Paul Hawkins (musician)
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outsider music
Audio Antihero
Fleeing from Pigeons Records
AFUK Records
Blang Records
Paul Hawkins | |
|---|---|
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Post punk outsider music |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Labels | Jezus Factory Records Audio Antihero Fleeing from Pigeons Records AFUK Records Blang Records |
| Members | Paul Hawkins, Ian Button, Mary Boe, Chris Potter, David Woolf, Adam Croucher, Anthony Keen |
| Past members | Alex Templeton-Ward, David Serra, Niall Spooner-Harvey, Jeremy Walton, Stuart Saunderson |
Paul Hawkins is a British author, singer-songwriter, and disability rights advocate.[1][2][3] He grew up near Bristol and has been active in London's antifolk scene.[4][5][6] He has collaborated with Ian Button and a six-piece band under the name of Paul Hawkins & The (sometimes stylised "Thee") Awkward Silences, and has also worked with the artist Alex Templeton-Ward.[7][8][9]
His debut solo album The Misdiagnosis of Paul Hawkins was released on AFUK Records in 2006, later reissued the Fleeing from Pigeons net label in April 2009.[10][7]
Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Latitude Festival 2008, and recorded a BBC Radio 1 session for Huw Stephens.[11][12] They released two albums on Jezus Factory Records between 2008 and 2010,[13][14][15] as well as an EP via Audio Antihero in 2011.[16][17][18]
In 2011, Hawkins was a contestant on the Pointless season 4,[19][20][21] and The Awkward Silences recorded a session for Dandelion Radio in October.[22] A session for Resonance FM followed in January 2012.[23] In 2014, The Awkward Silences performed at Liberty Festival.[24][25]
In 2013, Hawkins' first book, Bad Santas and Other Creepy Christmas Characters, was published by Simon & Schuster UK.[26][27]
The Awkward Silences released Outsider Pop in 2016,[28][29] and an eponymous album in 2020.[30] The King of Cats album, featuring new members Anthony Keen and David Woolf, was released in 2025.[31]
Hawkins is a disability rights advocate,[1][2] and works for the Attitude Is Everything charity.[32][33][34]
