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Balham, London
Turin Brakes are a modern folk pop duo comprising two friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London, signed to Cooking Vinyl.
Turin Brakes have often been compared to many of the New Acoustic Movement’s bands spawned in the late 90’s such as Elbow , Starsailor , I Am Kloot (who were a support band for Turin Brakes on their Ether Song tour) and the Norwegian band the Kings of Convenience .
Their debut album “The Optimist LP” (2001) was nominated for the Mercury Prize that same year. In 2003 “Ether Song” got to #3 in the UK album charts and spawned a Top 5 single “Pain Killer”. Further commercial success was not achieved. In 2005 “JackInABox” meant some sort of return to the first album, but this time with more production and a more diverse sound. Again the critics loved it, but the buying public seemed not to. It got to no. 9 in its first week (without a hit single - “Fishing For A Dream” got to #35), but had no further commercial success. This might have been the effect of the decision by the band and the record company to take the slow path (doing just a short UK tour and not doing as much promotion as they used to), so that Olly Knights (the singer) could also focus on his new family life.
In the summer of 2005 the boys toured the USA and Canada, followed by an acoustic tour taking the band to Germany, The Netherlands and Italy. 2005 ended with a longer acoustic UK tour, of which the closing night in the Palladium in London was recorded and released as a download only live album the day after.
Turin Brakes have often been compared to many of the New Acoustic Movement’s bands spawned in the late 90’s such as Elbow , Starsailor , I Am Kloot (who were a support band for Turin Brakes on their Ether Song tour) and the Norwegian band the Kings of Convenience .
Their debut album “The Optimist LP” (2001) was nominated for the Mercury Prize that same year. In 2003 “Ether Song” got to #3 in the UK album charts and spawned a Top 5 single “
Pain Killer”. Further commercial success was not achieved. In 2005 “JackInABox” meant some sort of return to the first album, but this time with more production and a more diverse sound. Again the critics loved it, but the buying public seemed not to. It got to no. 9 in its first week (without a hit single - “Fishing For A Dream” got to #35), but had no further commercial success. This might have been the effect of the decision by the band and the record company to take the slow path (doing just a short UK tour and not doing as much promotion as they used to), so that Olly Knights (the singer) could also focus on his new family life.In the summer of 2005 the boys toured the USA and Canada, followed by an acoustic tour taking the band to Germany, The Netherlands and Italy. 2005 ended with a longer acoustic UK tour, of which the closing night in the Palladium in London was recorded and released as a download only live album the day after.
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Ether Song
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The Optimist LP
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Dark On Fire
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krugermind wrote:
never stops <3~~~~
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kucukbalik wrote:
plz plz come on turkey.
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monkdm wrote:
over 4 million plays...thats a good band.
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Blauflausch wrote:
I was just medium interested in this band until I heard "Dark on Fire" it brought me to tears...
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conradpoohs wrote:
Just got back from seeing these guys at Manchester Cathedral. Breathtaking!!!
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elarno11 wrote:
Quality gig tonight at the KOKO!
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animalsoup wrote:
Found The Optimist in my brothers collection, really glad I listened to it, sweet tunes :-)
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nbhap wrote:
TURIN BRAKES featured on http://www.nothingbuthopeandpassion.com/2011/07/music-turin-brakes.html#.TiLD8b-A45Q
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KatieDementie wrote:
spooky music)
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alaska-xo wrote:
Dark on fire. Love that song! :)
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EdYtuke wrote:
love them!
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agy90210 wrote:
I love them so much..
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Neythiry wrote:
v Totally agreed!
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elarno11 wrote:
My favourite band, they deserve to be so much bigger than they are. Brilliant acoustic stuff and great vocals to match.
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Mente_Vibrante wrote:
Love them... <3
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Irving_ wrote:
Outbursts is an awesome album. Shame they're so underrated.
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TheDevilsTuna wrote:
Check out today's post on the Devil's blog featuring the video for Turin Brakes Sea Change http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2011/02/video-killed-radio-star.html
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velvetnight wrote:
I loooove this guys voices seriously
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minnares wrote:
Definitely my love.
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brownieboy wrote:
5 mile!
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Back On Resonance FM 11/5/11
10 May 2011 | from www.turinbrakes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
The good folks at Resonance FM 104.4 let us back on last week to
finish what we started last time .We had a great time again and
spun some discs , interviewed Basement Jaxx about music making, met
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29 Jun 2010 | from www.turinbrakes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
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esbartolo wrote about Turin Brakes in ESB Jazz Radio - New and upcoming releases - January 2012. Sunday evening
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