This City (band)

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This City
Origin Brighton, England
Genres
Years active
  • 2006–2010
Members
  • Chris Purr
  • Grant Coleman
  • Arran Day
  • George Travis
  • Nick Burdett

This City are an English nu rave and emo band from Brighton. [1] [2] Original drummer Jason Adelinia left to join the Pipettes in 2007 prior to a profile by The Guardian's Paul Lester. The band played Latitude Festival 2008, Redfest 2008, and supported the band "A"'s 10-date UK tour in December 2009.

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This City appeared on the Orange unsignedAct competition in 2007, but withdrew due to artistic differences. [3] In March that year they performed a live session for BBC Radio 1 on the Huw Stephens show, and in September the single "Romantic"/"With Loaded Guns" peaked at number 26 on the UK Independent Singles Chart. [4] [5] The band released the album We Were Like Sharks in 2009, which according to critic Emily Mackay, writing for the NME, gave "a fresh take on the genre by making music we can also move to". [6]

Discography

Singles

Albums

References

  1. ↑ Lester, Paul (2 August 2007). "No 156: This City". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Myers, Ben (September 2007). "This City". UK Festivals Guide. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Catling, Simon Jay (19 October 2009). "This City We Were Like Sharks". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 10 August 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Huw Stephens". BBC . 29 March 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 "THIS CITY songs and albums". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  6. 1 2 Mackay, Emily (26 October 2009). "Album review: This City – 'We Were Like Sharks'". NME.
  7. ↑ "Music Reviews". Brighton Source. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "We Were Like Sharks - RockHard". Rock Hard (magazine) . 20 October 2009.


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