Rumour Cubes are a British six-piece instrumental

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band based in

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, England. The band's music has been described as

, cinematic and atmospheric and likened to bands such as

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and Yndi Halda.

History

The band was formed in mid-2009 by Hannah Morgan (violin), Omar Rahwangi (drums) and Adam Stark (guitar, electronics). They were later joined by Joe Bartlett (bass), Simon Stark (guitar) and Siew Cottis (viola). In August 2010 the sextet released their debut EP ''We Have Sound Houses Also'' on the Marriage of a Dead Dog SING! record label. The EP received a warm reception. The release has also had airplay on

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by Tom Robinson. In early 2011 Cottis left the band and was replaced on viola by Terry Murphy. In February 2012, the band released their debut album, ''The Narrow State'' which received coverage from The 405, The Blue Walrus, Goldflake Paint and featured in the Echoes and Dust Top 40 Albums of the Year at number six. In June 2014, the band announced the follow-up album to ''The Narrow State'' entitled ''Appearances of Collections'' which was part-funded by a successful

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campaign. The album was released on 18 August 2014.

Band members

Current

* Joe Bartlett –

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* Hannah Morgan –

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

* Terry Murphy –

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* Omar Rahwangi –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Adam Stark –

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, electronics * Jay Malhotra –

Former

* Siew Cottis –

* Simon Stark –

Discography

Albums

* ''The Narrow State'' (2012) * ''Appearances of Collections'' (2014)

EPs

* ''We Have Sound Houses Also'' (2010)

Compilations

* ''We Make Our Own Mythologies'' (2011) * ''A Cheery Wave From Stranded Youngsters: UK Post-Rock / Instrumental / Math-Rock (3rd Wave)'' (2011)

Ethos

The band have aligned themselves with a number of charities and political movements. In March 2011 the band performed alongside

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and speakers from

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and

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at an event promoting the

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led by the TUC. Rumour Cubes also performed at ''Lexapalooza'' in February 2011, in aid of

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, and they have appeared on the ''We Make Our Own Mythologies'' compilation for

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. The band played a Sunkan Dymonds benefit gig in July 2011 to raise money for the British Tinnitus Association.

References

External links

Rumour Cubes official site

BBC Music - Rumour Cubes
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