Apartment (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Apartment


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = London, United Kingdom
Genre = Alternative rock
Years_active = 2005 — present
Label = Filthy Lucre
Fleet Street Records
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URL = [http://www.thedreamerevasive.com/dreamerevasive thedreamerevasive.com]
Current_members = David Caggiari (vocals)
Tom Gillet (bass guitar)
Davide DeSantis (guitar)
Liam Fletcher (drums)
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Apartment are a four-piece alternative rock band from London, United Kingdom. They formed in 2005 and are currently signed to Filthy Lucre and Fleet Street Records. The band have toured with The Bravery, Delays, Editors, Jimmy Eat World and British Sea Power amongst others. They have also appeared on a co-headline tour of France with The Kooks. They have shared many stages with fellow East Londoners Boy Kill Boy (hailing from Leytonstone), and Apartment have a song dedicated to their singer, Chris Peck, called 'My Brother Chris', which also happened to be their first single under Filthy Lucre. They released their debut album, "The Dreamer Evasive", in 2007. The song from the album "Fall Into Place" was also selected to be in the game 'FIFA 08', and is also available on the game's OST.

History

Apartment are: David Caggiari on Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards; Thomas Gillet on Bass; Liam Fletcher on Drums; and Davide De Santis on Guitar.

The band came together in Bethnal Green in East London, sharing loves of influential acts like Blonde Redhead, Velvet Underground, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, The Associates and Bruce Springsteen. Apartment released two early singles on Fierce Panda, "Everyone Says I'm Paranoid" and "Patience Is Proving". After these limited releases, things went quiet, as the band recorded their debut album The Dreamer Evasive, as well as setting up Fleet Street Records.

APARTMENT went on to release 7 singles and an Album, playing all over Europe and the USA, featuring at SXSW in Texas, CMJ in New York, Musexpo in Los Angeles and supporting the likes of The Killers, The Bravery, Happy Mondays, British Sea Power, Editors, Jimmy Eat World, Infadels, Towers of London, and a co-headline French tour with The Kooks.

Apartment received various critical acclaim for their debut album "The Dreamer Evasive", including one of the 'Best Albums of 2007' by NEWSWEEK magazine (US) and one of the 'Best Pop Songs of 2007' by The Times with the song Fall into Place.

Discography

Albums

ingles

External links

* [http://www.thedreamerevasive.com Official site]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/10/18/londoncalling_apartment_feature.shtml BBC London]
* [http://www.dragonpunch.co.uk/ Videos]
* [http://www.myspace.com/apartment Myspace]
* [http://www.bartolomy.com/bands Pictures]