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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.

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1		It's All Over			328
2		Borrowed Time			16
3		Give and Take			13
4		Julian			12
5		Please Yourself			10
5		Song Against Robots			10
5		The Booze And The Drugs			10
5		Cinema vs. House			10
5		The Last Song			10
5		You Did a Bad Thing			10
5		Don't Change Your Mind			10
5		For Milton Mapes			10
13		Dancing On The 4th Floor			9
13		Salivating			9
13		So Many Lovers			9

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