I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot were an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1999. The band was composed of vocalist/guitarist John Bramwell, bassist Peter Jobson and drummer Andy Hargreaves.
The band released six studio albums, and was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2010 for the album Sky at Night. The band split up in 2016, with Bramwell concentrating on a solo career.
The origin of the band name was shrouded in secrecy for the majority of the band's existence, with Bramwell stating in 2013 that the band "never said and we never will" confirm the origin of the name and joked that "If I told you, I'd have to kill you". Jobson later claimed that the name I Am Kloot was inspired by the Alan J. Pakula film Klute, and also that "I Am Kloot is a left handed card game made famous in the diaries of Jerome K. Jerome" – the rules of which are expounded in Jerome’s Three Men on the Bummel.
==Links to Peel==
Peel first played the group in March 2001 on his radio programme when he accidentally played the wrong track ('To You') of their single, 'Dark Star'. He nominated their single as one of his records of the month for March 2001 (Peel's Record Box). He would play further material from the group including two sessions recorded for his programmes. After Peel's death in 2004, it was later found out that he had a couple of their records in his Record Collection: I.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 2001-07-18. First Broadcast: 09 August 2001
*Storm Warning / Twist / Titanic / 86 TV's / Stop / Your Favourite Sky
2. Recorded: 2004-02-05. First Broadcast: 11 March 2004
*Life In A Day / This House Is Haunted / Proof / Strange Without You
==Other Shows Played==
;2001
*06 March 2001: To You (b-side 'Dark Star' single) We Love You Records (JP: 'Typically of course, I've played you the wrong side of the record I think. (laughs) I'm now in a real quandry. That is 'To You' by I Am Kloot, the b-side of 'Dark Star' and I was going to follow that you see, by playing the Grateful Dead's 'Dark Star' which, when they played live, would sometimes go on for hours, even days. But there is a single version of it and somehow I'm going to have to play you that now really, because although it doesn't make a great deal of sense, I've got no other record ready to play you. So...')
*29 March 2001: Stop (LP - Natural History) We Love You
*17 May 2001 (Radio Eins): Stop (LP - Natural History) We Love You
;2004
*14 January 2004: Here For The World (LP - I Am Kloot) Echo
*28 January 2004: A Strange Arrangement Of Colour (album - I Am Kloot) Echo
*25 February 2004: Mermaids (album - I Am Kloot) Echo
*25 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Strange Without You (CD single)' (Echo)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists