O Fracas are an English indie

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

/alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band from Leeds, West Yorkshire. They originally formed in 2001. They are sometimes regarded as members of the New Yorkshire

New Yorkshire

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 music scene.

Band members

Ben Partridge (vocals and guitar), Alex Farrar (guitar and vocals), Jim Burkitt (drums and piano), Matt Flint (bass guitar and vocals) and Jaromir Hladik (keyboards and percussion).

Career

Two singles were released on the Marquis Cha Cha record label before the release of their debut album. Their debut single, double A-side "Zeroes & Ones / What Jim Hears", was released in September 2005 followed by "Follow Sue" in April 2006.

Their debut album Fits & Starts was released on I Can Count Music in May 2008. It received 7/10 in NME

NME

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, describing it as an "engaging album of post punk, nutty folk and avant garde rock".