Breton (band)

Breton was an English band from London, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Roman Rappak, drummer Adam Ainger, programmer Ian Patterson, bassist Daniel McIlvenny, and visual artist Ryan McClarnon.

OriginLondon, England, UK

Genres

• Indie rock
• experimental rock
• electronic

Years active2007–2019

Labels

• Fatcat
• Believe
• Cut Tooth
• Strange Torpedo
• Hemlock

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Breton
Roman Rappak during Rock im Park in 2014
Background information
Origin	London, England, UK
Genres	Indie rock experimental rock electronic
Years active	2007–2019
Labels	Fatcat Believe Cut Tooth Strange Torpedo Hemlock
Past members	Adam Ainger Roman Rappak Daniel McIlvenny Ian Patterson Ryan McClarnon Alex Wadey

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Rappak and Ainger began playing together around 2007, but the full group did not coalesce until several years later. They envisioned themselves as a multimedia artist collective, working from a former NatWest bank building in Elephant and Castle which they dubbed Breton Labs.^[1] The group released three extended plays and did remixes for artists such as Tricky, Alt-J, The Temper Trap, Lana Del Rey and Local Natives.^[2] The group signed to Fatcat Records in 2011 and released their debut full-length, Other People's Problems, early the following year.^[3]

For much of 2012 and 2013, the band played around Europe while writing material in preparation for a follow-up album. As their own studios had been earmarked for demolition, the five-piece moved to Berlin to record the new album.^[4] They set up their own label and signed with Believe Recordings (UK) and released the singles "Envy" and "Got Well Soon" by the end of 2013. In early February 2014, the album War Room Stories was released.

Breton's single "Edward the Confessor" was included in the 2012 action-adventure game Sleeping Dogs as one of the songs in the in-game "Kerrang! Radio". The following year, their single "The Commission" was included in the racing video game Asphalt 8: Airborne as one of the main menu themes. In 2015, the band's single "Got Well Soon" was included in episode 4 of the episodic video game Life Is Strange as the first song played inside the Vortex Club, causing a rise in popularity of the single.^[5]

In February 2019, Rappak confirmed the splitting of the band through posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.^[6]