Minor Victories are a British

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supergroup formed in 2015. The band members are vocalist

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), guitarists

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) and Justin Lockey (

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), and film-maker James Lockey of Hand Held Cine Club.

Formation

and Justin Lockey had previously made music together. It was through Goswell that Braithwaite and the Lockey brothers met. The band was unveiled on social media in July 2015 with the announcement of a forthcoming album, including collaborations with other artists including

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and James Graham of

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. However, Minor Victories was initially a casual idea of two artists collaborating together, which later turned into a supergroup. In an interview by the OffBeat Music (OBM) magazine,

said about the formation of the Supergroup:

As the project went on it got better and better until it was finished. Considering how it all was at the start, it seems incredible. Definitely, I was quite surprised.

A few days later a "teaser trailer" named ''Film One'' was released featuring short clips of forthcoming songs. In a September 2015 interview with website exclaim.ca, Braithwaite said that the band was working with producer

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, that the album was "80% recorded", and that it would be released in early 2016. Asked about how the album would sound, he said "To be honest, I think if you know the music that all of us have made, it won't really surprise you. It has a lot of the good elements from everyone's bands.".

Band members

- vocals, guitar *

– guitar, backing vocals *Justin Lockey – guitar, electronics, keyboards *James Lockey - bass

Discography

* '' Minor Victories'' (2016), Fat Possum Records * ''Orchestral Variations'' (2016), Play It Again Sam

References

External links

"Film One" at Hand Held Cine ClubMinor Victories
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