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Thumpers are the week's New Favourite Band

Thumpers join Steve as his New Favourite Band, plus he has a Midweek Mind Tease and another selection of cracking music.

Wednesday sees Thumpers join Steve as this week's New Favourite Band. Thumpers is the work of childhood friends Marcus Pepperell and John Hamson Jr. whose shared memories provide the inspiration for their alt-pop imaginings. Both buoyant and lush, the London based band combine layered androgynous vocals with muscular drums, astral synths and shimmering guitars in a celebration of the breathless sensations of youth and coming of age.
Friends since the age of 11 and playing in bands together since their teens, the two reignited their musical bond again in early 2011. Initially exchanging ideas over long distance correspondence, they used breaks from travel and other projects for intensive, marathon recording sessions. Retreating to the familiar surroundings of their hometown, they worked intuitively and resourcefully in utilizing every means at their disposal (with siblings occasionally joining in on the recording process) with the sole objective of producing great recordings touched by a transcendental jubilance and vague air of the otherworldly.
They chat with Lammo after 5pm.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 30 Jan 2013 16:00

Music Played

  • Faith No More

    We Care A Lot

    • Sony Music TV.
  • Bat for Lashes

    A Wall

    • Parlophone.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    Empty Souls

  • The History of Apple Pie

    See You

  • Marvin Gaye

    Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

    • Motown.
  • The Godfathers

    I Can't Sleep Tonight

  • The Higsons

    Conspiracy

  • Graham Coxon

    Freakin' Out

    • Transcopic Records.
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Jubilee Street

    • Bad Seed Ltd.
  • The Book of Changes

    I Stole The Good Year Blimp

  • M.I.A.

    It Takes A Muscle

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
    • 1.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Gimme Shelter

    • ABKCO/London.
  • Richard Hell & Voidoids

    Blank Generation

    • Polygram TV.
  • David Bowie

    Where Are We Now?

  • The The & Jools Holland

    Uncertain Smile

    • Epic.
  • Literature Thieves

    They Say

  • Ice Cube

    It Was a Good Day

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Fourth And Broadway.
  • Darwin Deez

    Free (The Editorial Me)

    • Lucky Number.
  • Foxygen

    San Francisco

    • JAGJAGUWAR.
  • The Verve

    Lucky Man

    • Virgin/Emi/Polygram.
  • Night Beds

    Ramona

    • Dead Oceans.
  • THUMPERS

    Dancing's Done

    • Paradyse Records.
  • Simple Minds

    Glittering Prize

    • VIRGIN.
  • Killing Joke

    Love Like Blood

    • Polygram TV.
  • The Cribs

    Leather Jacket Love Song

    • Wichita Recordings.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Uptight (Everything's Alright)

    • Motown.
  • Seasfire

    Falling

    • Too Pure Singles Club.
  • The Pogues

    If I Should Fall From Grace (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1986)

  • Grandmaster & Melle Mel

    White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

    • Island.
  • Manja & The Maytrons

    Fabulous Drones

  • Roxy Music

    Do The Strand

    • Virgin.
  • Depeche Mode

    Heaven

    • COLUMBIA.
  • Shop Assistants

    All Day Long

    • subway.
  • Sweet Baboo

    Let's Go Swimming Wild

    • MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Think

    • Dino.
  • Suede

    Barriers

    • Warner Music.
  • Mama Rosin

    Sorry Ti Monde

Broadcast

  • Wed 30 Jan 2013 16:00