The trio met as teenagers in 2003 while studying at the Liverpool

The trio met as teenagers in 2003 while studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts . Lead singer and guitarist Matthew Murphy and drummer Dan Haggis are both from Liverpool , with Murphy having grown up in Woolton and Haggis having grown up in Garston , while bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen is a Norwegian immigrant from Elverum . Over the course of 2004 to 2005, the band released many EPs such as The Hangover Sessions , No.3 , and The Daring Adventures of Sgt. Wimbo and His Pet Otter . Their first official release was Lost in the Post , which was issued as a limited edition 7″ single on 10 July 2006 on the London-based indie label KIDS Records and came with a distinctive additional second sleeve in the form of a FedEx (“WomEx”) package. In 2006, the band’s first album, Girls, Boys and Marsupials , was released solely in Japan.