Tom Hingley and The Lovers

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The Lovers
General information
Genre (s) In the
founding 1989
Website http://www.thelovers.co.uk
Founding members
Jeremy Kelly
Darren Jones
singing
 Tom Hingley (since 1995)
Current occupation
singing
 Tom Hingley
Steve Hanley
guitar
 Jason Brown
Paul Hanley
Kelly Wood

The Lovers are an English band from Manchester .

Their music is a mixture of punk and rock with poppy elements.

Band history

The Lovers were founded in 1989 by Jeremy Kelly, who also played in the bands Lotus Eaters, Wild Swans and Diamond Sutra. He recorded a few demos with singer Darren Jones, but the project fell through. In 1995, Jeremy Kelly reformed the Lovers with Inspiral Carpets singer Tom Hingley , who previously sang and played guitar in the band Too Much Texas . They experimented with voice samples and electronic sound files. In 1997 they released the EP Work Rest & Play . After further recordings, which have not yet been released, both concentrated on their solo careers, Jeremy Kelly and others. a. as a theater maker and Tom Hingley as a solo musician. In 2001, Hingley reformed the band as Tom Hingley & The Lovers , with Jason Brown on guitar, Kelly Wood on keyboard and Steve Hanley on bass. Hanley played in the English cult band The Fall from 1979 to 1998 . A little later, Paul Hanley , Steve Hanley's younger brother, joined the band as the drummer. He also played in The Fall, from 1980 to 1985. Both then played together in ARK . This band was formed by Steve Hanley after leaving The Fall.

In September 2003, the first recording by the Lovers with the current line-up was released, the bright yellow vinyl single Yeah . The first album Abba Are The Enemy was released in 2004 and received very good reviews. Both records were released on Tom Hingley's own label, Newmemorabilia Records , as was the follow-up album Highlights , which was released in March 2008.

Discography

  • Work Rest & Play , 1997, Poof Records (EP)
  • Yeah , 2003, Newmemorabilia Records (vinyl single)
  • Abba Are The Enemy , 2004, Newmemorabilia Records (CD)
  • Highlights , 2008, Newmemorabilia Records (CD)

Song contributions

  • Tom Hingley (solo) - Happiness : Isolationstank (acoustic version), 2002, FF Vinyl (EP)

Sampler contributions

  • Shake , 2004, Biff Bang Pow Records
  • Out Of The Blue , 2004, Blue Cat Record

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