Kids Love Lies
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Kids Love Lies | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Pop punk, Power pop[1][2] |
| Years active | 2007—2010 |
| Labels | Cherryade Records |
| Members | Ellen Murphy Leigh Harrison Matty Saywell Will Jones |
| Past members | Claudia Mansaray Raf Singer |
| Website | Myspace page |
Kids Love Lies were a London pop punk band from November 2007 to July 2010.
The founding lineup of Kids Love Lies was Ellen Murphy (vocals), Leigh Harrison (guitar), Claudia Mansaray (bass guitar), Matty Saywell (guitar) and Raf Singer (drums), based in London.[3] They formed as Kids Love Lies in November 2007.[4] After auditioning around 10 singers, Ellen replied to an advert on Gumtree and auditioned several songs that the band sent her.[5] New drummer Will Jones joined the band in January 2010, replacing Raf Singer, who departed in October 2009. Claudia Mansaray left the band in April 2010. The band announced their split in July 2010.[6]
Murphy went on to perform as Only Girl, including a collaboration with Zero 7.[7]
Sound
NME said that "Firecracker singer Ellen Murphy sounds pretty much like Kate Nash would if she dropped the prim and proper act and thrashed herself into a full on Kathleen Hanna hissy fit."[8] The Guardian's Guide has compared them to Bow Wow Wow.[9] Tasty Fanzine said of single Count in my Head to "think Chiara L’s or a slightly more wired version of Scanners."[10] They were influenced by Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Slits, Sleater-Kinney, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Performances
They played Radio 1's Big Weekend on 10 May 2009[11] after being put forward by BBC Kent Introducing, the Artrocker stage at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton on 16 May 2009,[12] and on the BBC Introducing stage at the Sellindge Music Festival in Kent on 7 June 2009.[3][13] Their final live performance was at the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch, London in July 2010.[14] They played live alongside Fight Like Apes, Scanners, The Holloways, Theoretical Girl, My Tiger My Timing, The Kabeedies, A Genuine Freakshow and Goldheart Assembly.
Airplay
They were played on BBC 6 Music by Tom Robinson and Marc Riley,[15] on BBC Radio 1 by Zane Lowe, Nick Grimshaw, Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq, on BBC Radio Kent's Introducing show by Jim Bursey and Jacob Rickard, and on Dublin's Phantom FM.[16] They recorded a live session at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for Huw Stephens' In New Music We Trust.[4][17] They played a session on Earwax Radio on 22 October 2008.[18]
Their music was featured in the BBC Switch soap opera The Cut.[19]
