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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 the Source label.

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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gin_sling wrote:
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Vote: http://www.lastfm.com.tr/music/Turin+Brakes/+images/36556845 http://www.lastfm.com.tr/music/Turin+Brakes/+images/36556771

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FutureGods wrote:
September 2009

COLIN MACINTYRE (AKA MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY) - NEW ALBUM 'ISLAND' OUT NOW IN EUROPE & USA & CANADA!! US/ UK TOUR DATES OCTOBER 2009 http://www.itunes.com/colinmacintyre http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11184154276 **** Clash **** Daily Mirror **** Mojo **** The Times Album of the Week: Daily Mirror/Sunday Mail/Daily Record USA Tues 6th Oct : NEW YORK The Living Room (8pm) Thur 8th Oct: BROOKLYN Union Hall UK 15th Oct EDINBURGH The Voodoo Rooms 16th Oct GLASGOW Stereo 18th Oct INVERNESS Hootenanny 19th Oct SHEFFIELD Leadmill 20th Oct BRISTOL The Thekla 21st Oct LONDON The Lexington (Fleur-de-Lys Club) 22nd Oct MANCHESTER Night & Day 23rd Oct NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms 27th Oct BRIGHTON Latest Music Bar 28th Oct BIRMINGHAM Glee Club 29th Oct MINEHEAD (Somerset) The Hobbyhorse 6th Nov LIVERPOOL Zanzibar (Liverpool Music Week) Ticket & info details: http://www.colinmacintyre.com

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dragongail wrote:
September 2009

clarice, the support act was a lovely guy called Mark Rosenburg who also plays with the band Passenger. Glad you loved the gig.

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clarice4 wrote:
September 2009

Was at the Theatre Royal last night - loved the gig - was fantastic! Did anyone else who attended catch the name of the support act? I really enjoyed his music, but got a bit over-excited so forgot to get some more info on him

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Me_vs_Hero wrote:
September 2009

ох,отличный новый альбом | oh,excellent new album

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designerchaoz wrote:
September 2009

To be fair I only really know album 1 and do know it well and love it, have got the second only after that but know it only a very little. Am hoping to play this and stream the other (2)? and then try and get a ticket to see them later this month. Class, underrated act.

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mike0091 wrote:
September 2009

Looks like Turin Brakes have a best of album out next week with some new live and unreleased tracks. They're streaming a sample here - http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/4a24ecc6bcf15264

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shuffle1899 wrote:
August 2009

wha, they scare me! 'last chance' is one of the best songs i've ever heard and it's only #16 in the charts. i guess, i really should get their other records ;)

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Snoflak3 wrote:
August 2009

So good.

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kennyforbes wrote:
August 2009

I have two x2 (4 in all)tickets in the stalls for 13th Sept at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Give me a shout if your interested

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kennyforbes wrote:
August 2009

Everything all good.......so my ears and brain tell me!

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bananablue wrote:
June 2009

i only know Long Distance and that's just because it was used in a part of a Doctor Who Confidential episode... the song is good, though. i'm going to listen to more.

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NanetteManoir wrote:
June 2009

Emergency 72.....the best summer song ever... ; )

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pryse wrote:
May 2009

Their first two albums Optimist and Ether are awesomly good!

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yearsofrefusal wrote:
May 2009

I adore these guys...and live, su-fookin'perb!!!

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Gymnie wrote:
April 2009

cheesy :D

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SHLNL wrote:
April 2009

There's a new group for Turin Brakes fans here: http://www.last.fm/group/Turin+Brakes+Fans There's another group as well, but that one hasn't been properly updated in years I think.

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kennyforbes wrote:
April 2009

My fav band of all time....can't be beaten!

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Ffud wrote:
April 2009

struggling musician/producer/temp worker you may also like http://www.last.fm/music/Andrew+Duffell

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Leroy_Yelees wrote:
March 2009

They're playing on my birthday in Canterbury woooooooo

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