Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who grew up near Bristol and has been a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas

Death in Vegas

Death in Vegas are a psychedelic rock and electronic rock band from the United Kingdom, comprising two permanent members: Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes...

 and Dot Allison

Dot Allison

Dot Allison is a Scottish singer and songwriter, who has made significant inroads in electronic music circles, most notably as a result of her tenure fronting the band One Dove in the early 1990s...

 guitarist Ian Button

Ian Button

Ian Button is an English guitarist best known for being in the band Death in Vegas and The Thrashing Doves . Though Death in Vegas' main creative force Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes are often regarded as the only 2 permanent members of the band, Button's contribution was significant throughout...

 (also formerly of the Thrashing Doves

Thrashing Doves

Thrashing Doves were a London based rock band. Their line up consisted of Ken Foreman with Brian Foreman , Ian Button and Kevin Sargent . The original bass player was Hari Sajan. Subsequent bass players were James Eller, Claire Kenny and Gail Ann Dorsey...

) and a 6-piece band under the name of Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences.

His debut album The Misdiagnosis of Paul Hawkins was released on AFUK Records in 2006 (and was reissued as a digital download by free net label Fleeing from Pigeons in April 2009). He first received UK national airplay on Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 with his songs "I'll Be Getting a Divorce for Christmas" and his singles and tracks from the 2008 Jezus Factory Records album We Are Not Other People have also received Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music

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 airplay. In October 2008 the band's first Radio 1 session was broadcast. The band have appeared on compilations for Cherryade Records, Jezus Factory Records and AFUK Records.

Singles

• "The Evil Thoughts" (Split 7" with L'il Lost Lou) (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
• "The Bigger Bone" (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
• "I Believe in Karma" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• "Don't Blind Me With Science" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• "You Can't Make Somebody Love You" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• "The Battle Is Not Yet Over" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)

Albums

• The Misdiagnosis of Paul Hawkins (AFUK Records - 2006, digital reissue on Fleeing from Pigeons Records 2009)
• We Are Not Other People (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
• Skinful of Silence (Fleeing from Pigeons Records- 2009)
• The Wrong Life (Audio Antihero
  Audio Antihero
  Audio Antihero is an independent record label formed in October 2009 and based in South East London. The label gained immediate attention with their first two releases Nosferatu D2's "We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise" and Benjamin Shaw's "I Got the...
  
  - 2011)

Compilation Tracks

• "I'll Be Getting a Divorce for Christmas" on A Very Cherry Christmas Volume 2 (Cherryade Records - 2006)
• "I Fell in Love With a Moment in Time" on Welcome Back to the Jezus Factory (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
• "I Like It When You Call Me Doctor" on AFUK & I (AFUK Records - 2007)
• "I'll Take Good Care of You" on Bob Hope would (Audio Antihero - 2011)

External links

• Website of the UK antifolk scene
• http://www.timeout.com/london/features/1971.html - Time Out London article about the UK antifolk scene which talks about Paul Hawkins along with other artists
• indiefolkforever profile
• Official website
• Radio 1 session details
• Paul Hawkins interview part 1
• Paul Hawkins interview part 2
• Paul Hawkins interview for House of Tracks
• Fleeing from Pigeons Records
• http://livemusic.fm/news/paul-hawkins-thee-awkward-silences-interview-track