Since this tour, the band became dormant and later split. Pott turned to songwriting and production duties for other artists, forging working relationship with George Ezra , co-writing and producing his first two studio albums: Wanted on Voyage (2014) and Staying at Tamara’s (2018), as well as co-writing Shura ‘s…
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Singles 1–10 was the first compilation album released by the band. Many of the bands big hits, including ” El Salvador ” and ” Wires ” appear on this album. The selection of tracks spans the past 10 years. There is one previously unreleased song on the album entitled “Back…
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In a September 2011 interview, keyboardist Tim Wanstall said “it’s been every two years (releasing an album) on the odd numbers since 2003 so this is the first year to break that cycle. Actually we’re all exploring individual paths at the moment so the if/how/when of another album is a…
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In 2011 the band toured some of their biggest songs, but in a “stripped back” fashion. The idea was that the band took some of their songs and reworked them completely to be played in an acoustic style. The tour came around after the band played a small gig at…
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On 9 November 2009, Athlete released ” Black Swan Song ” as a single.
The first single from the album ” Superhuman Touch ” was released on 17 August 2009, entering the UK charts at No. 74, climbing to No. 71 a week later.
On 12 June 2009, Athlete released the song “Summer Sun” as a free download for email-subscribers.
On 2 June 2009 it was announced that the band had parted ways with Parlophone Records and signed up with Fiction Records, who released ” Black Swan ” on 24 August 2009.
Black Swan is the fourth studio album produced by the band. Athlete recorded this album while temporarily unsigned.
In April they announced a 29 date tour of the UK to promote their new album.