Long-View

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Longview
Origin Manchester, United Kingdom
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Years active 2002 - present
Label(s) 14th Floor Records
Columbia Records (US)
Website www.longviewmusic.com
Members
Rob McVey
Aidan Banks
Doug Morch
Ulrich Schnauss
Former members
Matt Dabbs
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Longview (hyphen in article title was inserted due to a clash with the American bluegrass group named Longview) are an indie rock band hailing from Winchester and Manchester.

Its members are German electronic musician and producer Ulrich Schnauss, chief songwriter Rob McVey, guitar player Doug Morch, and bass player Aidan Banks. Matt Dabbs left the band for family reasons during 2007.

The band formed in Manchester in 2002 and built its reputation with several appearances at the Night and Day Cafe. Longview subsequently signed to 14th Floor Recordings.

Their debut album, Mercury, was released in July 2003. Several singles were released from the album including their best known song, 'Further' (often mistaken as a Christian song), which featured on One Tree Hill. Notable other releases include a cover of Depeche Mode's 'Stripped' which was only available as a digital download or on limited edition vinyl, and 'In a Dream'.

Although the band had played a handful of concerts during 2007, a second album did not appear. In January 2008 Longview played a series of intimate gigs in which new tracks 'History', 'Loss', 'Fires' and 'Why' were available to fans. At the London show on 26th March 2008, Rob announced the band would be entering the studio in April to record the next album, which will be released in September. In May, the official website announced 11 tour dates between August and October, likely to coincide with the release of the new album.

  • Keyboards: Ulrich Schnauss (2005-)
  • Lead singer/guitar: Rob McVey
  • Lead guitarist: Doug Morch
  • Bass guitarist: Aidan Banks
  • Drummer: Matt Dabbs (left 2007)

Contents

[edit] UK Singles Chart positions

Date Song Peak position #
June 2002 Further 178
October 2002 When You Sleep 74
January 2003 Nowhere 72
May 2003 Falling For You (Vinyl Only) 169
June 2003 Electricity (Vinyl Only) 169
July 2003 Further (2nd release) 27
October 2003 Can’t Explain 51
January 2004 Still (Not eligible)
May 2004 Stripped (Vinyl Only) 195
July 2004 In A Dream 38
January 2005 Coming Down/When You Sleep (re-mix) 32
August 2005 Further (re-mix) 24

(Data taken from chartstats.com)

[edit] UK Album Chart positions

Date Album Peak position #
2003 Mercury 45
2005 Mercury (Re-issue) 29

[edit] Track listing (2003 Original Release via 14th Floor Records)

  1. Further
  2. Can't Explain
  3. Electricity
  4. When You Sleep
  5. If You Asked
  6. I Would
  7. Nowhere
  8. Falling For You
  9. Falling Without You
  10. Still
  11. Will You Wait Here
  12. This Is

[edit] Track listing (2005 Re-issue via Columbia Records)

  1. Further
  2. Can’t Explain
  3. When You Sleep
  4. In A Dream
  5. Nowhere
  6. I Would
  7. Electricity
  8. Still
  9. One More Try
  10. Falling For You
  11. When You Sleep
  12. If You Asked
  13. Will You Wait Here

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