Duels (band)

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Country	United Kingdom
Genres	Indie
Labels	Nude Records
Members	Jon Foulger, Jim Foulger, Katherine Botterill, Jon Maher, James Kirkbright

Duels are an English band from Leeds.

1 Members
2 History
3 Tour dates
4 Discography
5 Trivia
6 External links

[edit] Members

Jon Foulger (vocals)
Jim Foulger (guitar)
Katherine Botterill (keyboard)
Jon Maher (bass)
James Kirkbright (drums)

[edit] History

Duels formed from the ashes of band SammyUSA. Their early demos received welcome attention from UK radio DJs such as Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq. Their first limited edition single "Potential Futures" was released on the Transgressive label on 18 July 2005.The song featured on the Fifa 2006 soundtrack

In May 2005 they signed to Nude Records. Their second single, "Pressure On You", was released on 7 November 2005. Third single, "Animal" was released on Monday 10th of April 2006. Duels' debut album, "The Bright Lights And What I Should Have Learned" was released in July 2006.

[edit] Tour dates

Duels toured with Graham Coxon, opening the nights for the former Blur guitarist. Also, a one-off date with The Automatic supporting Kaiser Chiefs in Leeds. A headline tour is also expected to be announced to coincide with the release of the band's debut album.

Duels performed at the 2006 Reading and Leeds Festivals.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Potential Futures b/w Young Believers, 7" vinyl & 3" CD (18/7/2005, Transgressive Records)
Pressure On You b/w Things, Idiot, Impossible To Deal With, 7" vinyl & CD (7/11/2005, Nude Records)
Animal b/w Half Life, The Grand Guignol, Progress, Idle Pursuits, 7" vinyl & 2x CD (10/4/2006, Nude Records)