Kid Harpoon is an English singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 and musician

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Career

Originally hailing from Chatham, Kid Harpoon began to play live locally at venues such as The Tap & Tin and Command House. He became more and more well known locally and featured on the Urban Fox Press compilation CDs on which early recordings of Fathers and Sons and Tunnels were aired. He relocated to Holloway

Holloway, London

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, North London

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, to pursue his music and became a regular at local venue Nambucca.

The first official release of Kid Harpoons's career was the "Riverside" single, released on 7 inch and CD on independent label Brikabrak in 2006. The single, which featured the b-side "It's Time", received acclaim from NME and particularly Drowned in Sound

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 . The follow-up to this, The First EP, was released on 22 October 2007 on vinyl and on CD. The Second EP was released on 18 February 2008, again on both formats.

Band

Kid Harpoon's band are The Powers That Be, which comprises Clayton Boothroyd and Tom Bonner (who both previously played with Tom Hull in the band Fuzz), as well as Jon Jackson, Florian Lunaire, and Mr. Squeaky, as named on their MySpace

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 page. As of early 2007, they have begun joining Kid Harpoon for live performances and reworking old demos with the full band as well as recording new songs. They have been introduced by Kid Harpoon via a short YouTube

YouTube

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 clip entitled "Powers That Be meets Hollywood". Kid Harpoon released his debut album "Once" in 2009 through Young Turks. Kid Harpoon has also supported The Kooks

The Kooks

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 on their 2008 UK Tour.

LPs

"Once" - 2009 (Young Turks)

1. Stealing Cars
2. Colours
3. Back From Beyond
4. Buried Alive
5. Burnt Down House
6. Flowers By The Shore
7. Once
8. Hold On
9. Running Through Tunnels
10. Death Of A Rose
11. Marianna
12. Childish Dreaming

EPs

The Second EP – 18 February 2008, Young Turks (Record Label)

Young Turks (record label)

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– CD and vinyl.

1. "Riverside" – 4:11
2. "Fathers and Sons" – 3:04
3. "Suicide Grandad?" – 3:16
4. "Her Body Sways" – 3:15
5. "In The Dark" – 3:11
6. "Lay of the Land" – 3:42

The First EP – 22 October 2007, Young Turks – CD and vinyl.

1. "Milkmaid" – 3:06
2. "57" – 1:41
3. "As It Always Was" – 2:40
4. "Aeroplanes & Neon Lights" – 3:41
5. "Small Town War" – 3:02
6. "The Water" (demo) – 2:27

Singles

"The River, The Ocean, The Pearl." – 26 June 2006, Brikabrak Records – CD and vinyl. Limited to 500 copies, with a few signed vinyls also made available.

1. "Riverside"
2. "It's Time"

External links

• Kid Harpoon Interview on Kruger Magazine Website
• Young Turks
• XL Recordings