THE LODGER: Ben - singing, the guitar. Joe - the bass guitar. Bruce - the drums, singing + Tim - lap steel/2nd guitar joining the band live + occasionally Sarah - background vocals, percussion.
1. My Finest Hour 2. The Good Old Days 3. Falling Down 4. Honey 5. The Conversation 6. A Hero's Welcome 7. A Year Since Last Summer 8. An Unwelcome Guest 9. Running Low 10. Nothing Left (To Say) 11. Famous Last Words
Buy in UK - http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=300056
Buy in Germany - http://www.amazon.de/Life-Sweet-Lodger/dp/B0016420QQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1211119326&sr=8-1
Buy in USA - http://www.amazon.com/Life-Sweet-Lodger/dp/B00163LU9U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1211119362&sr=8-1
Buy in Japan - http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2684631
Our debut album "Grown-Ups" was released in the UK on Monday June 11th 2007 on Angular Records (CD/download) and in North America/Canada on Monday June 4th 2007 on Slumberland Records (CD/LP worldwide).
Tracklisting:
1. Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion / 2. Kicking Sand / 3. Getting Special / 4. You Got Me Wrong / 5. A Free Period / 6. Simply Left Behind / 7. My Advice Is On Loan / 8. Let Her Go / 9. Watching / 10. Unsatisfied / 11. The Story's Over / 12. Not So Fast / 13. Bye Bye / 14. Let's Make A Pact
The Lodger was formed inside the mind of Ben Siddall inside an LS6 bedsit.
After 3 sold-out limited 7s and touring around the UK and Europe with bands such as The Long Blondes and The Research, the group released their debut album “Grown-Ups”, produced by Alan Smyth and James Ford, in June 2007 on Angular Records in the UK, Slumberland Records in the US, Fabtone in Japan and Speak N Spell in Australia.
Critical acclaim for the album followed, particularly on the blogs; the band have featured heavily on the elbo.ws charts since the release along with heavy rotation on US college radio and other stations worldwide.
The album was voted as 62nd best of 2007 on www.amazon.com and 95th in Woxy.com's Top 97 of '07.
The Lodger completed their first tour of the USA in October 2007 and then entered the studio to record their 2nd album in November.
After touring Europe with The Long Blondes in early 2008, the group's second album "Life is Sweet" was released in May 2008.
Over the summer The Lodger are playing a couple of festivals and embark on their first tour of Japan, alongside rehearsing new songs for their third as-yet-untitled album, which they intend to record before the year is out.
DISCOGRAPHY
CD - Dance to the Radio: Leeds featuring Unsatisfied (Dance to the Radio) April 2005
7" single - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion (Dance to the Radio) May 2005
Split 7" single - Getting Special (Wrath) June 2005
CD on front of Thee Humbug Issue 3 featuring Unsatisfied (Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation) September 2005
7" single - Watching/Not So Fast (Double Dragon) December 2005
CD - What We All Want featuring You Got Me Wrong (Dance to the Radio) February 2006
7" single - Let Her Go (Angular) May 2006
CD - Blue Skies Up: Welcome to the New Pop Revolution featuring Not So Fast (Dogbox) May 2006
CD - Future Love Songs featuring Simply Left Behind (Angular) Nov 2006
CD - On the Bone Vol 1 featuring Let's Make A Pact (On the Bone) Feb 2007
Digital Download single - Kicking Sand/Centuries (Angular) Apr 2007
CD/LP - Grown-Ups (Angular/Speak N Spell/Noise Deluxe/Fabtone/Slumberland) June 2007
7" single - The Good Old Days (Bad Sneakers Records) May 2008
CD/LP - Life Is Sweet (Bad Sneakers Records/Slumberland/Noise Deluxe/Fabtone) May 2008
excellent shows in tokyo! you guys are ace!!!! thanks for coming and looking forward to having you back in japan again. have a safe flight back to UK. keep up the great work :)
Hi Lodger !! This is chicchi ! Your JAPAN TOUR's organizer ! "bluestars night" will be rock in JAPAN !
4th Anniversary bluestars night presents The Lodger Japan Tour supportd by fabtone records
2008.7.16 (wed) @Hukuoka kieth Flack ( FUKUOKA ) 2008.7.17 (thu) @Kitahorie Club Vijon ( OSAKA ) 2008.7.18 (fri) @Nagoya Club Zion ( AICHI ) 2008.7.19 (sat) @Shibuya Club Asia ( TOKYO ) 2008.7.19 (sat) @Shinjyuku Club Wire ( TOKYO ) 2008.7.20 (sun) @Shinjyuku Club Wire ( TOKYO )
The Bon Bon Club are Sushi Quatro (bass, vox), Thirsty Moore (drums,vox) and Chapatti Smith (perc, vox), although Sushi and Thirsty are better known under different names for their day job as the rhythm section of Sheffield glam-popsters The Long Blondes.
Hey guys! thanks for accepting my add, greatly appreciated. I flew over to Newcastle from N.Ireland a few weeks back and took myself out a walk around town for the night. Stumbled across a small bar you lot were playing at and i thoroughly enjoyed watching your gig. Brilliant lyrics and music. Keep up the good stuff, yous have my support all the way. Cass ♥
CHEERS FOR THE ADD,THE LODGER! HEY HEY,HOW COME U SKIP OSAKA FROM UR JAPAN TOUR?? OSAKA'S THE 2ND BIGGEST CITY IN JAPAN,U KNOW?! IS IT TO BE ANNOUNCED???...HOPE SO!x
