The Sunshine Underground

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The Sunshine Underground

Origin Leeds, England
Years active 2004Present
Genres Indie
Labels City Rockers
Members Craig Wellington
Stuart Jones
Daley Smith
Matthew Gwilt
Website(s) thesunshineunderground.co.uk

The Sunshine Underground are an English, Leeds based Indie Rock band. The Sunshine Underground play a variety of punk, funk and indie, featured on their debut album, Raise The Alarm, released by City Rockers on August 28, 2006.

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[edit] Biography

The band are originally from Shrewsbury and Telford, but formed in Leeds.They sold out venues in London and Leeds on their first headline tour. Following their successful support slots for LCD Soundsystem, the group earned the Live Band of the Year trophy at the Leeds Music Awards.

Work on their debut album, Raise The Alarm, was completed in May 2006 and was released on August 28th 2006. They appeared on the 2006 spring/summer European festival circuit.

November see's the band play even more gigs, at increasingly bigger venues throughout the UK, including cities like Glasgow, Preston, Barnsley and London.


[edit] Band members

  • Craig Wellington (vocals/guitar)
  • Stuart Jones (guitar)
  • Daley Smith (bass)
  • Matthew Gwilt (drums)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  1. Put You In Your Place
  2. They Got A Hold Of Us
  • "Commercial Breakdown" UK - CD/7" Single (City Rockers, 2006) UK #46
  1. Commercial Breakdown
  2. The Way It Is
  • "I Ain't Losing Any Sleep" UK - CD/7" Single (City Rockers, 2006)
  1. I Ain't Losing Any Sleep (Single Edit)
  2. Who Called The Dandy
  3. Somebodys Always Getting In The Way
  • "Put You In Your Place" UK - CD/2 x 7" Single (City Rockers, 2006)
  1. Put You In Your Place (Album Edit)
  2. Out Of Control
  3. You Never Party

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