Tender Trap

Tender Trap are an indie pop/twee pop band, based in London (UK), formed in 2001 by three of the five members of Marine Research - Amelia Fletcher, Rob Pursey, and John Downfall. Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey were previously in the twee pop band Heavenly, and some have seen Tender Trap as representing a return to the pop aesthetic of that earlier band.
After a quiet 2007–2008, Tender Trap reformed at the beginning of 2009 as a five piece, with additional members Elizabeth Morris (also in Allo Darlin') on guitar and vocals and Katrina Dixon (formerly of Police Cat, Sally Skull and The Garden City Project) on drums and vocals. They performed on the main stage at Indietracks festival in Derbyshire in July 2009 and the indoor stage in July 2010. Elizabeth Morris left to concentrate on Allo Darlin' in August 2010 and Emily Bennett (Betty And The Werewolves) joined the following month on guitar and vocals
As of 2014, the band is on indefinite hiatus, and Fletcher and Pursey now perform as The Catenary Wires.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played the band's previous incarnations, including Talulah Gosh, Heavenly and Marine Research on his shows throughout the decades. Tender Trap's debut album, Film Molecules, was voted by Peel as one of his albums of the month for August 2002 (Peel's Record Box).
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
* 2012 Festive Fifty: MBV #08
== Shows Played ==
;2002
*thumb|330x330px12 June 2002 (Radio Mafia): Oh Katrina (7") Fortuna Pop!
*27 June 2002 (Radio Eins): Oh Katrina (7") Fortuna Pop!
*04 July 2002: 'Oh! Katrina (7")' (Fortuna Pop!)
*06 July 2002 (BBC World Service): Oh Katrina (7") Fortuna Pop!
*08 August 2002: 'Emma (LP - Film Molecules)' (Fortuna POP!)
*10 September 2002: Brown Eyes (LP - Film Molecules) Fortuna Pop!
*19 September 2002 (Radio Eins): Chemical Reaction (album - Film Molecules) Fortuna Pop!
*03 October 2002: 'Face Of 73 (CD-Film Molecules)' (Fortuna Pop!)
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Bandcamp
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