Catfish and the Bottlemen

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Catfish and the Bottlemen 2015 at Lollapalooza

Catfish and the Bottlemen are a British indie rock - band .

Band history

Van McCann, the singer and songwriter originally from Australia, founded the band Catfish and the Bottlemen in 2010 in the Welsh seaside resort of Llandudno together with guitarist Bill Bibb and bassist Benji Blakeway. The line-up was later completed with Bob Hall on drums. In the early years they were on the road as a live band and occasionally released singles in their own production until they signed with the London label Communion , which Ben Lovett co-founded in 2013 . Lovett is a member of Mumford & Sons . A number of singles appeared there, including Kathleen and Cocoon , who missed the UK charts but made the rock charts in the USA. Both songs were awarded silver two and three years later for 200,000 units sold.

In September 2014 the band released their debut album The Balcony , in which Johnny Bond had taken over the guitar instead of Bibby. The album went straight to number 10 on the British charts and was also able to place in the US charts . Just three months later, the band received the “Introducing Award” as New Discovery of the Year at the first ever BBC Music Awards . The album stayed in the charts for more than two years, with brief interruptions, and went platinum. In early 2016, they received the British Breakthrough Act award at the BRIT Awards .

The debut album was still in the UK charts when the second album The Ride followed in spring 2016 . Thus increasing Catfish and the Bottlemen to No. 1 on the charts in their homeland, in Australia they reached 6th place in the US place in other countries such as Switzerland, they were 28 successful. Three songs on the album hit the UK single charts, two of which, Soundcheck and 7 , were also successful in the US rock charts .

Members

  • Ryan Evan McCann, singer
  • Matthew Benjamin Blakeway, bass player
  • Robert Hall, drummer
  • Johnny Bond, guitarist

Former member:

  • William Bibby, guitarist

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH UK UK US US
2014 The balcony - UK10
platinum
platinum

(150 weeks)UK 		US121 (1 week)
US
First published: September 15, 2014
Sales: + 300,000
2016 The ride CH99 (1 week)
CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(64 weeks)UK 		US28 (1 week)
US
First published: May 27, 2016
Sales: + 300,000
2019 The balance CH73 (1 week)
CH 		UK2
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK 		US159 (1 week)
US
First published: April 26, 2019
Sales: + 60,000

EPs

  • Poetry & Fuel (2009)
  • Beautiful Decay (2010)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
2016 Soundcheck
The Ride 		UK95
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK
First published: February 16, 2016
Sales: + 200,000
7
The Ride 		UK81
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK
First published: April 1, 2016
Sales: + 400,000
Twice the
ride 		UK87
silver
silver

(1 week)UK
First published: May 20, 2016
Sales: + 200,000
2019 Longshot
The Balance 		UK25th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK
First published: January 8, 2019
Sales: + 200,000
Fluctuate
The Balance 		UK84 (1 week)
UK
First published: February 15, 2019
2all
The Balance 		UK57 (3 weeks)
UK
First published: March 19, 2019
Conversation
The Balance 		UK60 (1 week)
UK
First published: April 18, 2019
Encore
The Balance 		UK64 (1 week)
UK
First published: April 26, 2019

More singles

  • Homesick (2013, UK:silversilver)
  • Rango (2013)
  • Kathleen (2014, UK:platinumplatinum)
  • Fallout (2014, UK:silversilver)
  • Cocoon (2014, UK:goldgold)
  • Pacifier (2014, UK:silversilver)
  • Hourglass (2015, UK:silversilver)
  • Glasgow (2016)
  • Outside (2016)

swell

  1. ↑ Winners unveiled at BBC Music Awards , BBC Music, December 12, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: Switzerland Great Britain USA
  3. ↑ a b BPI gold / platinum database (Great Britain)

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