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The Lodger
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"Positive soul vibes..."

Leeds,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/5/2008
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   The Lodger: General Info
Member Since3/19/2005
Band WebsiteThis
Band MembersThe Good Old Days



Kicking Sand



Let Her Go




THE LODGER: Ben - singing, the guitar. Joe - the bass guitar. Bruce - the drums, singing + Tim - lap steel/2nd guitar joining the band live + occasionally Sarah - background vocals, percussion.


CONTACTS:

To book the band/general enquiries: contactthelodger@googlemail.com

UK label: edmason@badsneakers.co.uk

US label: mike@slumberlandrecords.com

German label: stefan@noisedeluxe.com

Japan label: gpavey@fabtone.jp


UK press enquiries: kelly@lokipr.com

UK radio + tv enquiries: kevin@rocketpr.co.uk

USA press enquiries: lucas@teamclermont.com

USA radio enquiries: bill@teamclermont.com

Germany/Aus/Switz press/radio enquiries: stefan@noisedeluxe.com



InfluencesLots.
Sounds LikePop Music.
Record LabelBad Sneakers(UK) Slumberland (US)
Type of LabelIndie








   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 4 2008 12:00P
Faraday Festival Barcelona, Barcelona
Jul 5 2008 12:00P
Faraday Festival Barcelona, Barcelona
Jul 16 2008 8:00P
Kieth Flack Fukuoka
Jul 18 2008 8:00P
Club Zion Nagoya
Jul 19 2008 8:00P
Club Asia Shibuya
Jul 19 2008 8:00P
Club Wire (DJ set) Shinjuku
Jul 20 2008 8:00P
Club Wire Shinjuku
Jul 26 2008 8:00P
Indietracks Festival Ripley, Derbyshire, Midlands

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New single up and remixes!  (view more)

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   About The Lodger


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OUR SECOND ALBUM 'LIFE IS SWEET' IS OUT NOW!

Tracklisting:

1. My Finest Hour 2. The Good Old Days 3. Falling Down 4. Honey 5. The Conversation 6. A Hero's Welcome 7. A Year Since Last Summer 8. An Unwelcome Guest 9. Running Low 10. Nothing Left (To Say) 11. Famous Last Words


Buy in UK - http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=300056

Buy in Germany - http://www.amazon.de/Life-Sweet-Lodger/dp/B0016420QQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1211119326&sr=8-1

Buy in USA - http://www.amazon.com/Life-Sweet-Lodger/dp/B00163LU9U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1211119362&sr=8-1

Buy in Japan - http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2684631






NEW SINGLE "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" OUT NOW!

Rough Trade
http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=299549
iTunes
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BUY OUR DEBUT ALBUM ON CD!



Our debut album "Grown-Ups" was released in the UK on Monday June 11th 2007 on Angular Records (CD/download) and in North America/Canada on Monday June 4th 2007 on Slumberland Records (CD/LP worldwide).

Tracklisting:

1. Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion / 2. Kicking Sand / 3. Getting Special / 4. You Got Me Wrong / 5. A Free Period / 6. Simply Left Behind / 7. My Advice Is On Loan / 8. Let Her Go / 9. Watching / 10. Unsatisfied / 11. The Story's Over / 12. Not So Fast / 13. Bye Bye / 14. Let's Make A Pact

CLICK HERE TO BUY THE 12" VERSION!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM FROM ITUNES!





STORY

The Lodger was formed inside the mind of Ben Siddall inside an LS6 bedsit.

After 3 sold-out limited 7s and touring around the UK and Europe with bands such as The Long Blondes and The Research, the group released their debut album “Grown-Ups”, produced by Alan Smyth and James Ford, in June 2007 on Angular Records in the UK, Slumberland Records in the US, Fabtone in Japan and Speak N Spell in Australia.

Critical acclaim for the album followed, particularly on the blogs; the band have featured heavily on the elbo.ws charts since the release along with heavy rotation on US college radio and other stations worldwide.

The album was voted as 62nd best of 2007 on www.amazon.com and 95th in Woxy.com's Top 97 of '07.

The Lodger completed their first tour of the USA in October 2007 and then entered the studio to record their 2nd album in November.

After touring Europe with The Long Blondes in early 2008, the group's second album "Life is Sweet" was released in May 2008. Over the summer The Lodger are playing a couple of festivals and embark on their first tour of Japan, alongside rehearsing new songs for their third as-yet-untitled album, which they intend to record before the year is out.



