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the notes

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‘The Notes’ formed in March 2010 whilst studying at university in Southampton, although they are originally from London and Essex.  Sam and Aaron are studying Popular Music and Record Production and Lauren is studying English. The songs were written and recorded in a short space of time in Sam and Lauren’s living room with Lauren writing the lyrics and singing, Sam writing the guitar, bass, drum and synthesizer parts of the songs, and Aaron was later recruited as a bassist for the band.  Despite being together as a band for only a short time, they have known each other for 3 years.  In this time Sam and Lauren informally made songs, and Aaron and Sam were part of other musical. Prior to this Lauren had been involved in creative writing for many years and Sam and Aaron had both been involved in separate bands.

The songs were uploaded to Myspace only a couple of days after they were written and recorded, and within an hour Holiday Records arranged a release of their single ‘Those Days, Those Nights’ and its B-side ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ for the following day.  This attracted a lot of attention for the band, and they were soon featured on internet blogs and their songs had hundreds of plays on Myspace each day.  They have now written and recorded nine songs and are currently practising for live performances starting from May 2010.

The band has diverse influences, both literary and musical.  These include The Velvet Underground, The Sonics, Joy Division, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Orange Juice, OMD, and The Birthday Party.  Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Charlotte Bronte and Robert Browning are some of the literary influences on the band.