The Lodger

Indie / Pop

Leeds, Reino Unido

WEB

Componentes:

Ben - singing, the guitar.
Joe - the bass guitar.
Katie - the drums.

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The Lodger was born in Ben Siddall’s Leeds bedsit flat. He was making demos on his PC and playing them to whoever happened to pop round for a cup of tea. Once he had three songs, he burnt a CD of them and it was quickly passed around Leeds folk.

Around the same time, new label Dance to the Radio was getting off the ground and offered to release the first single by The Lodger. Two friends were quickly recruited on bass and drums and the band made their live debut.

As the new year began, Dance to the Radio issued their first compilation which featured “Unsatisfied” and then quickly followed it up with the debut single by the band “Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion”. A further limited 7” single “Watching” was issued as the year drew to a close.

2006 was where the band got their act together – a permanent line-up of Ben, Joe and Katie was established and the band went out on the road with kindred Yorkshire spirits The Research in February. London indie label Angular Records released the band’s third single “Let Her Go” shortly afterwards. This single won the BBC 6music’s Rebel Playlist.

In the summer the band decamped to Alan Smyth’s tiny little Sheffield recording studio to record songs for their debut album. 13 tracks were recorded in a week in September and the result is “Grown-Ups”. This material was road-tested at headlining gigs in the UK and Germany towards the back end of the year.

As 2007 begins, the band head out on an 11-date UK tour with The Long Blondes and have just completed recording a track with James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco.

Discografia:

CD - Dance to the Radio: Leeds featuring Unsatisfied (Dance to the Radio) April 2005
7" single - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion (Dance to the Radio) May 2005
Split 7" single - Getting Special (Wrath) June 2005
CD on front of Thee Humbug Issue 3 featuring Unsatisfied (Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation) September 2005
7" single - Watching/Not So Fast (Double Dragon) December 2005
CD - What We All Want featuring You Got Me Wrong (Dance to the Radio) February 2006
7" single - Let Her Go (Angular) May 2006
CD - Blue Skies Up: Welcome to the New Pop Revolution featuring Not So Fast (Dogbox) May 2006
CD - Future Love Songs featuring Simply Left Behind (Angular) Nov 2006
CD - On the Bone Vol 1 featuring Let's Make A Pact (On the Bone) Feb 2007
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Digital Download single - Kicking Sand/Centuries (Angular) Apr 2007


Our new single "Kicking Sand" is released as a digital download only on Monday April 9th 2007 through Angular Records. It will be available from all good digital retailers such as iTunes and others along with the B-side "Centuries" which will not appear on our debut album.

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Our debut album "Grown-Ups" is released in Germany/Austria/Switzerland through Noise Deluxe Records on May 11th (CD), followed by the UK release on Monday May 28th on Angular Records (CD/download) and then in USA on Monday June 4th on Slumberland Records (CD/LP).



Tracklisting: (for the UK and USA versions)

1. Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion / 2. Kicking Sand / 3. Getting Special / 4. You Got Me Wrong / 5. A Free Period / 6. Simply Left Behind / 7. My Advice Is On Loan / 8. Let Her Go / 9. Watching / 10. Unsatisfied / 11. The Story's Over / 12. Not So Fast / 13. Bye Bye / 14. Let's Make A Pact

Tracklisting: (for the German version) Escúchalo AQUI
1. Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion
2. You Got Me Wrong MP3
3. A Free Period
4. Simply Left Behind
5. My Advice Is On Loan
6. Let Her Go
7. Kicking Sand
8. Unsatisfied
9. Watching
10. Not So Fast
11. The Story's Over
12. Bye Bye

Videos:

--Let her go

The video to Let Her Go by The Lodger. Directed by Paul Morricone (Angular Records 2006). Ben is late for his own gig - as he uses whatever means necessary to hot foot it across town we see the rest of the bizarre line up put on some truly odd performances.



--Kicking Sand

Filmed at Nottingham Rock City/various locations on tour 2007. A "Miles To Go" Production.



GIVE-AWAY

As we've re-recorded all the previously released songs for our forthcoming debut album, and for the benefit of those people who didn't get hold of our early 7" singles, follow this link for 7 free tracks.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1TXQ6XR5