This Is Seb Clarke

Infobox musical artist
Name = This is Seb Clarke
Origin = Stoke-on-Trent, England
Genre = Indie
Soul
Punk
Years_active = 2004 – present
Label = SONS Records
URL = [www.this-is-seb-clarke.co.uk]

This is Seb Clarke (TISC) are a band from Stoke-on-Trent. Their line-up comprises Hammond organ, piano, bass, drums, lead guitar, rhythm guitar and a brass section. They are named after their front-man and principal songwriter - Sebastian Clarke. [ [http://www.this-is-seb-clarke.co.uk/about.html Their website] ]

Biography

Seb started out as a solo artist playing soulful ballads with an acoustic guitar and blues harp. A tour of acoustic tents at numerous festivals culminated in a performance at T in the Park in 2004. Later that year, the line-up expanded to incorporate a bass player and drummer, but this trio rapidly grew into the twelve-piece. The band sound was getting faster, louder and more energetic and soon developed into a curious blend of Northern Soul and punk.

This in due course lead to the name “This is Seb Clarke”. As a solo artist Seb had, for obvious reasons, been billed under his own name but now the ‘act’ had very much become a band. Already, as a nod towards old Northern Soul posters, sixties Stax album cover designs and Spinal Tap the band had begun to advertise itself, with tongue firmly in cheek, as “This Is Seb Clarke”. “This is” stuck and so a solo acoustic act had officially become a full throttle, stomping twelve-piece Soul-Punk band.The band embarked on a UK headline tour, played a sell out gig at the London West End venue The Borderline as well as a performance at Guilfest which found them vote the second best band at the festival by Radio 2 after Blondie and before The Stranglers.

This is Seb Clarke’s debut album Rover, since it’s release in Summer 05, has gone on to win both critical and commercial acclaim; ‘a real quirky pleasure’ crack magazine ‘top notch’ fly mag ‘in terms of their scope, energy and artistic ambition, they deliver on every level’ spill mag. Nine main stage appearances festival appearances in the summer of 2006 and radio 1 and radio 2 airplay have won them over an expansive fan base across the UK which in turn helped propel summer single ‘Spring Morning Sunshine’ to no.12 in the indie charts. Follow up single ‘I Just Can’t Carry On’ lifted from 2nd album ‘Vox’, due for release in Summer 2008, went straight into the indie charts at no.7, a favourite of Radio 6 and Xfm, it is still gaining national airplay some 6 months after its release. Their third single "Rock 'n' Roll Alamo - pt 7" reached number 1 on the indie chart on 5th April 2008. [ [http://www.culturedeluxe.com/news_item.asp?id=3884 Culturedeluxe - News - The Indie Top 20 ] ]

Discography

Albums

* "Rover" (May 12, 2004) SONS Records #1 UK Indie Chart

* "VOX" (Summer 2008), SONS Records UK

Singles

* "Spring Morning Sunshine" (June, 2006) SONS Records #12 UK Indie Chart
* "I Just Can't Carry On" (Jan 21, 2007) SONS Records "'#7" UK Indie Chart
* "Rock 'n' Roll Alamo - pt7" (March 24, 2008) SONS Records #1 UK Indie Chart

External links

*http://www.this-is-seb-clarke.co.uk/

References