After the success of Like Drawing Blood , De Backer was able to establish a permanent home, still in Melbourne’s south east. In 2010, he set up a recording studio in a barn at his parents’ farm and set about recording tracks for his third album. He released a new…
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The band’s debut album Man Alive (produced by David Kosten) was released on 27 August 2010 and was preceded by a reissue of the single ” My Kz, Ur Bf ” on 23 August 2010, debuting on the UK singles chart at number 121. The album was then released a…
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Their second album Surfing the Void was released on 23 August 2010, and includes the single “Echoes”, which was released one week prior. In contrast to the band’s debut album which sold 350,000 in the UK, Surfing the Void sold 30,000 and was to be the last release with Universal/Polydor.…
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Moakes formed the group Young Legionnaire with Paul Mullen , vocalist & guitarist of The Automatic , and William Bowerman, drummer for La Roux , releasing a single, “Colossus” in August 2010.
Not long after the nomination for BBC Sound of 2010, Everything Everything signed to the UK arm of Geffen Records before releasing the single ” Schoolin’ ” on 10 June 2010 as a CD single , digital download and also as a 7″ vinyl. The single became the first to…
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Okereke released a solo album, The Boxer , in June 2010. Produced by Hudson Mohawke and XXXChange, its release was preceded by the single “Tenderoni”.
On 25 May 2010, Zane Lowe premiered the track “Flashover” on his BBC Radio 1 show, the band’s first new material in three years. Even though the track was not released as a single it was available on the band’s new album, titled Surfing the Void . In support of…
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Writing for a fourth studio album began in 2010.
It was announced during November 2009 that the band were now working with producer Ross Robinson , with Robinson confirming through his Twitter account. The band stated that work with Ford had gone astray, reaching difficulties with Ford acting as both producer and drummer. Klaxons broke from recording at the…
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Everything Everything made the longlist of the BBC Sound of 2010 on 7 December 2009, a list created by Britain’s tastemakers who vote for their favourite new artists.