Sennen (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Norwich, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, shoegazing, post-rock, dream pop, indie rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels |
Hungry Audio Rallye Minty Fresh Indelabel |
| Website | Sennen.org.uk |
| Members | Rich Kelleway Larry Holmes James Brown Tim Kelleway |
| Past members | Andrew Horner |
Sennen are an alternative rock band from London. Formed in Norwich, UK in 2002, the current line-up consists of Larry Holmes (guitar, keys and vocals), Rich Kelleway (guitar and vocals), James Brown (drums and keys) and Tim Kelleway (bass). The band's uncorrupted, oddly schizophrenic style has won them a loyal following across the world, and seen their music appear on hit US TV dramas such as True Blood and One Tree Hill.
In the spring of 2012, Sennen released their third full-length studio album Lost Harmony, recorded with The Cure producer David M. Allen. The first single from this record "Vultures" was released in early March 2012 and featured as XFM’s X-Posure’s Hot One.
The band are named after the Ride song "Sennen", originally released on the Today Forever EP.
Sennen's first record Widows, a 7-track mini-album, was released in late 2005 on the Hungry Audio label to critical acclaim and featured in Drowned In Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2005 where it was described as "a remarkably assured debut". A largely instrumental and predominantly post-rock record, Widows displayed plenty of Sennen's early influences - ethereal soundscapes and dark atmospheric guitars building to the kind of epic crescendos produced by My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai and Spiritualized.
Sennen's first single release in 2007, the limited edition 7" "Blackout", was immediately championed by Zane Lowe at Radio One and John Kennedy at XFM, earning the band supports with the likes of Explosions In The Sky, Ulrich Schnauss and Six By Seven. They recorded their debut full-length album, Where the Light Gets In with Primal Scream/House of Love producer Pat Collier. Released in May 2008, the album retained Sennen's exhilarating sound but applied it to a more traditional song-based format, and the result was a record met with universal approval - "A piece of work that is most succinctly and accurately described as beautiful". Soon followed nationwide shows, festivals, and live radio sessions, and in October 2008 the band set off on a tour of Europe's major cities with dEUS.
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