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Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences
Post punk / Pop / Alternative

Silence is Awkward



London, London and South East
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Member Since7/27/2006
Band Websitewww.silenceisawkward.com
Band MembersPaul Hawkins (Vocals)
Ian Button (Drums, Production & Backing Vocals)
Kate Arnold (Violin, Dulcimer & Backing Vocals)
David Serra (Guitars)
Harvey Dodd (Keyboards & Backing Vocals)
Alex Templeton-Ward (MicroKorg, Samplers & Backing Vocals)
Jes Walton (Bass & Backing Vocals)
+ Occasional Cameos from Tom Mayne (Keyboards & Backing Vocals)
InfluencesWe're not deliberately trying to sound like anyone else but, if it helps, our music tastes are as follows:

Paul really likes Suede, Belle & Sebastian, Elliott Smith, Nick Cave, Hefner, R.E.M, Leonard Cohen and what he'd term "outsider pop music". If he's utterly honest he was massively into West End musicals as he grew up and that probably influenced him a lot too. He still thinks the music to Les Miserables is better than almost everything else ever.

Ian really likes 60s pop music and what he'd call "pop music that sounds slightly wrong".

David is a big fan of Guns N' Roses and the Mars Volta. In fact his Guns N' Roses obsession is such that the rest of the band attempt to avoid mentioning the words "Axl" and "Rose" around him for fear of a three-hour monologue on the said individual. Like Paul, he loved Suede when Bernard Butler was in the band. However (unlike Paul, who loves Coming Up and even really likes few songs on a New Morning) he isn't much a fan of the post-Bernard years. He also wants to make it known he really loves cats (as in the animals, not the Lloyd-Webber musical). Paul's a bit confused as to what this has to do with his music taste.

Kate has a fairly extensive knowledge of goth music, folk music and arabic music. Her favourite bands and musicians include Echo & the Bunnymen, Siouxie Sioux, Abdul Halim Hafez, Kalman Balogh and the Gypsy Cymbalom Band.

Harvey Dodd is a huge Divine Comedy fan. He's also a damn good performance poet in his own right, which isn't really anything to do with a musical influence per se but probably should be mentioned somewhere and here's as good as anywhere...

Alex's favourite band of all time are the Doors. He is also interested in noise music, especially stuff like Sunn O))) and anything that is so close to not being music that it is difficult to define it thus.

Jes is a massive David Bowie fan.
Sounds LikeOutsider pop songs.


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Record LabelJezus Factory Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 6 2009 8:00P
The last ever Spoonful of Poison (solo show/collaboration with David Serra) @ The Legion Shoreditch, London and South East
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
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Jul 18 2009 8:00P
Hutstock 2009 Whitstable, London and South East
Aug 1 2009 8:00P
The Wilmington Arms Clerkenwell, London and South East
Aug 15 2009 8:00P
"I’ve had My Fun" Single Launch @ The Zenith Bar Islington, London and South East

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   About Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences


Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences started out in 2006 as a collaboration between outsider pop maverick Paul Hawkins and Death in Vegas guitarist turned underground producer Ian Button and have expanded into an exhilarating, eccentric and ever-evolving eight-bellied beast of a band.

Previously part of the same UK antifolk collective that spawned the likes of the Bobby McGees and David Cronenberg’s Wife, Hawkins’ work with Thee Awkward Silences has seen him develop into one of the most intelligent, charismatic and confrontational frontmen in the UK today. Meanwhile the band have subtly shifted from their beginnings as a modern twist on the post-punk/garage rock of the Fall, the Stooges and the Birthday Party to a thrilling, inventive and continually surprising combination of sonic experimentation, darkly entertaining caustic cabaret and driving rock n’ roll, all underpinned by Hawkins’ knack for crafting compelling narratives and uncompromising and unconventional pop songs. The band have been compared to the likes of Elvis Costello, Edwyn Collins and Nick Cave but "Hawkins sounds like no-one. Someone doing something truly on their own and making the rules up as they go along." (artrocker)

In 2008 Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences recorded a session for Radio 1, played the Swn and Latitude Festivals and released critically acclaimed debut album “We Are Not Other People” on Jezus Factory Records. In 2009 they are recording a new album have plenty of other tricks up their sleeve…


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Jul 5 2009 3:33 PM

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Jul 1 2009 8:40 PM

Cheers & Welcome Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkard Silences


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Jun 29 2009 6:43 PM

Thank you Mr Hawkins and chums.
Lady M





Jun 28 2009 4:19 PM

Hi there - come along to the betsy tomorrow if you're free? Should be a good night! Jen

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Jun 26 2009 10:51 PM

We have uploaded a new song on our profile.Give it a listen if you have the time and tell us what you think.Thank you
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Jun 20 2009 5:04 PM

Where can I get "You Can't Make Somebody Love You"?
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Jun 16 2009 3:09 PM

hi! here's the flyer for your gig this friday at the dog house with pagan wanderer lu and dig for fire. will be fun! remember to tell all your mates...
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Jun 15 2009 11:34 PM

Next Fleur-de-Lys Club is this Wednesday 17th June at The Lexington.

Free Whisky drinks courtesy of Buffalo Trace!!!

click the flyer for £4 tickets...
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Jun 11 2009 7:28 PM

* thanks alot *
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Jun 7 2009 1:00 PM

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May 20 2009 12:45 PM

I will playing a track of yours on my show today on www.radioreverb.com (simple folk show) (6-8pm uk time) but gets repeated early hours of sat (1-3am uk time) Tune in !

Thanks again :-)
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May 16 2009 11:14 PM

Join us THIS WEDNESDAY for a PARTY! of Rockin' Electro at The Macbeth with some great live talent and Djs K Spiral and James Theaker (radio NME) SPINNING.
Doors 8pm/£5. 2 for 1 entry before 9pm.


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Hopefully see you there! Ed x

p.s. We're also doing London's LoveMusic Hate Racism Sister Act on 31st May @ The Legion. Which is FREE ENTRY.
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May 12 2009 4:29 AM

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May 11 2009 11:36 PM

Antifolk Uk Spring Fest 2009
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May 3 2009 10:12 PM

Join us on THURSDAY for a night of Alternative Rock 'n' Roll at The Legion with some great live talent and Dj The Boy marking his return with a new monthly residency.


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Hopefully see you there,
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Apr 29 2009 9:32 PM

hey! thanks for the friendship, all being well we're sharing a stage in June,

looking forward to it!
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Apr 27 2009 8:19 PM

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Apr 26 2009 1:44 PM

Hiya! Please stop by if you're able. And tell Niall I loved his poetry at Shunt last night - hilarious stuff! Jen

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Apr 8 2009 7:10 PM

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Apr 8 2009 9:57 AM

PLEASE DON'T LISTEN to our new songs from forthcoming album 'ufo conspiracy believer' out 26 april on Jezus Factory! Thank you.
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