Revere (band)
| REVERE | |
|---|---|
 Revere onstage at Wychwood Festival, 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Post-rock, indie-rock, chamber pop |
| Years active | Circa 2006–present |
| Labels | Albino Recordings; V2 Benelux |
| Associated acts | The Unrecorded, Gabby Young, Kat Flint, Bearpark, Our Lost Infantry |
| Website | http://www.revereonline.co.uk/ |
| Members |
Stephen Ellis Ellie Wilson Nicholas Hirst Ruban Byrne Kathleen McKie Ian Cotterill Jay Chakravorty Thom Ashworth |
| Past members |
Nathaniel Mumford Andrew Hawke Jonathan Fletcher Seb Pidgeon Marc Rollins Russell Cook |
Revere are a London-based indie-rock band. Initially formed by Stephen Ellis, Revere (named after a comic-strip in 2000AD)[1] wrote and performed with a rotating line up until 2005 when Ellis relocated to London. The band self-released several singles and EPs in 2005-06, including 'Learning to Breathe'.[2]
Revere spent the years between 2007 and 2010 touring, and working on their debut album.[3][4][5][6][7] In spring 2010, the band embarked on a UK tour to promote the release of their third single We Won't Be Here Tomorrow.[8]
September 2010 saw the release of Revere's debut album Hey! Selim. Two tracks were released as lead-up singles, The Escape Artist[9][10] and We Won't Be Here Tomorrow. The band recorded an in-studio session for "BBC Introducing".[11]
Revere regrouped to compose and rehearse more material in 2011. A new song, What Am I If I'm Not Even Dust was performed on BBC Radio London's Sunday Sessions,.[12] The end of 2011 saw the release of four digital remix EPs entitled Revere: Reworked #'s 1-4.[13] In November 2011, Revere toured the UK with Malian kora player and 2-time Grammy winner Toumani Diabaté.[14][15][16][17][18] Towards the end of the tour, Revere and Diabaté recorded several tracks together, including a cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".[19] In early 2012, Stephen Ellis returned to The South Bank Centre to accompany Vieux Farka Touré on the track 'All The Same' (originally performed by Dave Matthews).[20]
In February 2012, Revere won Channel 5's "Send Us Your Music" competition: their prize was a video for new song Keep This Channel Open.[21] In November 2015 the band's fifth EP 'Man Of Atom' was released on Dutch label Final 500 Records and gained some airplay on Dutch radio stadion NPO Radio 2.[22]
References
- ↑ Selena, Yasmin (2008) "Revere play space-age gospel" (feature), Times Online
- ↑ 2008 "REVERE - Learning to Breathe" (review), Glasswerk
- ↑ Dennen, Rose (2007) "REVERE" (interview), Big City Redneck
- ↑ 2010 REVERE - Tabernacle, London 18/11/10 (Live review), The 405
- ↑ 2008 "standon calling - 2008 - the review" (review), sonomu
- ↑ Cooper, Simon (2008) "Standon Calling"(review), Clash
- ↑ 2009 "Al Stewart and Gabby Young at Devizes Corn Exchange on Wednesday May 2009"(news) This is Wiltshire
- ↑ 2010 REVERE - We Won't Be Here Tomorrow (YouTube page with credits), YouTube
- ↑ 2008 "The Escape Artist Video on YouTube" (video), YouTube
- ↑ 2007 "4talent Award Winners" (news), Ten4 Magazine
- ↑ 2009 "24 April 2009 BBC Introducing" (radio playlist), BBC 6music
- ↑ 2011 Sun 6 Mar 2011 tracklist (Radio show tracklisting), BBC
- ↑ 2011 REVERE reworked REVERE website
- ↑ 2011 Toumani Diabaté – review (Live review)
- ↑ 2011 Concert review: Toumani Diabaté - Usher Hall, Edinburgh (Live review), The Scotsman
- ↑ 2011 Toumani Diabaté, Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton (Live review)
- ↑ 2011 Toumani’s indie-rock support act wows crowd (Live review)
- ↑ 2011 Toumani Diabate, Usher Hall, Edinburgh (Live review), The Herald (Glasgow)
- ↑ 2011 PREMIERE: Revere and Toumani Diabaté – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Blog post), Field Day (festival) blog
- ↑ 2012 Vieux Farka Touré, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London review, The Independent
- ↑ 2012 Introducing Revere (Channel 5 (UK) announcement), Channel 5
- ↑ 2015 Airplay on Dutch Radio, "Watiseropderadio.nl"
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