The People The Poet
There are fewer more accurately named bands than The People The Poet.
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Leon Stanford (Vocals), Tyla Campbell (Guitar), Lewis Roswell (Drums), Pete Mills (Bass Guitar), Greta Isaac.
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Their 2013 debut album. 'The Narrator', took emotive stories submitted by their fans, about a range of subjects from fatherhood and body image to fighting cancer, and brought a great poetry – both lyrical and musical – to these very personal vignettes.
The songs are stirring, echoing Springsteen and Counting Crows. They are also very much a product of their home in the South Wales valleys, characterised by a defiant, melodic and anthemic rock surge that follows a different path through their communities to the likes of Kids in Glass Houses and The Blackout, but has equal resonance and an equal potential to lift massive audiences globally.
(Written by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Wales presenter Adam Walton)