| Autoheart | |
|---|---|
| Origin | London, UK |
| Genres | Indie Pop |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums |
| Years active | 2007 - present |
| Labels | SBW Music |
| Members | |
| Jody Gadsden, Simon Neilson, David Roman, Barney JC, Jihea Oh | |
Autoheart are an East London based indie pop band formed in 2007 as The Gadsdens, when Jody Gadsden and Simon Neilson started working together on the score for an independent film.[1] The first song they recorded as The Gadsdens was a cover of Bronski Beat's "Small Town Boy".[2]
In August 2008 The Gadsdens went on tour with The Hidden Cameras.[3]
The Gadsdens announced[4] on 24 August 2011 they had 'evolved' were to be known going forward as Autoheart. On the same day, they posted a cover recording of 'Ordinary Fool'[5] on YouTube. The song was originally included on the Bugsy Malone soundtrack.
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The band's debut single, “The Sailor Song”, was championed by Bob Harris on his BBC Radio 2 Show [6] and was “Single of the Week” on Shaun Keaveny’s BBC6 Radio show.[7] The single release was accompanied by an animated music video [8] by London-based animator and director Gavin Leisfield.
The Gadsdens appeared on The Radcliffe and Maconie BBC2 Radio show on 17 Nov 2009 performing 3 tracks; “The Sailor Song”, “Too Polite To Fight” and “Agoraphobia”.[9]
Maconie and Radcliffe have continued to play “The Sailor Song” on their show. They also placed the band’s live version of “The Sailor Song” on their “Best Live Sessions of 2009” end of year list.[10] In response to the news that the BBC plan to cut Radcliffe and Maconie’s radio show from 4 nights a week to three, Marc Lee from Telegraph mentions The Gadsdens, commenting “I heard what proved to be my favourite songs of both 2008 and 2009 for the first time on the show – The Last of the Melting Snow by the Leisure Society and The Sailor Song by the Gadsdens, both of them strange and gorgeous”.[11]
Q Magazine made “The Sailor Song “ their Track of day, citing; “ A Charming and pulsating piece of piano pop that holds no surprises, tempo shifts or digital tweaks, it’s naturally sentimental, sending strong links to Tracy Chapman, mostly due to the vocal style of frontman Jody Gadsden”.[12]
The band were also featured in the Guardian’s “The Measure” as one’s to watch: “The Gadsdens New band alert. The Sailor Song is heaven. Head to Myspace quickest-smartest” [13] and MTV labeled the band as “Exquisite, outsider pop”.[14]
The band's first single after assuming the Autoheart name is "Control", released 19 December 2011. It was first available as a download from the Autoheart Soundcloud page[15].