum line used in a Refused track, haha. Still brilliant though :)
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ima_fish wrote:
saw these gutys today, and met them what lovely guys! :)
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AdditionMag wrote:
The Auteur are featured in this month's Addition Magazine *mini issue*. Check out the exclusive interviews and pictures at: www.additionmag.com
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deburky wrote:
i fell in love with these sweet melodies today. amazing music wish it would last forever
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wpermission wrote:
Crazy-awesome
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ellectric-x wrote:
julian is gaaay :)
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spaj88eor wrote:
Not meaning to spam, but if anyone is interested check out this band. Intelligent punk/emo with hints of electro. Think Biffy or Cursive meets Pendulum. http://www.last.fm/music/Everything+on+Red
News
The Auteur - RIP 2007-2010
20 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/theauteuruk
Firstly, we’d like to apologise for our absence for the past
few months, or half a year, which ever way you’d prefer to
look at it. 2010
hasn’t worked out like we had planned but that hasn’t stopped
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24 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/theauteuruk -
9 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/theauteuruk -
9 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/theauteuruk
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Recent Activity
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CGLalwayyys and leticiatiemg added The Auteur to their libraries. Saturday afternoon
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Alainn tagged The Auteur with ‘spotify’. last month
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ohwoah, emdayson, benjibates and 30 other people added The Auteur to their libraries. last month
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MestUp-VampGirl wrote about The Auteur in Seen Live. June 2011
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deathofhamlet tagged The Auteur with ‘british’. June 2011
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Maheu and tsseeliger added The Auteur to their libraries. June 2011
- The Auteur posted a news item ‘Pick up our music for 79p per track on iTunes!’. May 2011
- The Auteur posted a news item ‘We're playing T In The Park and Underage Festivals’. May 2011
- The Auteur posted a news item ‘'Nightcap' EP now available in stores and online’. May 2011
- The Auteur posted a news item ‘T In The Park Stage Time...’. May 2011
Related Journals
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Top 10 - 2nd January 2011
by MestUp-VampGirl |
3 Jan 2011
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Seen Live
by MestUp-VampGirl |
31 Aug 2010
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Top 10 - 7th July 2010
by MestUp-VampGirl |
7 Jul 2010
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