The Sunshine Underground
| The Sunshine Underground | |
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 The Sunshine Underground on July 6, 2007 in Paris |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 1999 |
| Website | www.thesunshineundergroundofficial.com |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Craig Wellington |
guitar |
Stuart Jones |
Drums |
Matthew Gwilt |
| former members | |
bass |
Daley Smith (until 2011) |
The Sunshine Underground is an indie rock band from Leeds . The bands Muse , Manic Street Preachers , Daft Punk and the Chemical Brothers had great influences on their style of music, which they call indie rock with dance elements. The name comes from the Chemical Brothers song of the same name.
history
The band was formed in Shrewsbury in 1999 . Shortly afterwards, they moved to Leeds together because they hoped for better performance opportunities there. Through this step they became one of the Leeds bands, which helped them to their first great success. They soon received the LeedsMusicScene's Live Band of the Year trophy and supported LCD Soundsystem on their tour.
In 2006 they went on a festival tour in Europe for the first time and released their debut album Raise the Alarm in August .
On February 1, 2010 her second album Nobody's Coming To Save You was released .
On February 21, 2011, Daley Smith announced that he would be leaving the band in April 2011. The reason he cited was that he needed something new.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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 UK
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| 2006 | Raise the alarm |
UK66 (1 week) UK |
City rockers
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| 2010 | Nobody's Coming To Save You |
UK86 (1 week) UK |
City Rockers / EMI
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| 2014 | The Sunshine Underground |
UK78 (1 week) UK |
Lovers
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More albums
- 2016: Luminescent
Compilations
- 2011: Raise The Alarm B-Sides and Remixes
EPs
- 2004: My Army
- 2009: Everything, Right Now
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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| 2006 | Commercial Breakdown Raise the Alarm |
UK46 (2 weeks) UK |
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| I Ain't Losing Any Sleep Raise the Alarm |
UK47 (1 week) UK |
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| Put You in Your Place Raise the Alarm |
UK39 (2 weeks) UK |
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| 2007 | Borders Raise the Alarm |
UK56 (1 week) UK |
More singles
- 2006: What You Like
- 2010: In Your Arms
- 2010: Coming To Save You
- 2010: We've Always Been Your Friends
- 2010: Spell it out
Web links
- Official website
- Facebook site
- The band at RedInkMusic.de
- The Sunshine Underground at laut.de
Individual evidence
- ^ The Sunshine Underground in the LeedsMusicScene.
- ^ Ch Ch Ch Changes. February 21, 2011, archived from the original on July 22, 2011 ; Retrieved July 28, 2011 (English).
- ↑ a b Chart sources: UK