Causes were a four-piece

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band who were based in the

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History

The band is composed of British singer/

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Rupert Blackman (

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), Jan Schröder (

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), Simon Boeing-Messing (

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) and Robert Pronk (bass). Blackman moved to

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from the UK and started busking on the street. He regularly sold out of homemade CD’s and interest quickly garnered. He signed a record deal in

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with Play It Again Sam. Soon after he met guitarist Jan Schroder and Causes was swiftly formed. The band’s debut single "Teach Me How To Dance With You" was released in late 2014 in Benelux and proved an immediate success; first being playlisted on

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, with all other major radio stations soon following suit. It quickly gained Platinum status and was followed up by a second, also very successful single "Walk on Water" which was premiered with a performance on

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June 4 alongside another RTL Late Night TV performance. Causes were invited back to RTL Late Night the following week to close the season finale. The band went on to sign a deal with Year One /

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in July 2015 and "To The River" was released on 9 October, their first release outside Benelux. 2015 held a busy summer of live shows and festivals including Pinkpop and Appelpop as well as a headline show at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Causes' debut album was produced by Ian Grimble (Bears Den, Daughter) and was released in 2016 through RCA/PIAS. The band played the Eurosonic and Noorderslag festivals in January 2017. On 5 April 2019, the band announced that they were dissolving.

Discography

Albums

* ''Under Bridges That You Built for Me'' (5 February 2016) * ''Wake Me Up So I Can Dream'' (26 October 2018)

References

External links

Official website
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