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Brigadier Ambrose

Brigadier Ambrose are an alternative- pop band from Chatham, England.

History

Brigadier Ambrose was formed in 2006 when David Goggin, Matthew Boorman and Daniel Boorman began recording songs they had written at Goggin's house in Chatham. The band was completed when Goggin met Karl Butler through a university friend, and the foursome began rehearsing and writing in a studio in Maidstone, Kent. The first year was spent playing low key gigs in the Medway Towns, until a demo of the track Police made it onto Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone show on BBC Six Music.

The band's first single, the Pavement influenced How Popular You Are, was recorded with Jim Riley in Ranscombe Studios in Chatham in 2007. This was independently released on the band's own label (Brigadier Records) in April of that year. The single was supported by Phill Jupitus and Huw Stephens and charted in several independent music charts. The band were then invited to record a Maida Vale session for BBC Radio One and followed this up with a small tour of England, a highlight being the Latitude Festival (travelling to which some of the band were involved in a motorway crash with a juggernaut).

Brigadier Ambrose rounded off their debut year by recording and releasing a Christmas single, Decembered, which was nominated for single of the week on Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie's BBC Radio Two show. It was released on December 10, 2007.

Members

  • David Goggin – guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Matthew Boorman – piano, organ, keyboards, vocals
  • Daniel Boorman – bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Karl Butler – drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals

Discography

Singles

  • How Popular You Are (April 2007, Brigadier)
  • Decembered (December 2007, Brigadier)
  • Mrs Peel We're Needed (April 2008, Brigadier)
  • Police/There Has Been A Murder In Nasons (September 2008, Brigadier)

External links

Category: 2000s music groups Category: Indie pop groups Category: Musical groups established in 2006 Category: Twee pop groups

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