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-lsb- http://www.mumm-ra.net official website -rsb- white lies , mirrors 2000 -- 2008 , 2012 -- present columbia mumm-ra -lrb- band -rrb-
 james niall buckler gareth jennings tommy bowen `` noo '' new james arguile oli frost group_or_band indie rock , alternative rock sussex , england mumm-ra -lsb- http://www.facebook.com/pages/mumm-ra/71400281186 official page -rsb-
mumm-ra -lrb- band -rrb-

mumm-ra is an english indie rock band originally from bexhill on sea that originally consisted of vocalist , keyboard player and occasional guitarist james new , guitarists james arguile and oli frost , bassist niall buckler and gareth jennings on drums before being joined by tommy bowen in 2006 as touring keyboard and synthesizer player , who eventually in 2012 became a fully fledged member .
niall buckler formed the band in 2000 , taking their name from mumm-ra the ever-living , the main villain of the 1980s cartoon , thundercats .
they first rose to public attention when they performed with the nme awards indie rock tour alongside the automatic , the view and the horrors , and were featured in the january 2007 edition of `` nme '' as one of ten bands who were `` guaranteed to soundtrack '' 2007 .
the band released their debut album `` these things move in threes '' in 2007 , which spawned the singles `` out of the question '' `` what would steve do ? ''
and `` she 's got you high '' before entering hiatus in april 2008 .
in 2012 the band made their live return , before announcing a full comeback in 2013 with new material .
new tracks `` technicolour '' , `` your father 's son '' and `` jeremy '' were released across the year , with an 8 track ep titled `` back to the shore '' released on 17 february 2014 .
