Tompaulin

Tompaulin were an indie pop band formed in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1999, and named after the Northern Irish poet, critic, and lecturer Tom Paulin.
The band initially comprised Stacey McKenna (vocals), Simon "Tap" Trought (guitar), Jamie Holman (vocals/guitar/words), and Ciaron Melia (drums), although the line-up changed several times with other members including Amos Memon (drums), Katie Grocott (bass), Giles Cooke (banjo/guitar), and Lee Davies (keyboards). 
The band released five singles on the Action Records, Track & Field, and Ugly Man labels, before the release of their debut album, The Town and the City in 2001. The album was called "amazingly self-assured, confident and among the best releases of 2001" by Flakmagazine. The band were often compared to Belle & Sebastian, and their music was described by Kitty Empire in the NME as "equal parts beguiling and entertaining", while The Times described them as "exactly the right balance between grim reality and the chord sequences that lift you out of it". A further single followed on Track & Field in 2002, and the band went on to release two further albums on the label before splitting up.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played the band's debut single in 1999 and would play further material from the group including two sessions recorded for his programmes between 2000 and 2001. In 2001, Peel nominated their single, My Life As A Carcrash, as one of his singles of the month for July 2001 (Peel's Record Box). However, after 2001, he seemed to have lost interest in the group and nominated their label (Track & Field Organisation) at that time, as Label Of The Month for August 2002.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 2000-06-11. First Broadcast: 22 November 2000
*North / My Life At The Movies / Second Rate Republic / Slender
2. Recorded: 2001-09-02. First Broadcast: 20 November 2001
*My Life As A Carcrash / Since Yesterday / Short Affairs / The Boy Hairdresser
==Other Shows Played==
;1999
*25 November 1999: 'Ballad Of The Bootboys (7")' (Action)
*25 November 1999 (Radio Eins): Ballad Of The Bootboys (7") Action
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*24 July 2001: My Life As A Car Crash (EP - Vet Sounds) Fierce Panda
*31 July 2001: My Life As A Car Crash (EP - Vet Sounds) Fierce Panda
*19 August 2001 (BBC World Service): My Life As A Car Crash (v/a 2x7" - Vet Sounds) Fierce Panda
*23 August 2001 (Radio Eins): My Life As A Car Crash (v/a 2x7" - Vet Sounds) Fierce Panda
*30 August 2001: My Life As A Car Crash (Vet Sounds EP) Fierce Panda (JP: 'One of the tracks of the year, I'd say, that one.')
*30 August 2001 (Radio Eins): My Life As A Car Crash (v/a 2x7" - Vet Sounds) Fierce Panda
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists