current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
paul hawkins , ian button , niall spooner-harvey david the beat maras , nosferatu d2 , fighting kites cronenberg 's wife , death in vegas , 2006 - jezus afuk records factory records audio antihero fleeing from pigeons records paul hawkins -lrb- musician -rrb-
 alex templeton-ward , david serra group_or_band post punk outsider music england paul hawkins & the awkward silences
paul hawkins -lrb- musician -rrb-

paul hawkins is a london-based author and singer-songwriter who grew up near bristol and has been a key figure in london 's antifolk scene .
he regularly records in collaboration with death in vegas and dot allison guitarist ian button -lrb- also formerly of the thrashing doves -rrb- and a 6-piece band under the name of paul hawkins & the awkward silences .
his debut album `` the misdiagnosis of paul hawkins '' was released on afuk records in 2006 -lrb- and was reissued as a digital download by free net label fleeing from pigeons in april 2009 -rrb- .
he first received uk national airplay on radio 1 with his songs `` i 'll be getting a divorce for christmas '' and his singles and tracks from the 2008 jezus factory records album `` we are not other people '' have also received radio 1 and bbc 6 music airplay .
in october 2008 the band 's first radio 1 session was broadcast .
the band have appeared on compilations for cherryade records , jezus factory records , audio antihero and afuk records .
they kicked off 2012 with resonance fm 's first live session of the year , debuting three new songs .
in 2013 , hawkins ' first book `` bad santas and other creepy christmas characters '' was published by simon & schuster uk .
