The Good Natured

The Good Natured
Origin Highclere, Hampshire, England
Genres Electropop, synthpop
Years active 2008–present
Labels Parlophone
Website www.thegoodnatured.co.uk
Members
Sarah McIntosh
Hamish McIntosh
George Hinton

The Good Natured are an English electropop band, consisting of Sarah McIntosh (born January 1991[1] in Highclere, Hampshire)[2] on vocals and keyboards, her brother Hamish McIntosh on bass and George Hinton (with whom Sarah became acquainted at university)[3] on drums.

Sarah began playing the violin as a child, but felt it was not the right instrument for her, so she turned towards playing the drums.[4][5] She also sang in a choir when she was a child.[6] At the age of 14 she salvaged an old Yamaha keyboard while spring cleaning her grandmother's house.[4][5] She taught herself to play the keys and at age 15 began to write her first own songs and founded a band with her brother Hamish.[7] Later she went to university to study music, but found that both, studying and pursuing her musical career, was unmanageable. She therefore decided to drop out from university and concentrate on her own music.[8]

The Good Natured's debut EP Warriors was self-released on 7 July 2008.[9][10] The EP received a lot of press coverage, especially for the lyrics. Their music is often being compared to La Roux,[11][12] Ladytron,[4][2] Lily Allen[10][2] and Kate Nash.[11][2] Sarah herself describes their music as "dark electronic pop"[6] as well as "electronic pop with heart",[5] and feels especially influenced by bands such as Tears for Fears, Japan and Siouxsie and the Banshees.[12]

Despite the mostly positive critics, no label seemed to be willing to sign The Good Natured. Thus their second EP Your Body Is a Machine was self-released as well.[6] It was not until March 2011 that the band was signed by the British label Parlophone, under which they released their EP Skeleton in June 2011.[13]

Discography

EPs
Singles

References

  1. ^ Haim, Daniel (3 February 2011). "UK Sensation The Good Natured Set to Release Be My Animal in the US". Bloginity.com. http://www.bloginity.com/blog/2011/02/03/uk-sensation-good-natured-set-release-animal/. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "... Sarah McIntosh was just 19 years old (she turned 20 last week)." 
  2. ^ a b c d Lester, Paul (25 February 2009). "New band of the day – No 493: The Good Natured". The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/25/new-band-good-natured. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Voerding, Brian (28 February 2011). "The Good Natured Drop Out to Tune In – Top 100 Acts at SXSW 2011". Spinner. AOL. http://www.spinner.com/2011/02/28/the-good-natured-sxsw-top100/. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c Strange, Francesca (4 May 2010). "The Good Natured : Interview". For The Record. http://www.4ortherecord.com/The-Good-Natured-Interview.html. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c Von Pip, Andy (2 June 2010). "Fire And Ice-The Good Natured Interview". The Von Pip Musical Express. http://vonpipmusicalexpress.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/the-good-natured-interview/. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  6. ^ a b c Harrison, Suzy (2010). "Push to Fire Interview: The Good Natured". Push to Fire. http://www.pushtofire.com/thegoodnatured.html. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  7. ^ Cypherle, Jacob (7 February 2011). "Interview with The Good Natured and OOTD.". Chromatist. http://chromatist.blogspot.com/2011/02/interview-with-good-natured-and-ootd.html. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  8. ^ Hollywood Q (15 October 2010). "Maroon Cafe Exclusive….. Interview with The Good Natured". The Maroon Cafe. http://www.cafemaroon.com/cafe-interviews/maroon-cafe-exclusive-interview-with-the-good-natured/. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  9. ^ "Warriors – EP by The Good Natured". iTunes Store UK. Apple Inc.. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/warriors-ep/id303845688. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  10. ^ a b Aarong, David (13 May 2010). "The Good Natured – Your Body is a Machine". Audio Drums. http://www.audiodrums.com/2010/05/13/the-good-natured-your-body-is-a-machine/. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  11. ^ a b Butcher, Simon (12 October 2010). "The Good Natured – Be My Animal". Q. Bauer Media Group. http://news.qthemusic.com/2010/10/the_good_natured_-_be_my_anima.html. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  12. ^ a b Preece, Rachel (27 June 2010). "The Good Natured : Interview". Matchless Magazine. http://www.janek.timedout.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=354:the-good-natured-interview&catid=41:music. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  13. ^ "Some good news (and a good song) from The Good Natured". Popjustice. 7 March 2011. http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5330&Itemid=9. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 

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