Animal Kingdom are an Indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from South London

South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The band signed with Warner Records in 2008. The following year they released their debut album, Signs and Wonders.

Their single " Tin Man" was "iTunes

ITunes

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 Free Single of the Week" for the week of September 28.

In 2009 they supported Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow...

's Take Back the Cities Tour on a number of dates. These included playing The O2 arena (London)

The O2 arena (London)

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 and the ITunes Festival#2009 on 5 July.

Animal Kingdom has been named "iTunes Best New Alternative Artist of 2009".

They have been on various tours since January 2009.

Animal Kingdom were originally known as 'The Sofa Club'.

Band members

• Richard Sauberlich - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Wayne Yardley - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Hamish Crombie - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Geoff Lea - drums

Albums

Year	Title	Label	Chart peaks
			US 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
2009	Signs and Wonders	Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...	—

Singles

• "Chalk Stars" - 2009
• "Tin Man" - 2009
• "Two by Two" - 2010
• "Signs and Wonders" - 2010