DISCOGRAPHY

CD - Dance to the Radio: Leeds featuring Unsatisfied (Dance to the Radio) April 2005
7" single - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion (Dance to the Radio) May 2005
Split 7" single - Getting Special (Wrath) June 2005
CD on front of Thee Humbug Issue 3 featuring Unsatisfied (Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation) September 2005
7" single - Watching/Not So Fast (Double Dragon) December 2005
CD - What We All Want featuring You Got Me Wrong (Dance to the Radio) February 2006
7" single - Let Her Go (Angular) May 2006
CD - Blue Skies Up: Welcome to the New Pop Revolution featuring Not So Fast (Dogbox) May 2006
CD - Future Love Songs featuring Simply Left Behind (Angular) Nov 2006
CD - On the Bone Vol 1 featuring Let's Make A Pact (On the Bone) Feb 2007
Digital Download single - Kicking Sand/Centuries (Angular) Apr 2007
CD/LP - Grown-Ups (Angular/Speak N Spell/Noise Deluxe/Fabtone/Slumberland) June 2007
7" single - The Good Old Days (Bad Sneakers Records) May 2008
CD/LP - Life Is Sweet (Bad Sneakers Records/Slumberland/Noise Deluxe/Fabtone) May 2008




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The Lodger's Friends Comments
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Positive Transit





Jun 30 2008 5:32 AM

hi the lodger.

thank you so much for adding us..



we love your music..
best wishes

pt
ina





Jun 30 2008 4:42 AM

Thank you for the add!!^^
Shion


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Jun 27 2008 3:27 AM

Thanks for the add:)
love you guys!!
Yonerock





Jun 25 2008 6:31 AM

Thanks for the add!!

I will go to your show!!

Greeting from Osakaxxx
Sheffield Phonographic Corporation





Jun 23 2008 7:02 AM

The Bon Bon Club 7" EP OUT NOW.


The Bon Bon Club are Sushi Quatro (bass, vox), Thirsty Moore (drums,vox) and Chapatti Smith (perc, vox), although Sushi and Thirsty are better known under different names for their day job as the rhythm section of Sheffield glam-popsters The Long Blondes.


The Bon Bon Club 7

The Bon Bon Club

AVAILABLE FROM GOOD INDIE STORES or...

ORDER YOUR COPY HERE

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Jun 19 2008 7:06 AM

Love the tunes in fact I just played you guys in another episode of the Half Hour Music Hour on www. strangedesign. net.
Go give it a listen.

Thomas Gourley





Jun 19 2008 1:44 AM

Hajememaste Lodger desc!
Was good to see you all at The Social, I had a throughly good evening.
Good luck in Japan!
short film no.9





Jun 18 2008 7:53 PM

thank you add.
I love your music!

I go to London soon.
It goes to see live of my bllody valentine.
If possible, though it is good when it can meet you.
→CASS BOSS™ ←





Jun 16 2008 1:04 PM

Hey guys!
thanks for accepting my add, greatly appreciated. I flew over to Newcastle from N.Ireland a few weeks back and took myself out a walk around town for the night. Stumbled across a small bar you lot were playing at and i thoroughly enjoyed watching your gig. Brilliant lyrics and music. Keep up the good stuff, yous have my support all the way.
Cass ♥
Frieda





Jun 16 2008 2:14 AM

I have the impression that you are about to lodge yourselves in my head for a while.
Thx for the frienship
F
Popgirly





Jun 10 2008 9:44 AM

Thanx for adding me! :)
Running With Karma


Is Online


Jun 10 2008 7:30 AM

You fellas sure are awesome!
<3
rwk
Indietracks Festival





Jun 5 2008 12:57 PM

Hi - really looking forward to seeing The Lodger play at the Indietracks festival!

eflyer

Indietracks website: for info and tickets

Indietracks blog: for news, interviews and free MP3s

xxx
AYA





Jun 5 2008 10:47 AM

CHEERS FOR THE ADD,THE LODGER!
HEY HEY,HOW COME U SKIP OSAKA FROM UR JAPAN TOUR?? OSAKA'S THE 2ND BIGGEST CITY IN JAPAN,U KNOW?! IS IT TO BE ANNOUNCED???...HOPE SO!x
Launette





Jun 4 2008 1:13 PM

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Lewis...





Jun 3 2008 3:53 AM

Just got your second album in the post.
i love it
just as good as Grown Ups
come back to Portsmouth, you were awesome with The Long Blondes.

Lewis
Pygmy Globetrotters





Jun 1 2008 5:01 AM

EP 1 - out now

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released by White Label Music
download it now from iTunes
Vera





May 31 2008 4:36 PM

yes The Lodger... great to listen your sounds even many miles away
flannel





May 31 2008 4:36 PM

thanks for the add!!
I'm looking forward to see you in Nagoya !!
best
Tomohiro/flannel
POPSCENE with J*A*L*A*L





May 30 2008 12:08 PM

POPSCENE with J*A*L*A*L
Radio Weser [Bremen/Germany]
[92.5 FM / 101.85 FM]
Fridays 18h CET

LISTEN AGAIN ::: THIS WEEK'S SHOW


::: POPSCENE Playlist 30.05.
2008 :::


PETER SARSTEDT Where Do You Go To [My Lovely]
FIGHTING WITH WIRE Cut The Transmission
SECRET SHINE Stars In The Sky
BYE! Oh No, Baby Don't
EMILY SCOTT Longshore Drift
SPEEDMARKET AVENUE Way Better Now
SPEEDMARKET AVENUE The State Of Harmony
LODGER A Year Since Last Summer
ACK ACK ACK Big Gas
EL PERRO DEL MAR Somebody's Baby
EUGENE McGUINNESS Monsters Under The Bed
LEGION Wight Noice
WEDDING PRESENT Swingers
BOYFRIENDS Once Upon A Time
SEMIFINALISTS Loud Hearts
FLEET FOXES English House
CHERRYBLADES Everyday Is Extreme
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92.5 FM [antenne] / 101.85 FM [cable]
Fridays at 18 hrs [since 1994]

the understudies





May 28 2008 2:31 AM

Hello Joe and the Lodgers,

Thanks for being our cyber pals xx.

