Telegraphs were an alternative rock band based in Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, England.

Biography

Formed in 2005, Telegraphs was made up of members Darcy Harrison (vocals), Hattie Williams (bass/vocals), Sam Bacon (drums), Darren LeWarne (guitar) and Aung Yay (also known as Gary Yay) (guitar/backing vocals). They played alternative rock, emotionally-charged lyrically and accompanied by cutting angular guitars, riff based melodies and pounding, driven drum-rhythms, influenced by such bands as Biffy Clyro

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, Reuben

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, Oceansize

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 and Idlewild

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. Due to funding, the band split on September 17, 2010. However, they remain good friends to this day.

Vocalist Darcy Harrison has confirmed that is a shaving cut on his neck and not a spot or freckle.

Album Recording

In 2008 the band completed the recording of their album We Were Ghosts, recorded under Dave Eringa

Dave Eringa

Dave Eringa is an English record producer from Essex who has engineered, mixed, produced, and played on albums by such bands as Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, Idlewild, 3 Colours Red, South and Johnny Boy...

 (Idlewild

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, Manic Street Preachers

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, These Animal Men

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). The album was released in May 2009 on Small Town Records to favourable reviews, receiving 4 Ks out of five in Kerrang!

Kerrang!

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 magazine and 8/10 in NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

. It was preceded by the single "I Don't Navigate By You" released on 2 March under the same label.

Track List

1. "The Argument"
2. "We Dance In Slow Motion"
3. "Your First Love Is Dead"
4. "Forever Never"
5. "Drop D Not Bombs"
6. "I Don't Navigate By You"
7. "The Rules Of Modern Policing"
8. "So Cold"
9. "Notes From An Exit Station"
10. "Eyes Stitched Open"
11. "What's So Good About Goodbye?"

Singles

Name	Label	Release date
Across A Wire EP	Nighthawks	25 June 2007
"This Is The Message"	Nighthawks	26 November 2007
"The Rules Of Modern Policing"	Nighthawks	14 April 2008
"Your First Love Is Dead"	Nighthawks	December 2008
"I Don't Navigate By You"	Small Town Records	2 March 2009

Albums

Name	Label	Release date
We Were Ghosts	Small Town Records	May 2009

External links

• Official Website