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Cambridge, United Kingdom (2001 – 2009)
The Broken Family Band rose from the ashes of, “several crap indie bands [Hofman etc.] and a pretty good post rock band [Gwei-lo]” in post-millennial Cambridge (i.e. around 2001).
“The first nice thing outside our own little world was getting a call from John Peel on a Sunday morning saying he liked our first record. It was like a pat on the back from your favourite uncle,” says frontman Steven Adams. Their first mini-album The King Will Build A Disco appeared in 2002, to general bemusement and delight that East Anglia had produced its own leftfield Americana act. The following year saw their first full-length album, the more folksy Cold Water Songs, closely followed by the inventive, adventurous Jesus Songs mini album. In 2005 they released the spiteful, dark Welcome Home Loser, clad in a particularly magnificent sleeve, and 2006’s cunningly titled Balls sealed their position as Britain’s most unlikely indie-country-rock outfit, as they turned up the fuzz and put down the acoustic guitars. By 2007 the distinctly British-sounding Hello Love was well received across the board, the swaggering single ‘Love Your Man, Love Your Woman’ becoming something of an anthem.
Eight years later, The Broken Family Band have gradually shed the accordionists, the cute girl singers, the banjo players and even the American drawl, and reduced themselves to the unchanged core of Adams, bassist Gavin Johnson, guitarist Jay Williams and drummer Micky Roman. And they’ve made their best album so far.
“The first nice thing outside our own little world was getting a call from John Peel on a Sunday morning saying he liked our first record. It was like a pat on the back from your favourite uncle,” says frontman Steven Adams. Their first mini-album The King Will Build A Disco appeared in 2002, to general bemusement and delight that East Anglia had produced its own leftfield Americana act. The following year saw their first full-length album, the more folksy Cold Water Songs, closely followed by the inventive, adventurous Jesus Songs mini album. In 2005 they released the spiteful, dark Welcome Home Loser, clad in a particularly magnificent sleeve, and 2006’s cunningly titled Balls sealed their position as Britain’s most unlikely indie-country-rock outfit, as they turned up the fuzz and put down the acoustic guitars. By 2007 the distinctly British-sounding Hello Love was well received across the board, the swaggering single ‘Love Your Man, Love Your Woman’ becoming something of an anthem.
Eight years later, The Broken Family Band have gradually shed the accordionists, the cute girl singers, the banjo players and even the American drawl, and reduced themselves to the unchanged core of Adams, bassist Gavin Johnson, guitarist Jay Williams and drummer Micky Roman. And they’ve made their best album so far.
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Please and Thank You
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Welcome Home, Loser
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Hello Love
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sp4zzj4zz wrote:
fuck skins, fuck mtv, and fuck teenyboppers TBFB has always been awesome
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laurabyguozi wrote:
<skins> love it so much!!
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VoicesInTheVoid wrote:
V Translates to: "STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE!!!" V
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ShockSlogans wrote:
The Broken Family Band are awesome. And Skins is for children.
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gangofgin wrote:
I miss Broken Family Band. Also, Skins is shit.
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analpolice wrote:
Feel sorry for all you guys who have discovered them to late to see them live, I wish the were still together. I was lucky enough to see them more then 25 times(i lost count) i think that's shows how great there were.
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Rogi555 wrote:
love this ♥ and love skins ! [2]
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zgagapieprzona wrote:
love this ♥ and love skins !
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bumsendummleute wrote:
skins yeah <3
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Degarmo wrote:
it's just a way of creating an artificial hierarchy by distinguishing and differentiating true fandom. "I heard it before the boom", i admit I fall in to this trap sometimes myself
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terwanerik wrote:
I found out about this band because of skins, and i thank them for that. But i agree that this should not be a skins fanpage.
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gokkun wrote:
honestly what the fuck. who gives a shit how people find GOOD music. I don't watch skins, but I do check out they're soundtrack which is very good. Some snobs need to learn how to appreciate a good soundtrack.
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Kimberly_E wrote:
Fuck Skins.
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KaleidoscopeQ wrote:
As much as I love Skins, this is a The Broken Family Band's appreciation page, not a Skins fan page.
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notwhatyoumeant wrote:
So what if people first heard them through Skins? The band deserve the exposure, and we all had to hear them for the first time somewhere.
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fghtffyrdmns- wrote:
Fuck Skins.
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FUZZrite wrote:
It is a shame that the only reason why everyone likes this band is skins...much lack of culture
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Julia_Mancake wrote:
Skins<33333
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shiyoz wrote:
skins ♥
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Majczeks wrote:
It's All ooooooveeeeeer, ofc! <3
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