Biography
télégramme are Andrew Hurley, Christopher Jones, Danny Law and Faye Elizabeth Smith. Andrew, Chris and Danny were originally members of another female-fronted band called Needless Alley. Sadly they split in 2006 and the band went their separate ways. Yearning for more music in their lives they searched the small ads and came across Faye in the autumn of 2006. After an intense period writing new material to fit Faye’s unique voice the band started gigging again at Christmas 2006. They have since steadily built up a loyal local following in the West Midlands and from spring 2008 have started to feel their way further afield in England playing at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford, the Hope and Anchor in London as well as gigs in Preston, Brighton, Derby, Coventry and Rugby. The band have signed a one-off single release deal for November with End of the Trail Records and are featuring in a free compilation CD of the best unsigned sounds of summer 2008 released by Catcutter Records. télégramme plan a UK tour in spring 2009.
That coldly describes the facts, but …. who and what are télégramme?
When the right people interact and explore music there grows a heightened sense of emotion and understanding of sound. Each individual has deep rooted ideas of how something should sound and together they destroy it bit by bit and recreate it. Making noise is the most important thing in the lives of all télégramme members. But télégramme are more than just the four members of the band. télégramme are also the people who follow them around, the people who listen, and the talented musicians that they share stages with. télégramme are passion and télégramme are emotion……
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