Cherubs (band)

Cherubs
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Art Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock
Years active	2003–2007
Labels	Cargo Records / VMA / Voices of Wonder
Associated acts	The Libertines, Bloc Party, The Rakes, Art Brut, The Cribs, Interpol, Ikara Colt
Members
Staale Krantz Bruland – Vocals Espen Dahl – Guitar Matthew Orchard – Guitar Jørgen Raa – Bass Glenn Fryatt – Drums
Past members
Glenn Wange – Drums and percussion

Cherubs were a five-piece band from the United Kingdom (UK) and Norway. The band comprised Staale Krantz Bruland, Espen Dahl, Matthew Orchard, Jørgen Raa and Glenn Wange. The band formed in 2003, and disbanded in September 2007.

History

The band came together in December 2003, and in a short period of time played all over the UK and abroad with bands such as The Libertines, Bloc Party, The Cribs, The Rakes, Razorlight, Maxïmo Park, The Departure, Moving Units, The Others, Art Brut and many more, as well as supporting The Libertines for their legendary reunion gig in Kent 2004.

Debut single "Hey Bunny" was out October 2004, second single was the non-album track "Club Hoola Hoop's Walls" out in February 2005. Their debut album Uncovered by Heartbeat was released 18 April 2005 on Cargo Records. The album was produced by Howard Gray^[1] and engineered by Ashley Krajewski at Apollo Control Studios. The single "A Man of No Importance" is another non-album track, and was out 15 August on CD single and ltd. edition 7". It was produced by Mercury Prize nominee producer Gareth Parton (Ikara Colt, The Go! Team, The Killers, The Futureheads, Shellac, The Breeders, Foals).

In the summer of 2005 the band played at the Wireless Festival, T in the Park^[2], and at the Reading and Leeds Festivals^[3].

In Autumn 2005, Glenn Wange informed the band he intended to leave at the end of the year to continue his studies, and he played his last gig with the band 24th November at the Barfly in London. In February 2006, Glenn Fryatt joined as the new drummer.

Cherubs' record label is the London-based Cargo Records.

The band broke up in September 2007.

There was also a Texas hardcore punk band in the 1990s also called The Cherubs on the Trance Syndicate Label. The band released two albums, Icing and Heroin Man. Trance Syndicate released an album of singles, outtakes and odds and ends after the band broke up called Short of Popular.

Discography

Albums

• Uncovered by Heartbeat (April 2005)

Singles

• "Hey Bunny" (October 2004)
• "Club Hoola Hoop's Walls" (aka "I Go to Whom I'm Dressed For") (February 2005)
• "A Man Of No Importance" (August 2005)
• "Paper Cut Moon" (February 2006)

Other appearances

• Jørgen Raa joined the band XX Teens^[4] post Cherubs.
• Espen Dahl appears on the album The Sailor Sessions by The Libertines (2005), and joined the band Stricken City post Cherubs.

References

1. ^ Howard Gray discography at Discogs.com
2. ^ T in the Park Festival line-ups
3. ^ Reading and Leeds Festival line-ups 2005
4. ^ XX Teens wikipedia

External links

• Cherubs on myspace.com