Ugly (UK) | |
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Origin | Cambridge, UK |
Genres | |
Years active | 2016 | –present
Members | Samuel Goater Harrison Jones Tom Lane Harry Shapiro Jasmine Miller-Sauchella Theo Guttenplan |
Past members | Charlie Wayne Brodie Weir |
Website | uglyofficialuk |
Ugly (UK) is a London-based six-piece British art rock band from Cambridge formed in 2016. [1] [2] [3] The group has performed with and likened to Black Country, New Road and Lime Garden. [4] Unlike contemporaries, Ugly boasts folk music instrumentation and rich and dramatic vocal harmonies. [5] [6] Their music has been described as art rock, post rock and experimental, while musical influences include choral music and music of the '60s and '70s. [3] [7] Their sound has also been compared to Mars Volta, Everything Everything and Adult Jazz. [8]
Original band members included guitarists Samuel Goater and Harrison Jones, drummer Charlie Wayne and bassist Brodie Weir, who met each other in college in Cambridge. [9] [10]
The band underwent a time of self-reflection in 2022, and changed their sound from a grittier, post-rock feel to an ensemble and vocal driven approach. [10]
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