- Wave Pictures
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Wave Pictures
|right|100px|David Tattersall, The Wave Pictures, End of the Road Festival 2007
Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 1998+
Origin =Wymeswold ,England
Genre =Alternative rock
Label =Moshi Moshi
Current_members = David Tattersall
Franic Rozycki
Jonny Helm|The Wave Pictures are an English rock band consisting of David Tattersall (vocals and guitar), Franic Rozycki (bass guitar) and Jonny Helm (drums).Background
The band has its origins in a group called Blind Summit, which David and Franic formed with Hugh Noble in
Wymeswold , nearLoughborough inLeicestershire , in1998 . The band changed its name to the Wave Pictures and Hugh was eventually permanently replaced by Jonny Helm. They recorded and self-released a string of albums before settling inLondon ."
The Guardian " has described their work as "charming, witty pop songs shot through withJonathan Richman 's gawky glee and Suede's doomed provincial romanticism... They owe a certain debt toThe Smiths , and Tattersall hasMorrissey 's knack of marrying the ridiculous and the sublime". [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/mar/14/popandrock]The band is closely linked to artists
Darren Hayman (formerly of Hefner),Herman Dune ,Jeffrey Lewis andthe Mountain Goats , all of whom they have collaborated with live and on record. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gcfpxqydldhe~T1]Discography
Albums
*"Just Watch Your Friends Don't Get You"
*"More Street, Less TV"
*"Streets of Philadelphia" (2003) (as André Herman Düne and David Tattersall)
*"The Airplanes at Brescia" (2004)
*"The Hawaiian Open Mic Night" (2005)
*"Catching Light: The Songs of André Herman Düne" (2006)
*"Sophie" (2006)
*"Instant Coffee Baby" (2008)ingles/EPs
*"We Dress Up Like Snowmen"/"Now You Are Pregnant" (2007)
*"I Love You Like a Madman" (2008)
*"Strange Fruit for David" (2008)
*"Just Like a Drummer" (2008)Compilation appearances
*"This Town Ain't Big Enough for the 22 of Us" (2006)
References
External links
* http://www.wavepictures.com
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