Childhood (band)

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Childhood
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Childhood at Rhythms of the World Festival, Hitchin 2014
Background information
Origin Nottingham, England [1]
Genres Indie pop, lo-fi, indie rock
Years active2010-2018
Labels Marathon Artists / House Anxiety
Past membersBen Romans-Hopcraft
Leo Dobsen
Jonny Williams
Max Danieli-Fantin
Thomas "Tomaski" Fiquet
Chris O'Driscoll
Daniel Ajegbo
Daniel Salamons

Childhood were an English rock band, formed in 2010 in Nottingham by South Londoners Ben Romans-Hopcraft and Leo Dobsen while studying at the University of Nottingham. [2]

Contents

The duo first gained attention after uploading a couple of demos online. [3] After recruiting bassist Daniel Salamons and drummer Daniel Ajegbo, the band gigged around Nottingham before signing to Marathon Artists / House Anxiety and released their debut single Blue Velvet in October 2012. Following the departure of Daniel Ajegbo and re-basing themselves in South London, the band recruited Jonny Williams and released second single Solemn Skies on 10 June 2013. [4] [5] The single was produced by Rory Attwell, formerly of Test Icicles. [6]

The band released their debut album Lacuna on 11 August 2014. Produced by Dan Carey, the album was preceded by the single Falls Away in June.

On 24 April 2015, the band revealed that Thomas Fiquet was now the band's bass player - despite updating the band's lineup information on their Facebook page, the band never announced or commented on the departure of Daniel Salamons. [7] [8]

On 21 July 2017, the band released their second album Universal High. The album was preceded by single 'Californian Light' in April 2017 and second single "Cameo" in June 2017. [9] [10] Recorded the previous summer in Atlanta, USA at Maze Studios with Ben H Allen III, the album was less collaborative than their debut, with Romans-Hopcraft admitting that although he "would never call it a solo project" that "for this record, we all tried to collaborate and it never really worked, so it ended up coming from this one funnel – then everyone added their own thing". [11]

The band quietly disbanded in 2018, with Romans-Hopcraft going on to play bass with Insecure Men and Warmduscher. [12] He is also currently working on a new project with Sean Lennon producing. [13]

Original bassist Daniel Salamons continues to work as a session player. The band's second bassist Thomas Fiquet has gone on to join Swim Deep. [14]

Discography

Singles

YearTitleFormatReleasedTracks
2012Blue VelvetDigital
7" vinyl		19 October 2012"Blue Velvet"
"Bond Girls"
2013Solemn SkiesDigital
10" vinyl 		10 June 2013"Solemn Skies"
"Semester"
"Solemn Skies (Sonic Boom Remix)"
2014Falls AwayDigital2 June 2014"Falls Away"
2017Californian LightDigital27 April 2017"Californian Light"
2017CameoDigital28 June 2017"Cameo"

Albums

YearTitleFormatReleasedLabel
2014 Lacuna Digital
CD
12" vinyl 		11 August 2014Marathon Artists
2017 Universal High Digital
CD
12" vinyl 		21 July 2017Marathon Artists

Former Members

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  9. ↑ "Childhood's "Californian Light" Video Is A Love Letter to the People of South London; The Fader". thefader.com. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Childhood Announce New Album 'Universal High'; Clash Magazine". clashmusic.com. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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  12. ↑ "Insecure Men: Insecure Men review – slacker supergroup find redemption in pop | Alexis Petridis' album of the week". TheGuardian.com . 22 February 2018.
  13. ↑ ""It Feels Like a Privilege!" Sean Ono Lennon on Assisting with His Father's Legacy". 17 May 2021.
  14. ↑ ""We'd lost a lot of direction and faith in ourselves..." - Swim Deep talk finding themselves again on new album Emerald Classics".
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