Aaah yes, the good old days of triangulation on a hill top in Brockley........ crazy days.

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Luxembourg





May 27 2008 4:17 PM

who in their right mind doesn't love The Good Old Days...?
Dolls & Molls Jewellery





May 26 2008 4:33 AM

Great gig last night in newcastle!! Hope to see you boys again sometime soon.

Emily x
Please Please You





May 25 2008 6:29 PM

Hope all's cool for Wednesday. Looking forward to it.

Hello folks! Couple of exciting shows to tell you about next week.



Three fab Yorkshire bands. Both The Lodger and Slow Down Tallahassee are supporting their new albums. The ABC Club is the newly christened Debuts, a fab band to round off a fab bill. Proper treat one!



First full UK tour from a Nashville bunch that everyone's been raving about. Two really lovely acoustic supports. Proper treat two!

Tickets - www. picturehouses. co. uk or 0871 7042054. Only ten minutes from the station.

Download the new SDT single for free from the wonderful Thee SPC!!
http://www. heychuck. com/theespc/index. html
POPSCENE with J*A*L*A*L





May 23 2008 12:47 PM

POPSCENE with J*A*L*A*L
Radio Weser [Bremen/Germany]
[92.5 FM / 101.85 FM]
Fridays 18h CET

LISTEN AGAIN ::: THIS WEEK'S SHOW


::: POPSCENE Playlist 23.05.
2008 :::


SPIRITUALIZED Soul On Fire
SLOW DOWN TALLAHASSEE Down The Alleyway
CORNERSHOP Moonshine
SARANDON Joe's Record
AUDREY Carving And Searching
WEDDING PRESENT Spider-Man On Hollywood
WEDDING PRESENT Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk
WINGS Another Day
WHITE SUNDAY 90s Hangover
HERMIT CRABS Flaxen-Haired Boy
MAZYFIELDS Your Love
SHIN JIN RUI Ride, Ready, The Lamb Lies Down
LODGER A Year Since Last Summer
FUTUREHEADS Think Tonight
MILES DAVIS 'Round About Midnight
SECRET GOLDFISH Tartan Envy
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downdime





May 22 2008 6:30 AM

Jacob


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May 21 2008 5:04 AM

hey thanks so much for the add guys
i like ur songs the good old days ,my finest hour and let her go are my favorites!!!!
wish all the best and have a great day LOL
greetings from Beijing China LOL
TAROKO





May 19 2008 8:30 AM

you have plan to come to Japan!
I'm really really happy!

see you soon in Tokyo!
can you hear the nightINGAle tune?





May 19 2008 12:12 AM

oh i love your new single!
the cover artwork is GREAT!!!
when are you touring around germany?!
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May 16 2008 12:45 PM

POPSCENE with J*A*L*A*L
Radio Weser [Bremen/Germany]
[92.5 FM / 101.85 FM]
Fridays 18h CET

LISTEN AGAIN ::: THIS WEEK'S SHOW


::: POPSCENE Playlist 16.05.
2008 :::


CANNED HEAT Going Up The Country
SUMMER CATS Let's Go
DUDES There're A Comin'
2 HOT 2 SWEAT Microscamp
ADEM Slide
SECRET SHINE Stars In The Sky
SECRET SHINE Hate You When You Smile
CAST Finetime
PHIL WILSON Neon Lights
NIGHT Disconnection Zone
PORT O'BRIEN I Woke Up Today
LIECHTENSTEIN Cravings
BAD BRAINS Dance School
WAVE PICTURES Strange Fruit Or David
STE GUY Goodbye To You
SERA CAHOONE Runnin' Your Way
LODGER A Year Since Last Summer
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92.5 FM [antenne] / 101.85 FM [cable]
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May 16 2008 6:48 AM

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Tickets available from: Jumbo, Crash and The Brudenell now as well as See Tickets:

http://www. seetickets. com/s. asp?a=those+dancing+days+%2B+support&p=6312

http://www. myspace. com/thosedancingdays

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Currently Sweden's hottest export, THOSE DANCING DAYS combine "Sweet as apple-pie pop" with a devilishly sassy Northern Soul and it's this unique combination that has the got the whole of the UK falling over itself and for good reason too!

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Wakefield's THE RESEARCH are makers of fun, but also write songs that are like punches in the stomach that knock the wind out of you but afterwards you agree that you feel much better for it.
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