Bitter Ruin are an English "experimental
pop
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Albums
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" duo from
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
, UK, formed in 2007 by Georgia Train (lead vocals, backing vocals, piano) and Ben Richards (lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano, bass).
["Clash - Next Wave 26/02/2014"]
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Biography
Richards and Train met in 2007 as music students at
Brighton Institute of Modern Music
The British and Irish Modern Music Institute, now styled as the BIMM Institute, is a group of eight independent colleges which specialise in the provision of creative education in Brighton, Bristol, London, Dublin, Manchester, Berlin, Birmingha ...
, and performed, mostly in Brighton and London, and recorded a few EPs. In 2010 they played a short tour supporting
Evelyn Evelyn.
Matt Lucas helped manage the band,
as well as performing with the band at several of their shows.
The band's 2011 single, "Trust", was placed at no 19 in the UK Independent Singles Breakers Chart on Sunday 16 October.
In October 2012 the band recorded ''The Rocket Sessions'' EP at Rocket Studios in London. The band raised £33,000 in 2013 on
Kickstarter
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to build a home studio for the recording of their second album ''Waves''. They were invited by Kickstarter to talk about their experience at an industry conference at Somerset House, London on 22 October 2013. The band supported
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group comprises Ben Folds (lead vocals, piano), Robert Sledge (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Darren Jessee (drums, backing vocals). The gro ...
on their European reunion tour in December.
The band released another single in January 2014, "Diggers". It was reviewed by
Q,
Clash and the French
Les InRocks, and was played on
BBC Introducing and from the independent station
Xfm
Radio X is a British National commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global. Radio X launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station, a licensed London-wide station in 1997 and nationally in 2015 ...
.
"Xfm Playlist Update"
localuknews.co.uk Retrieved 13 January 2014
On 12 February 2019, the band announced the release of a new single, "Caution to the Wind", their first new music together in 5 years.
Discography
; Singles
* "Trust" (2011)
* "Diggers" (2013)
* "Caution to the Wind" (2019)
* "Rubble" (2020)
* "Blood Blue" (2020)
* "Brother" (2021)
; EPs
* ''Bitter Ruin'' (2007)
* ''We're Not Dancing'' (2008)
* ''The Rocket Sessions'' (2012)
; Albums
* ''Hung, Drawn & Quartered'' (2010)
* ''Waves'' (2014)["Album Review: Bitter Ruin – Waves."]
. ''Figure 8 Magazine''. Paula McGeever 4 May 2014.
References
External links
Bandcamp website
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English alternative rock groups
Dark cabaret musicians