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The Crookes consist of George Waite (vocals / bass), Tom Dakin (guitar), Daniel Hopewell (guitar) and Russell Bates (drums). They are four young hopefuls who found each other, bleary eyed and dancing alone, at Sheffield’s legendary Fuzz Club. United initially by a mutual love of The Violent Femmes song ‘Blister in the Sun’, they formed the band there and then. They hoped their songs (not yet written) would one day inspire the giddy abandon they felt when listening to The Cure, Monochrome Set, The Shirelles, Elvis Presley and Aztec Camera that Thursday night in the Student’s Union.
’Chasing After Ghosts’ is The Crookes’ debut album. It follows hot on the heels of their ‘Dreams Of Another Day’ EP, released on fierce panda in September 2010. Admirers of the independent work ethic may care to note that ‘Chasing After Ghosts’ was delivered in its demo form entirety before the EP was even released. The full-length was subsequently recorded in Leeds in November with Matt Peel on a budget of thruppence and diet of literary passion and reasonably-priced red wine.
’Chasing After Ghosts’ is The Crookes’ debut album. It follows hot on the heels of their ‘Dreams Of Another Day’ EP, released on fierce panda in September 2010. Admirers of the independent work ethic may care to note that ‘Chasing After Ghosts’ was delivered in its demo form entirety before the EP was even released. The full-length was subsequently recorded in Leeds in November with Matt Peel on a budget of thruppence and diet of literary passion and reasonably-priced red wine.
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FestyP wrote:
backstreet lovers yeh yeh >3
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Jafarath wrote:
песдаты хлопци!!!
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Heliovsky wrote:
Backstreet Lovers <3
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gusrock wrote:
bacana!
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viitormattos wrote:
Still don't get why they have such few listeners
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Karmatoy wrote:
The Smiths, much? hehe
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thommck wrote:
So glad I've finally got a physical copy of their album. Love the dedications inside. So pleased it all came together!
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arcade_water wrote:
missed them, hope they play at the weekend next time
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crystalhaohao wrote:
sweet:)
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tykemn wrote:
The Crookes is the best band ever and... forever. I wish they come to Poland.
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Cupcake_Queen wrote:
wow love them! Some of their songs remind me of the smiths a little, and I adore the smiths! <3
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Catanovoa wrote:
♥.♥
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maripontello wrote:
I think the album is 10x better than the EP, but you know...
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Malte-San wrote:
How could it be, that the EP was so great, but the album pretty boring?
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Vonaburt wrote:
ахуенски так то
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shrxzynski wrote:
cheers for the times Alex Saunders. still hard to believe that u've left the band.
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Bella-vamp wrote:
backstreet lovers ♥
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AplusR96 wrote:
да )
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DaveDuke wrote:
пиздато, да?
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liviu011 wrote:
The new The Smiths!
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CROOKES RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM
17 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thecrookesmusic
Dear Bright Young Things,On the 21st of March 2011 we will be
releasing our debut album in the UK and Europe. In true Crookes
tradition the album was recorded on a tiny budget at a small studio
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