GoodBooks
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Background information | |
Origin | Kent, England |
Genres | Indie rock |
Years active | 2005–2009 |
Labels | Transgressive Records Columbia Records |
Members | Max Cooke Chris Porter JP Duncan Leo von Bülow-Quirk |
Website | blog.ilovegoodbooks.com |
GoodBooks were an English indie rock band from Sevenoaks in Kent. They first received media attention upon releasing their self-published EP Valves and Robots in June 2005.
The band signed to Transgressive Records in late 2005 for one single (bassist Christopher Porter has the date the band signed their record deal tattooed on his left wrist[1]) and released "Walk With Me" in April, before being signed by Columbia Records shortly after. GoodBooks disbanded after their last gig on 28 June 2009.
The name GoodBooks was suggested to Max Cooke at a gig by the children's TV presenter Holly Willoughby.[2]
History
GoodBooks's evolution began when Max Cooke and Leo von Bülow-Quirk started doing
The Fingerprints disbanded in late 2004 when their bassist left. The band decided to continue as a four-piece and on the day of their first rehearsal "Walk With Me" was created. The band continued to write more songs but this time they had a maturer more electronic-influenced sound. The sessions created tracks for the Valves and Robots EP such as "Passchendaele" and "Isabella" which not only became fan favourites but impressed influential members of the industry and in late 2005 the band signed a deal for a one-off single with indie label Transgressive Records.
The following months saw GoodBooks establishing a place within the
The band were approached by
GoodBooks disbanded after Glastonbury 2009, where they played their last set on the John Peel Stage on 28 June 2009.[5]
Discography
Studio albums
- Control (2007)
- Control Freaks - The Remixes(2007)
EPs and singles
- Valves And Robots EP (2005)
- Walk With Me (2006)
- "You Can't Fool Me Dennis" (Mystery Jets Cover) (2006)
- "Turn It Back" (2006)
- Leni Mixes (2006)
- Leni (2006)
- "The Illness" (2007)
- The Illness Mixes (2007)
- "Passchendaele" (2007) No. 73 UK
- Passchendaele Mixes (2007)
- Lovesongs on Casio (2007)
References
- ^ "GoodBooks: Control - NME". NME. 6 August 2007.
- ^ New Musical Express, January 2006
- ^ NME Magazine - 15 April 2006, Tracks - p39.
- ^ An Interview with the band on the Tom Robinson show, BBC 6 Music - 1 May 2007.
- ^ "Good Books". twi.to. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009. [/Link broken]