Tors (band)

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Tors (band)
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Tors (band)
Background information
Origin Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Genres
Years active2016–present
Labels Glassnote Records
Members
  • Matt Weedon (lead vocals, guitar)
  • Theo Weedon (guitar, backing vocals)
  • Jack Bowden (drums, piano, banjo, backing vocals)
Past members
  • Andy Humphries
  • Sam Pritchard
Website tors.band

Tors are a three-piece harmonic indie band from Devon, UK, composed of brothers Matt and Theo Weedon, and Jack Bowden.

Contents

The band released their latest EP Miracle in 2024 and have signed a deal with Glassnote Records. [1]

In June 2023, they went on a successful sold out headline tour across the UK before playing a sold out headline show at New York’s Rockwood Music Hall in July. In the middle of this, their single “Amsterdam” became BBC Radio One’s Introducing Track of the Week, making one of their dreams come true. [2] They also made it onto BBC Radio 2’s playlist and slid into the top 100 airplay in Germany.

In 2024, Tors embarked on a major 28-date arena tour of mainland Europe as main support to James Blunt. This run of shows previewed new music which was recorded in Woodstock with producer, Simone Felice (The Lumineers, Noah Kahan, Vance Joy). The tour with James Blunt saw Tors closing in on their mission to craft “intimate, personal songs written to be played in stadiums”, having also toured with Tom Walker, Duncan Laurence, X Ambassadors, Freya Ridings, John Newman, and Sam Ryder. [3]

They are set to tour the UK, the US, and mainland Europe in the Summer and Autumn of 2024.

History

The band was founded in Guildford, Surrey by brothers Theo and Matt Weedon, grandsons of influential guitarist Bert Weedon, and Jack Bowden, a drummer whom the brothers recruited via an advert on Gumtree. [4]

The band took their name from tors, a type of rock formation commonly found in Dartmoor National Park, after moving to Devon from Guildford. [5]

On 5 July 2023, it was announced that Tors had been signed to Glassnote Records. [6]

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Wilder Days
Wilder Days (Acoustic)
  • Released: 13 July 2018
  • Label: Lucky 7 Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Anything Can Happen
  • Released: 20 January 2023
  • Label: This Fiction
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Anything Can Happen (Alt Versions)
  • Released: 8 March 2023
  • Label: This Fiction
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Miracle
  • Released: 26 April 2024
  • Label: Glassnote Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Hold Me"2016Non-album singles
"Now We Fall"2017
"Merry Go Round
"Seventeen"
"Wilder Days (Acoustic)"2018
"Don't Cry"
"Don't Cry (Acoustic)"2019
"Something I Said"
"Something I Said (Acoustic)"
"Empty Hands"
"Empty Hands (Acoustic)"
"The Way That It Goes"2020
"Look at Us"
"Broken Bones"
"Sorry"
"All My Friends"
"Love Me Back"
"Don't Be Afraid"
"Love You Again"
"How It Hurts"
"Garden On The Kitchen Floor"2022
"Lonely"
"I Don't Miss You (Except For When I Do)" (feat. Lily Williams)
"Amsterdam"2023
"Miracle"
"Miracle (Piano Version)"
"Tell You"
"Happy Enough"2024
"Happy Enough (Acoustic)"
"Only For You"
"Only For You (A Capella)"
TitleYearAlbum
"Better With You"
(Müne featuring Tors)
2020Non-album single

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References

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