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Crying Beauty Queens are an alternative rock band from Manchester, made up of Jordan Price, Alex Hurlstone and Paddy Murphy. They are a three piece, made up of Guitar, Bass and Drums, Notable influences including Fugazi, the Cranberries, LCD Soundsystem and Alt-J. Formed in 2018, they have released 3 singles, Taking Over, After The Fire and Stupid, and are currently building up to their 4th single.

Jordan, Alex and Paddy met at a music summer school course in Manchester in 2014, and while they had a few musical endeavours in the remaining years, it was never anything serious, just the odd gig here and there whilst remaining friends. However in 2018, Jordan asked Paddy to play drums on a song that she was releasing as a solo artist and in the ensuing jam sessions, they came to the decision that they should just form a band and release it under that name instead. Paddy came up with the name 'Crying Beauty Queens' to poke fun at what he felt was a melodramatic society we now live in. Taking Over was the song that Jordan brought to Paddy originally, and the song was recorded and released on June the 1st 2018 with an accompanying music video.The two piece then began playing gigs in the Manchester area, looking to branch out further. In November, the second single followed. After the Fire was more of a rock styled track than Taking Over, and is still used as a show opener for the band. On the 27th of January 2019, The band had their first headline gig in Manchester, and enlisted old friend Alex Hurlstone to play bass in order to fill out the sound. After the show, they decided that they liked the new sound, and Alex joined as a full time member after the gig. This big change was followed by their third single 'Stupid' on the 31st of May 2019, also with a music video, the first containing the new member. They then gigged during the summer of 2019, playing venues in Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, opting to focus on their live performance rather than going straight back into the studio. They signed with government funded artist development company MAS Records in September of 2019, and headed into Whitewood studios in Liverpool in December of the same year to record the follow up to 'Stupid', due in early 2020.

On the 1st of February 2020, Crying beauty Queens announced that their new single, named 'Darling', would be released on the 18th of March 2020.