Katydids were an English

England

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 band

Musical ensemble

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, founded by the vocalist Susie Hug and guitarist

Guitarist

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 Adam Seymour, adding Dan James on guitar

Guitar

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, David Hunter on bass guitar

Bass guitar

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, and Shane Young on drum

Drum

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s in the late 1980s. In December 1989, NME

NME

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had commented that Katydids were one of their tips for stardom in the 1990s. NMEs list also included Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Charlatans, The Mock Turtles

The Mock Turtles

The Mock Turtles are a Manchester based indie rock band, formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester in 1985, who enjoyed some success in the early 1990s...

, Ride

Ride (band)

Ride were a British alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other...

 and The Popinjays. However, after two unsuccessful album

Album

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s, Reprise dropped Katydids and they split up.

After a long hiatus, Hug embarked on a solo career, releasing two EPs

Extended play

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 and an album

Album

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. Her husband, Adam Seymour, played with The Pretenders

The Pretenders

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shortly after Katydids broke up.

Albums

Katydids – Reprise 7599-26146-2 (1990)

1. Heavy Weather Traffic

2. Stop Start

3. Girl In A Jigsaw Puzzle

4. All Above Me

5. What Will The Angels Say?

6. Lights Out (Read My Lips)

7. Miss Misery

8. King Of The World

9. Chains Of Devotion

10. Dr. Rey

11. Growing Old

Produced by Nick Lowe

All Songs by Hug/Seymour

Shangri-la – Reprise 7599-26626-2 (1991)

1. The Boy Who's Never Found

2. Almost And Nearly

3. Slip Away

4. Many Of My Friends

5. Some Mysterious Sigh

6. Seesaw*

7. Faith To Change

8. Always*

9. Don't Think Twice

10. What's The Matter Here?

Produced by Ray Shulman (and Ian Broudie*)

All Songs by Hug/Seymour

Singles

Girl in a Jigsaw Puzzle – Reprise W9758 (1989)

1. Girl in a Jigsaw Puzzle

2. Space Where Love Was

3. Girl in a Jigsaw Puzzle (Japanese)

All Songs by Hug/Seymour

Lights Out (Read My Lips) – Reprise W9852 (1990)

1. Lights Out (Read My Lips)

2. Disappointed

3. Another August Night

4. Lights Out (Read My Lips) (Acoustic)

All Songs by Hug/Seymour

Seesaw – Reprise W0051 (1991)

1. Seesaw

2. Colour Me Gone

3. Peace Love & Understanding (Nick Lowe)

4. Seesaw (acoustic)

All Songs by Hug/Seymour (except where noted)

The Boy Who's Never Found – Reprise W0065 (1991)

1. The Boy Who's Never Found

2. Charity Power

3. Faith to Change (demo)

4. Almost and Nearly (acoustic)

All Songs by Hug/Seymour

Some Mysterious Sigh – Reprise W0082 (1992)

1. Some Mysterious Sigh (remix edit)

2. Forever Untold

3. Some Mysterious Sigh (acoustic)

4. Some Mysterious Sigh (remix)

All Songs by Hug/Seymour