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Turin Brakes
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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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JackInABox
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Shoutbox
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Zeitjung wrote:
Review zum letzten Album: http://zeitjung.de/ZEITGEIST/artikel_detail,5313,Quiet-Was-the-New-Loud.html
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mattlazear wrote:
If only they would come to Sweden...
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mikesjrobinson wrote:
Great new album. I'm not into all this rating of albums bullshit, they're all great albums. Great, under-appreciated, consistent band. Love it.
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Panlert wrote:
i love their new album!
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vi_smoura wrote:
New album is great!
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ToastbrotKevin wrote:
Outbursts is a great album!
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oasa wrote:
Новый альбом хорош, хотя, кто бы сомневался..)
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Spleenog wrote:
Ether Song is one of my favorite albums ever. Top 5...maybe even top 3!
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RyanRobertJ wrote:
alex, i love Mother Mother too :) also loving the new single for TB! Seachange. It's great <3
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stanczyk wrote:
<3
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alexjmz wrote:
I love youu Bottled at the Source made my year. (Combined with discovering the album O My Heart by Mother Mother, which everyone who reads this should definitely check out if they don't already know it.)
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lenoirtyphon wrote:
They're music is really awesome...really.
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Kir_asti wrote:
Emergency 72 <3
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anakin45 wrote:
[Sortie / download] – Outbursts de Turin Brakes le 01 mars : http://atticawebzine.free.fr/blog/?p=2193
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maeby wrote:
DarkOnFire is an amazing album, i hope the upcoming album would soundalike that
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KareemHad wrote:
check this out --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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saintsluvver wrote:
Coming to The Stables in Milton Keynes on 24 March next year - WOOO HOOOO!!!!
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PlayThatTrack wrote:
Dark On Fire <3 from Gossip Girl.
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Poncecutor wrote:
@boozec You're in for a treat. Enjoy.
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boozec wrote:
Since I'm a big fan of Elbow I guess I'll check these guys out since they're similar artist...
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Featured Tracks
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Dark On Fire full track | 4:44 |
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Ghost full track | 3:27 |
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Stalker full track | 3:46 |
Events
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Mar
13
Turin Brakes
Club Academy, Manchester, United Kingdom
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| 11 attendees
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Mar
14
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The Duchess, York, United Kingdom
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| 3 attendees
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Mar
16
Turin Brakes
The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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| 3 attendees
News
UK Tour!
6 Mar 2010 | from www.turinbrakes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
This week we begin our UK tour in support of our new album Outbursts! Tickets have sold very well but some dates still have a few left so check the links on the tour dates below if you fancy an evening out with TB. …
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10 Aug 2008 | from www.turinbrakes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
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Recent Activity
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northern_rock, socialmess, Willitito and 25 other people added Turin Brakes to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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tu791 wrote about Turin Brakes – Dark On Fire in Top Album. Wednesday morning
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Greg9386 wrote about Turin Brakes in Greg's Singles Chart & Weekly Playlist - 07/03/2010. Monday afternoon
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Ponykaren, Allylen, masayume and 2 other people added Turin Brakes to their libraries. Monday afternoon
- Turin Brakes posted a news item ‘TOUR DATES’. Sunday evening
- Turin Brakes posted a news item ‘TOUR DATES’. Sunday evening
- Turin Brakes posted a news item ‘Outbursts the new album is available NOW’. Sunday evening
- Turin Brakes posted a news item ‘UK Tour!’. Sunday evening
- Turin Brakes posted a news item ‘TOUR DATES’. Sunday evening
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lolsmum, DerDoktorWars, IanLally and 1 other person added Turin Brakes to their libraries. Sunday evening
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