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Formed in 2005, London-based powerpop misfits The Gresham Flyers started life as a septet of friends brought together by the internet. This proves that despite what The Daily Mail says, it does do some good. Since then, the band have been through different lineups into their current five-piece configuration in order to realise their manifesto; the firm belief that pop music should be; FUN, ENTHUSIASTIC, THOUGHTFUL and GENUINE. With four songwriters and three singers, the sound is diverse, but always exciting.

To say that The Gresham Flyers have a wide breadth of influence is an understatement; they may not agree on which bands are primary influences (indeed, there is not one band that they all agree on liking), but what they create reflects the best part of their record collections. Initially likened to Belle & Sebastian due to lead singer/ songwriter John Waring’s focus on kitchen-sink minutae and indiepop-based sound (a comparison the band now shun), a closer description would now be somewhere between Pulp’s claustrophobic, synthetic sleaze and The Arcade Fire’s anthemic histrionics, with a dash of Prolapse’s dual vocal approach thrown in for good measure.

Following the release of the Shiftwork 7” in 2006 (“a cracking little single that is sure to announce the band to the wider world” Rough Trade), and numerous appearances on compilation CDs (see discography), the band released debut album Sex With Strangers in July 2008. The album was picked up by Cherryade Records, and has drawn much acclaim as “well crafted indie pop with a bite” and “genuine pop bliss melding some of the finest indie pop of the last 20 years into their own form”.
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  • tammydongwon

    ♥ Cricket Bat ...reminds me of one of New Order's song ♫=♥

    January 2009

  • fredricko

    bwahahaha this band is awful. they were supposed to come to my school becuase our ict teaher had a boner for them

    December 2008

  • Kosh-ka

    Fave tracks: Suits, Foolscap, Everyone Has To Meet Somewhere, Higher Education. Walk to and from work every day listening to the album. Go GF!

    September 2008

  • Degarmo

    well the bio is ambitious

    August 2008

  • Scouse Mouse

    "Sex with Strangers" the debut album from the band is a) out now b) very good indeed c) available from http://www.cherryademusic.co.uk/buysws.html

    June 2008

  • rhythm_isa_mre

    Forget R-E-M, did you know you will be competing against the new Whigfield album?

    March 2008

  • rhythm_isa_mre

    so how long till the album Greshams?

    February 2008

  • Kilgal

    Love Blackpool, it reminds me of the best of The Beautiful South with a mixture of Ian Matthews and Fairport Convention.

    January 2008
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Presenting our new LP River Pollution Music

2 Jun 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thegreshamflyers

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