Flipron

Flipron
Background information
Origin	Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Genres	Psychedelic pop
Years active	2003 – present
Labels	Tiny Dog Records
Website	www.flipron.co.uk
Members	Joe Atkinson Jesse Budd Mike Chitty Tom Granville
Past members	Mark Wingfield Greg Shepheard Nick Walkling John Thompson

Flipron are an English psychedelic pop band from Glastonbury, England, consisting of singer and songwriter Jesse Budd, pianist/organist Joe Atkinson, drummer Mike Chitty and bassist Tom Granville. They were signed to Tiny Dog Records in 2003.Their music has been likened to Tom Waits, Syd Barrett and The Kinks.

The first album was recorded in Glastonbury and released in 2004. The Observer Music Monthly magazine put it at number 6 in their 50 albums of the month for October with Charles Shaar Murray giving it a four star review.

In July 2004 they recorded their first live session for Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music.

As part of the tour to promote the album, Flipron appeared as support act for Donovan (for whom Flipron's Joe Atkinson was playing keyboards) at Cardiff St David's Hall and Bristol's St George's Hall.

Two singles were released from the album; "Hanging Round The Lean-to With Grandad" and "Raindrops Keep Falling On the Dead/The End Of Summer". The latter featured an animated black and white video made by American director Alex de Campi.

The second album, Biscuits For Cerberus was mainly recorded at drummer Mike Chitty's house and released in 2006. The Daily Telegraph described it as a "woozy, bohemian pop massacre. Brilliant, but frankly unclassifiable."

In March 2006, they appeared at The Spice Of Life in London with Rat Scabies performing The Damned hit "Smash It Up", which was recorded by BBC 6 Music for their Pretty Ancient event (celebrating thirty years of punk).

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