Breton (band)

Breton is an English band from London.

Bandmembers Roman Rappak and Adam Ainger began playing together around 2007, but the full group did not coalesce until several years later. They envisioned themselves as a multimedia artist collective, working from a former a former NatWest bank building in Elephant and Castle which they dubbed Breton Labs.^[1] The group released three extended plays and did remixes for artists such as Tricky, Alt J, The Temper Trap, Lana Del Rey and Local Natives.^[2] The group signed to Fatcat Records in 2011 and released their debut full-length, Other People's Problems, early the following year.^[3]

For much of 2012-2013 the band played around Europe while writing material in preparation of a follow-up. As their own studios had been earmarked for demolition, the five-piece moved to Berlin to record the new album.^[4] They set up their own label and signed with Believe Recordings (UK) and released the singles 'Envy' and 'Got Well Soon' by the end of 2013. In early February 2014 the album War Room Stories appeared.

Band members

Current

• Roman Rappak (vocals/guitar)
• Adam Ainger (drums)
• Ian Patterson (beats)
• Daniel McIlvenny (bass)
• Ryan McClarnon (visuals)

Former

• Alex Wadey

Discography

Albums

• Other People's Problems (Fat Cat Records, 2012)
• War Room Stories (Cut Tooth / Believe Recordings, 2014)

EPs

• Practical EP (Strange Torpedo, 2010)
• Sharing Notes EP (BretonLabs, 2010)
• Counter Balance EP (Hemlock Recordings, 2011)
• Blanket Rule EP (2012)
• Escalation EP (BretonLabs, 2013)
• Force of Habit EP (Cut Tooth / Believe Recordings, 2013)

Singles

• Edward the Confessor (Fat Cat Records, 2011)
• Interference (Fat Cat Records, 2012)
• Jostle (Fat Cat Records, 2012)
• Population Density (Fat Cat Records, 2012)
• Remixed 12" (Fat Cat Records, 2013)
• Got Well Soon (Cut Tooth / Believe Recordings, 2013)
• Envy (Cut Tooth / Believe Recordings, 2013)

References