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HISTORY

The group named themselves after a 1930s paper on the state of the '' The Lost Riots '' which went straight into the UK Top 40 album chart. The first Single , ''Black Dollar Bills'', was packaged in a Hessian sleeve, each hand-sewn by a band member and later a collectors' item. Though the band's musical roots are in the heavily instrumental Post-rock tradition of bands such as Mogwai , the album saw them blending this, to the disappointment of some, with more conventional indie rock fare.

The band's most extensive UK tour started in October 2004, beginning with a date in Belfast 's Mandela Hall.

Much of 2005 was spent in the recording studio, with only 6 live sets played, as the band worked hard on their follow up to ''The Lost Riots''. An acoustic performance in London gave glimpses as to many songs Sam has confirmed will accompany the group's second album, '' Left ''.

The band worked with fansite 'The Halfway Home' to produce an advent calendar for the runup to Christmas 2005. The only studio recording released in 2005 was the final day's surprise, the song ' Shalom '.

In April 2006 the band released a new EP, '' Blood Meridian '', accompanied by a low-key UK tour which began in the Leeds Cockpit. The EP was limited to 2000 copies, available on vinyl, and was also available for download. The single ''Sing it Out'' is expected to be released in early June 2006, and the new album '' Left '' will follow later that month.

The band are set to appear the Reading Festival on the august bank holiday weekend. They are playing on the second stage (the radio 1/NME stage).


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DISCOGRAPHY

  • untitled 8 track demo (CDR) (not 9 tracks, as some sources suggest)

  • untitled 2 track demo (Black Dollar Bills/Three Days In The West) (CDR)

  • untitled "Fingerprints" demo (CD limited to 10 copies)

  • ''Black Dollar Bills'' (CD limited to 2000 copies)

  • AMM=IBM (mp3 download)

  • ''Enemies/Friends'' (CD/7")

  • ''The Red The White The Black The Blue'' (CD/7"/Ltd CD)

  • '' The Lost Riots '' (CD/12"/Ltd CD)

  • ''Nehemiah'' (CD/7")

  • ''Winter Riot Dust Rackets'' (CD) only. Both have different tracklists

  • ''L'Ark Pour Les Enfants Terribles'' (Ltd CD)



Singles

  • Black Dollar Bills ''(Ltd Edition)''

  • Enemies/Friends (6/10/2003) 25

  • The Red The White The Black The Blue (31/5/2004) 15

  • Nehemiah (23/8/2004) 30

  • Blood Meridian ''(Ltd Edition)'' (3/4/2006)

  • Sing It Out (29/5/2006)


Also of note are the Dust Racket CD s. The band have handed out five separate CDs of demos to fans, with the instructions to hand them out to four further fans and not to distribute them digitally. So far this has been successful and the Dust Rackets remain in the hands of the die-hard fans.


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