The Crookes
| The Crookes | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Fierce Panda, Modern Outsider, Too Pure, Heist or Hit |
| Website | thecrookes |
| Members |
Daniel Hopewell George Waite Tom Dakin Adam Crofts |
| The Crookes discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 4 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 10 |
The Crookes are a British indie rock band who formed in Sheffield in 2008. They released their first single "A Collier's Wife" in 2009 as part of the Too Pure singles club, followed by single "Bloodshot Days" that was released on Heist or Hit Records in 2010. Signed to London independent record label Fierce Panda Records, they have subsequently released four albums, Chasing After Ghosts (2011), Hold Fast (2012), Soapbox (2014), and Lucky Ones (2016) along with an extended EP Dreams Of Another Day (2010).
The band formed in 2008, naming themselves after the suburb of Crookes in Sheffield, where the guitarists Alex Saunders and Daniel Hopewell met before later recruiting George Waite on vocals and Russell Bates on drums.
NME championed the band, describing how "a band this good are unlikely to remain obscure for long".
The Crookes were named as The Guardian Band of The Day in September 2009 being described as having "hints of the win some, lose some C86 brigade, The Smiths (say, circa The Boy With the Thorn in His Side), the plaintive jangle of the Housemartins, even Belle and Sebastian".
In 2009 the band recorded a live session for Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 1 with Lamacq describing the band as having "ambition and flare and a singer with a beautiful voice; one of those special, poetic voices which dips and soars above their jangling guitars".
The Crookes have also been named as BBC 6 Music's favourite new band, with Lamacq later describing them as his "favourite British band of the year" on BBC Radio 2.
The band's strong Sheffield roots have seen them embraced by the city's established acts, with Jon McClure promoting the band as "Sheffield's next set of musical geniusus", and Richard Hawley describing them as 'absolutely superb' when interviewed on Shaun Keaveny's breakfast show on BBC 6 Music. They recorded a session of Jarvis Cocker's 6 Music show. Moreover, The Crookes were chosen to represent Sheffield for MTV Canada's guide to Breaking Bands in the UK, alongside representatives from other cities such as Glasvegas (Glasgow), Wild Beasts (Leeds) and The Big Pink (London).
...
Wikipedia