Exploding Falafel

Exploding Falafel are a Techno band formed by lead vocalist Tameka Brown and are originally from Yuma, Arizona in 2008 but moved to Birimingham, United Kingdom in 2009 and before their first official single in 2010 release despite having written a large amount of material.
=History=
==Formation and Writing Material (2008)==
In 2009, Tameka Brown, Joshua Davies, Iain D'Acampo, Yosef Ricks and Harry Parks formed a band in Yumi, Arkansas for fun, but after a month or so of working together they "discovered what talents were at hand, and grabbed the bull with both horns".After practising and writing together, by the end of 2008, they had written five songs in total, and a band website was later created to announce new singles, albums and tour dates for the band. The five original songs created by the band are as follows.
Song Title 	Writers 	Date Written	
Crack Down 	Davies, D'Acampo 	17/05/2008 	
7 	Davies, D'Acampo, Ricks	03/07/2008 	
Shopping Spree 	Davies, Ricks, Parks 	21/07/2008 	
Gr-Gr-Gr-Grammar Mistake	Parks 	16/08/2008 	
English Literature 	Davies 	16/10/2008 	
==Moving to UK, Zonari Records Signing, D'Acampo's Departure and Williams' Arrival (2009)==
In 2009 after playing at several small local gigs across Arizona, Exploding Falafel came to the conclusion to start fresh in the UK after receiving complaints for "crappy singing" in clubs. After their move to the UK, Exploding Falafel were approached by a Zonari Records representative from Arizona and signed them to their label.After the signing, Brown wrote a song for their debut album called Choppy Chops on 22/03/2009, but it is rumoured that D'Acampo was the one who wrote the song. After their writing dispute between Brown and D'Acampo, Exploding Falafel decided to split, before they'd even released any material. Ricks however managed to get the band to reconcile after a month of seperation, but much to his dismay Iain D'Acampo decided to quit the band as the bass guitarist.After holding auditions in June 2010 for a new bass guitarist, Exploding Falafel came across Geraint Williams and decided to place him in the band as the guitarist and bass guitarist.
==Departures & Arrivals (2009 - )==
In September 2009, Exploding Falafel created a poll on their website, asking fans what they think their album should be entitled, and out of a possible ten options, Departures & Arrivals was to be the name of Exploding Falafel's debut album with 34% of the poll, with Poison Thimble and Friendship coming in second and third places with 25% and 17% respectively.In November, Brown reveals via Exploding Falafel's website that Exploding Falafel's Departures & Arrivals album will not be released in December as expected, due to re-recordings taking place from November to January as per Williams' arrival to the band. In December, Williams pens two new songs for the album entitled 'Tribulations' and 'What A Calamity', and are expected to be included on the album. On 17 December, 2009, Departures & Arrivals will not include the more original songs such as 'Gr-Gr-Gr-Grammar Mistakes' and 'Shopping Spree' will not include on the album, but confirmed that 'Crack Down', '7', and 'English Literature' would be included in the album, but it is unknown whether 'Choppy Chops' would be included due to the 'D'Acampo-Browngate'. On 2 January 2010, Ricks reveals two new songs entitled 'Yorkshire Tea' and 'Demolition Premonition', both penned by Ricks and Williams, but and he announced that one of the two would be on the Departures & Arrivals album.After an extensive song writing month in January, Exploding Falafel reveal on 4 February 2010 five new songs, 'Taxxxi', 'Kick Off [Footie Pt. I]', 'Half Time [Footie Pt. II]', 'Final Whistle [Footie Pt. III]' and 'Golden Goal [Footie Pt. IV]' are revealed. 'Taxxxie' was penned by Parks and Williams, whereas 'Kick Off [Footie Pt. I]', 'Half Time [Footie Pt. II]', 'Final Whistle [Footie Pt. III]' and 'Golden Goal [Footie Pt. IV]' were all penned by Ricks alone. After another week, one more song is revealed by Brown and Davies, entitled 'The Rockabilly Wave', and is described by Davies as "a pounding acid trip". In March 2010, Ffea Newton joined Exploding Falafels as the backup vocalist, and is reported to play the Viola, Violin and Cello on most singles from 2010 onwards.