Swiss Lips
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Electropop |
| Years active | 2011 – 2015 (split) |
| Labels | Sony Music Foreverever / BMG |
| Associated acts | Foster the People, Fleetwood Mac, New Order, Friendly Fires, Beach Boys, Bastille |
| Website | www |
| Members | Sam Hammond (vocals) Tim Estherby (keyboards) Luke Daniel (guitar) Nic Kozubik (drums) Tom White (bass) |
Swiss Lips were a five-piece electropop band from Manchester.
The band describe their sound as influenced by the Manchester music scene in some ways but display a wide range of influences. "Finding the middle ground between guitar music and dance music has been something Manchester has always been good at, and we hope to carry on that tradition." They draw inspiration from a wide-ranging array of artists: "...we take influences from all kinds of music. At the moment we are listening to Prince, Sebastian, Def Leppard, The Weeknd, the Beach Boys, Joe Goddard."
Swiss Lips signed a four-album deal with Epic Sony at the end of 2011.
As a new band they were asked how it felt to be signed to a major record label, the band were able to point out that while Swiss Lips are a new band, they themselves are not novices to the music industry. "We are a new band but have all been playing in different bands for as long as we can remember so it doesn't seem like an overnight thing. It's feels amazing to have the support and belief of a team like Epic behind what we are doing and being Michael Jackson's label mates is something to brag to girls about."
NME said "Think Foster The People with the stylish pop-perfection poise of Franz" when describing the band.
Shortly after signing a deal with Sony Music, in March 2012 Swiss Lips became BBC Radio 1’s introducing act, where their debut track "U Got The Power" was played every day on Radio 1 for a week.
In August the band were featured on Channel 4's 4play, where they performed "U Got the Power", "Books" and "Danz".
Swiss Lips played a number of festivals and other gigs including Camden Crawl, The Great Escape Festival and Dot to Dot Festival,Lovebox and Live at Leeds festivals in 2012.
Swiss Lips supported Bastille on nine dates of their sold out UK tour, including a show at Koko in Camden. The band then went on to support Ladyhawke on her Blue Eyes UK tour
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