Paul Hawkins (musician)

Paul Hawkins (musician)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences


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Origin = England
Genre = Anti-folk
post punk
outsider music
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Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who is a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas and Dot Allison guitarist Ian Button (also formerly of the Thrashing Doves).

His debut album "The Misdiagnosis of Paul Hawkins" was released on AFUK Records in 2006. He has received UK national airplay on Radio 1 with his songs "I'll Be Getting a Divorce for Christmas", "I Fell in Love With a Moment in Time", "The Bigger Bone" and "You Can't Make Somebody Love You" and appeared on compilations for Cherryade Records, Jezus Factory Records and AFUK Records.

Live, Paul is regularly backed by Thee Awkward Silences, a collective of musicians including, amongst others, Ian Button, Tom Mayne (David Cronenberg's Wife), Alex Templeton-Ward (The Beat Maras), Niall Spooner-Harvey, Sarah Boweman, Kate Arnold and Lawrence of lunchrabia, Buz, Kuning. The band are renowned for anarchic live shows featuring costumes, cuddly toys, flowers and handcuffs.

ingles

* "The Evil Thoughts" (Split 7" with L'il Lost Lou) (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
* "The Bigger Bone" (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
* "I Believe in Karma" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
* "Don't Blind Me With Science" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
* "You Can't Make Somebody Love You" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)
* "The Battle Is Over" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)

Albums

* "The Misdiagnosis of Paul Hawkins" (AFUK Records - 2006)
* "We Are Not Other People" (Jezus Factory Records - 2008)

Compilation Tracks

* "I'll Be Getting a Divorce for Christmas" on "A Very Cherry Christmas Volume 2" (Cherryade Records - 2006)
* "I Fell in Love With a Moment in Time" on "Welcome Back to the Jezus Factory" (Jezus Factory Records - 2007)
* "I Like It When You Call Me Doctor" on "AFUK & I" (AFUK Records - 2007)

External links

* [http://www.antifolk.co.uk Website of the UK antifolk scene]
* http://www.timeout.com/london/features/1971.html - Time Out London article about the UK antifolk scene which talks about Paul Hawkins along with other artists
* [http://indiefolkforever.blogspot.com/2006/10/anglo-file-paul-hawkins-and-thee.html indiefolkforever profile]
* [http://www.paulhawkinsmusic.co.uk Official website]


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