Guillemots is a London-based avant-garde pop and indie rock band, formed in November 2004. They consist of: Fyfe Dangerfield from Birmingham on vocals, keyboards and guitar; lead guitarist mC LOrd MagRaO from Brazil, who also plays bass guitar, accordion, mandolin theremin and keyboards occasionally; Canadian Aristazabal Hawkes on double bass, electric bass, keyboards and occasionally tambourine; and Scottish percussionist Greig Stewart.
Following the 2008 release of ‘Red’ and its subsequent tour, Guillemots’ frontman Fyfe Dangerfield spent some time away from the band whilst working on and releasing his own solo album ‘Fly Yellow Moon’. The album came out in January last year and Dangerfield spent much of the year touring it. The news of these new Guillemots shows will come as great news to fans.
The band released their debut EP, I Saw Such Things in My Sleep EP, in September 2005; all 1000 copies sold out on the day of release. In January 2006, Guillemots were awarded fifth place in the BBC's Sound of 2006 list of favourite up-and-coming acts.
Their full-length debut LP, Through The Windowpane was released in July 2006, including Made-Up Lovesong #43 from the Such Things EP and other previous singles PlayTrains To Brazil and We're Here.
During the recording sessions for the album, the band recorded an EP entitled Of The Night made up of one song written by each band member. It was released via the internet on Valentine’s Day 2006 and performed live in its entirety at the BBC Electric Proms 2006, with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
