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London, United Kingdom (2004 – present)

The Hours are a band formed in 2004 in London by Antony Genn and Martin Slattery. Antony Genn had previously played with the bands Elastica and Pulp, and also worked as a producer, including producing sessions for the electronic act UNKLE.

Martin Slattery is an established pianist and keyboard player, who had previously toured with Shaun Ryder’s group Black Grape. Both Antony and Martin also have worked with Joe Strummer as a part the group The Mescaleros.

The band is managed by Jeanette Lee, who runs Rough Trade with Geoff Travis and former Pulp bassist Steve Mackey. The artwork for the band, including the skull image was created by British artist Damien Hirst for his “For The Love Of God” Collection…

They have received support from Radio One DJ Zane Lowe, and from Jarvis Cocker who said “They understand what music is for – it’s for human beings to communicate with other human beings. It’s that simple, it’s that important. Let them into your life. You won’t regret it”.

Their single “Ali in the Jungle” is featured in the EA Sports FIFA 08 football game. More recently, Nike used the song in their “The Human Chain” commercial which premiered during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. “People Say” has twice been used in the opening scenes of British soap opera Hollyoaks.

Their first album Narcissus Road was released in 2007. And led to popular singles such as Ali In The Jungle and Back When You Were Good.

Their second album, entitled See the Light, was released on 20th April 2009. It was preceded by the single Big Black Hole on the 6th April.
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  • Rubberbandman16

    Luv Ali In The Jungle, heard it on tht commercial, sumthng about sports

    last week
  • meier

    Decided to check out their album since they're touring with Noel Gallagher's HFB here in the States. WOW! Absolutely loving it.. definitely heard Ali in the Jungle before this although for the life of me I can't tell where. Great choice by Noel and co to have them as support!

    November 2011
  • Griinx

    Nice plug Ronnie O'Sullivan! [5]

    November 2010
  • Svetlo9

    Nice plug Ronnie O'Sullivan! [4]

    October 2010
  • Liam_Tolan

    If you like The Hours, check out 'AMORISTE' http://www.last.fm/music/Amoriste?ac=amoriste www.amoriste.com

    July 2010
  • afed77

    ....so what's happening with the band? Its all very quiet - hope they are still hanging in there

    May 2010
  • onemeg

    Saw em support the twang a year or 3 back. Hooked from there and reckonm they're v good! Good tunes, good lyrics!

    April 2010
  • Wyte_Rabbit

    Kenny Florian used this as his entrance music for UFC Fight Night Vs Takanori Gomi, that's how I found out about The Hours.

    April 2010
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9 Mar 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/TheHours

We are very excited about the fact that we have been selected as an Artist to Watch on 'iheartradio.com' for March. The playlist goes out to over 350 radio stations in the USA. Check …

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