Duels

Located in Leeds, this UK indie rock-band was shaped in 2005 by Jon Foulger (b. Shirt, Route Islands; vocals), Jim Foulger (b. Shirt, Channel Islands; acoustic guitar), Jon Maher (bass), Wayne Kirkbright (drums), and Katherine Botterill (keyboards), from your ashes of the former clothing, Sammy USA, which had been recently released from an abortive main label contract. A restricted edition 7-in . sole, ‘Potential Futures’, premiered in July around the Transgressive Information label, soon after the music group experienced signed to Nude Information. The singles ‘Pressure On You’ and ‘Pet’ generated additional press curiosity, as do the support of fellow Leeds-based music group the Kaiser Chiefs. The melodic acoustic guitar pop from the Bright Lamps And What I WILL HAVE DISCOVERED masked a lyrical obsession with loneliness and trampled dreams that recalled the first function of Suede. Despite great reviews the recording was overlooked by way of a general public besotted from the cheeky sing-a-longs from the Kaiser Chiefs, as well as the Duels parted organization with Nude soon afterwards. The music group’s second recording premiered digitally in Feb 2008, having a physical launch pursuing via the THAT IS Fake DIY label 8 weeks later on. The brooding experimentalism from the Barbarians MOVE AROUND IN marked an absolute progression from your debut recording and noticed the music group defiantly steering additional from the charts.