Stornoway (band)

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Stornoway (2009)
Stornoway (2009)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Beachcomber's Windowsill
  UK 14th 
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silver
06/05/2010 (5 weeks)
Tales from Terra Firma
  UK 26th 03/23/2013 (2 weeks)
Bonxie
  UK 20th 04/25/2015 (2 weeks)
Singles
Zorbing
  UK 74 06/05/2010 (2 weeks)

Stornoway was an English indie band from Oxford .

Band history

The band was founded in the mid-2000s by four Oxford students. They made first publications, including the Good Fish Guide , a song in which threatened and sufficiently available fish species are listed. The proceeds went to the Marine Conservation Society .

Her breakthrough had Stornoway, which after the Scottish island town of Stornoway have named, in 2009. In the Big Weekend on BBC Radio 1 , they were one of the headliners. The BBC forecast Sound of 2010 then predicted the breakthrough for the following year.

In 2010 they were represented at the Glastonbury Festival . To do this, they worked on their debut album Beachcomber's Windowsill , which was released in June and rose to number 14 on the charts. With the song Zorbing , which came from their first EP, they also had a single hit in the British charts.

On October 25, 2016, the band announced on Facebook that they would split up after a farewell tour in February and March 2017. Decisive for this are personal reasons of the individual members.

Members

  • Brian Briggs, singer, guitarist
  • Jonathan Ouin, keyboardist
  • Ollie Steadman, bass player
  • Rob Steadman, drummer

Discography

Albums

  • Beachcomber's Windowsill (2010)
  • Tales from Terra Firma (2013)
  • Bonxie (2015)

Singles

  • Stornoway EP
  • The Good Fish Guide (2007)
  • Unfaithful (2009)
  • I Saw You Blink (2010)
  • Zorbing (2010)
  • Get Low (2015)

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK chart discography
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ 10 for 2011 Interview: Brian Briggs of Stornoway (Part 1). December 17, 2010, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  4. ^ Top Oxford band announce they are to split. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .

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