Spector (UK band)
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Spector performing at The Leadmill in Sheffield, United Kingdom
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Fiction Records |
| Website | spector |
| Members | Fred Macpherson Thomas Shickle Jed Cullen Danny Blandy Yoann Intonti |
| Past members | Christopher Burman |
Spector is a five-piece indie rock band from London, composed of Frederick Macpherson (vocalist previously of Les Incompétents and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man), Thomas Shickle (bass), Jed Cullen (synth, guitar), Danny Blandy (keyboard (formerly drums)) and Yoann Intonti (drums). The band's debut album Enjoy It While It Lasts reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart and went to number one on the Official Record Store Chart on the week of its release.
The group's musical output has been compared to a variety of artists by areas of the media, with The Guardian describing them as "somewhere between Roxy Music and the Strokes, The Killers and Kanye West, Pulp and Frank Sinatra", and NME delineating them as "reminiscent of The Walkmen mainlined into The Killers’ chugga-train drive."
Formed in 2011 by former Les Incompétents and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man frontman Fred MacPherson, Spector practiced and performed their first gigs in Efes Snooker Club in East London. Later that year, they were granted a session on BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens's radio show, and performed on the BBC Introducing stage at the 2011 Reading and Leeds Festival.
They appeared on the live broadcast of Later... with Jools Holland on 22 November 2011 and performed their single "What You Wanted". On the longer, Friday-night show later that week they performed "Chevy Thunder" as well as "Never Fade Away", and it was announced that they would be releasing an album in 2012.
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