Gig Guide: Wed 15th Jul

 

Wed 15th Jul 20:00 ATHLETE :: OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT :: IAIN ARCHER

We are delighted to announce the return of the mighty Athlete.

Athlete are an English indie rock/casio rock band. Their sound is a mix of indie rock and electronic music, most recently intergrating “organic sounds” into their music. Friends since the age of fourteen, Athlete have wide ranging influences that include Grandaddy and Flaming Lips. They started jamming and practicing in the basement of The Bear, a pub which was converted into a church and sandwich bar, on Deptford High Street in 1999. They began recording here before sending demos out. Signing with Regal Recordings, they released their first single in February ‘02.

The band came to prominence in 2003 when their debut album - Vehicles and Animals - produced popular singles “You Got The Style”, “El Salvador”, “Beautiful” and “Westside” (previously named “Rockscene” on the Athlete EP), which each ranked low in the UK top 40 charts, except “You Got The Style”, which reissued in 2003 at #42 in the UK charts. Their second album, Tourist (2005), reached Number One in the UK Album Charts in its first week, producing the #4 single “Wires” in the UK Singles Charts. In mid-June 2007, the band announced the creation of their third studio album, “Beyond The Neighbourhood”. It reached #5 in the UK Album Charts after its release on September 3rd 2007. The single, “Hurricane” has been released from that album and reached #31 in the charts in its first week.

The band have been away making their fourth album. They are in the process of signing a new record deal and generally sprucing up for another venture out into the big wide world. An announcement of the new label and forth coming releases will follow shortly.

In the meantime the band head out on a UK Summer tour to bring them back face to face with the public who have helped them sell over 1 million albums, be Mercury music prize nominated and scoop an Ivor Novello award for best song (Wires).

Support comes from Official Secrets Act

and Iain Archer

 

Price: £15.50
Age Limit: 14+
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Location: The Rockhouse, Babington Lane, Derby, DE1 1SX

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