The Accidental (band)

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The Accidental
Origin United Kingdom
Genres Folk
Labels Thrill Jockey Records
Website www.theaccidental.co.uk
Past members Stephen Cracknell
Sam Genders
Hanna Caughlin
Liam Bailey

The Accidental were a folk [1] band from the United Kingdom, made up of members of The Bicycle Thieves, Tunng and The Memory Band. [2] The band members were Stephen Cracknell of The Memory Band, Sam Genders of Tunng, Hanna Caughlin of The Bicycle Thieves and singer-songwriter Liam Bailey. [3] Other members of The Memory Band and harpist Serafina Steer also contributed. [4] Their debut album, There Were Wolves, was recorded in Cracknell's London apartment with a computer and a pair of microphones, [5] and was released by Thrill Jockey Records in April 2008.

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References

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  4. The Accidental Aren’t Quite Another Wolf Band Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
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