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Tribes

Tribes playing at Sheffield Leadmill 17/05/12 Background information Origin	Camden, London, UK Genres	Indie rock, rock Years active	 2010–present Labels	Island[1] Website	tribesband.com Members	 Johnny Lloyd Jim Cratchley Dan White Miguel Demelo

Tribes are a British four-piece indie rock band from Camden, London. Formed in 2010, the band consists of Johnny Lloyd (formerly of Operahouse), Jim Cratchley, Dan White (formerly of Operahouse) and Miguel Demelo.[1] History

In April 2011, Tribes released their first EP titled We Were Children. The music video for the song "We Were Children" was filmed in Camden Town, with the band performing a rooftop gig to onlookers and fans on the street below.[2] The song was named "Hottest Record in the World" by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on 14 April 2011.[3] "Sappho", the first single from their debut album, was made available for download on 11 July 2011.[4] Tribes received widespread press prior to the release of Baby, particularly from various indie blogs. [5]﻿The band performed a session at the BBC Maida Vale studios as part of the BBC Introducing project in July 2011.[6] Tribes played Underage Festival and Field Day Festival in Victoria Park, London in August 2011, as well as Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo. In addition, the band closed the summer by playing Reading and Leeds Festivals, Freedom Festival, Jersey Live and Bestival and a set at latitude festival.[7] The band was the main support to The Kooks on the UK leg of their Autumn tour, and for the European leg of the Kaiser Chiefs tour in November 2011.[7] In between, they headlined their own 9 date UK tour. The band have been confirmed for XFM's Winter Wonderland 2011 gig at Brixton Academy on 15 December alongside We Are Augustines, Ben Howard, Miles Kane, The Maccabees, The Horrors, a special guest and the Kaiser Chiefs. Following this they have been announced for the NME Awards 2012 Tour with Azealia Banks, Metronomy and headliners Two Door Cinema Club. They state their influences as Nirvana, Pixies, Pavement and R.E.M.. Their debut album, Baby, was recorded at The Motor Museum in Liverpool and released on the 16th January 2012.[8] On Sunday, 10 June 2012 Tribes took part in a charity festival, Chazzstock, which was set up after one of the band's close friends Charles Haddon committed suicide. They were joined by The Vaccines, The Horrors and many others. Tribes finished recording their second studio album, Wish To Scream, in LA which is due for release on 30 May 2013. Tribes have recently announce a string of headline slots on a tour UK tour in 2013, being supported on the first leg of this tour by unsigned Sheffield band Blue Lip Feel. At the Tribes first gig of 2013 they introduced a fifth member to the band on keyboard. Band members

Johnny Lloyd (lead vocals, guitar) Jim Cratchley (bass, backing vocals) Dan White (guitar, backing vocals) Miguel Demelo (drums, backing vocals) CJ Burnett (piano, organ, wurlitzer) Discography

Album Baby (16 January 2012)[8] UK #20 Wish To Scream (20 May 2013)[9] UK #45 EP We Were Children (15 April 2011) "We Were Children" "Girlfriend" "Coming of Age" "We Were Children" (Acoustic Demo) When My Day Comes (7 October 2011) "When My Day Comes" "Face To Face" "Not So Pretty" "When My Day Comes - Demo" Single "Sappho" (11 July 2011) "We Were Children" (9 January 2012) "Corner of an English Field" (2 April 2012) "How The Other Half Live" (February 2013) "Dancehall" (April 2013) Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Nominated work Award Result 2012 NME Awards Tribes Best New Band style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated References

↑ Exciting news! Tribes sign to Island Records, Twitter, 15 March 2011 ↑ New band of the day – No 942: Tribes, Guardian.co.uk, 10 January 2011 ↑ Tribes - We Were Children, YouTube, 21 August 2011 ↑ Hottest Record - Tribes - We Were Children, BBC Radio 1, 14 March 2011 ↑ 'Sappho' Available to Download Now, 11 July 2011 ↑ http://gtsnewmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/tribes-wish-to-scream.html ↑ "BBC Music - Tribes". BBC. Retrieved 18 July 2011. ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Tour Dates Announced + Current Dates Rescheduled, 23 August 2011 ↑ 9.0 9.1 Tribes - Baby, hmv.com ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/tribes/67791

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