User:LesleyYeah

Hello, I am Lesley Smith, I am seventeen years old, and I live in Rugby, UK. I was born in Lusaka, Zambia, in 1993, and moved to England when I was approximately seven years old. I have one younger sibling, and live at home with both of my parents. Currently, I am studying at Rugby High School.

AS Subjects: History, Classical Civilisation, Art, Latin, English Literature. A2 Subjects: Art, Latin, English Literature.

Hopefully I will get into an art course at university somewhere, but I don't know yet.

"The Beginners" were formed in early 2010 (around May time, but dates are a bit blurry) through an advert Joe (rhythm guitar and vocals) placed in a window at a local music store where the band live.

From the first rehearsal, a certain chemistry was clear, and through playing covers of bands such as The Libertines, The Tellers, The Clash, Dirty Pretty Things etc, they developed a style. The style is reminiscent of many of the great British bands of our generation - The Kooks, Arctic Monkeys - as well as being influenced off of names as big as The Strokes.

All of these influences, combined with a love for tea, BBC3 style comedy, and good books have created a sound that is both unique but simultaneously fits easily within a genre. The band's own songs speak passionately of politics, love, loss, and the age of desperation which we live in today - but with a joyous sense of hope that envelopes all of the lyrics.

The Beginners are currently in the process of becoming "I Have A Date With Spring" - essentially carrying on what they began but with a fuller sound and hopefully more possibilities within the music.

Watch this space!