Biography
The past two years have been an exhilarating journey for Leeds-based quintet Ellen and the Escapades. Blending elements of folk, pop and rock, the band's distinctive and unabashedly appealing sound seems to have everyone talking. After winning 2010's Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition and playing BBC Introducing stages at both Reading and Leeds Festivals, the band have gone from strength to strength.
Ellen's dusky, enchanting vocals and strikingly well-crafted songs have already captured the attention of BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and Amazing Radio. Fans include Lauren Laverne and Steve Lamacq, and the band were recently playlisted for ten weeks on Amazing Radio. Supporting the likes of Josh T. Pearson, First Aid Kit and Paolo Nutini has brought the band's music to even bigger audiences all over the country.
Summer 2011 saw an abundant string of festival appearances for Ellen and co, including major festivals Glastonbury, Bestival and Green Man, and a range of smaller boutique festivals such as 2000 Trees, Lounge On The Farm and Winterwell. Their Green Man appearance on one of the festival's biggest stages attracted a full capacity crowd and resulted in unprecedented press attention, including hugely complimentary reviews from Clash Magazine and The Line of Best Fit.
Autumn single 'When The Tide Creeps In' hit the top spot in both the Amazon.co.uk Folk and Amazon.co.uk Rock Charts during the week of its October release, and the band's subsequent Pledge Music campaign saw them reach 100% of their target in just eight days. The next two months saw an excited band make plans towards their debut LP and take to the road for countless live dates as far apart as Exeter and Edinburgh.
Ellen and the Escapades release their highly anticipated debut album 'All The Crooked Scenes' on 16 April with Leeds and London launch parties as part of an 10 date tour of the UK.
Ellen and the Escapades are:
Ellen Smith
Jeff Schneider
Chris Quick
James Warrender
Features & Interviews
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Advent Calendar: 8th December
Day 8 of LMS's Advent Calendar
Gig Reviews
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Ellen and the Escapades
Live @ Live At Leeds 2010 on Saturday, 1st May 2010
Hope & Social
Like a Yorkshire E-Street Band having sex with David Bowie to a soundtrack of Arcade Fire
Gig History
Ellen and the Escapades has played 35 gigs in Leeds • Add a gig
- 2013-03-08 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2012-12-01 @ 26 Aire Street
- 2012-11-01 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2012-06-25 @ Oporto
- 2012-06-06 @ Oporto
- 2012-05-05 @ Holy Trinity Church
- 2012-04-15 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2012-02-15 @ Seven
- 2011-10-29 @ The Hop (Wakefield)
- 2011-10-22 @ Jumbo Records
- 2011-10-21 @ The Well
- 2011-09-18 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2011-06-13 @ Oporto
- 2011-05-18 @ Oporto
- 2011-04-16 @ Jumbo Records
- 2010-11-04 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2010-07-14 @ Nation of Shopkeepers
- 2010-05-24 @ Oporto
- 2010-05-19 @ Mine
- 2010-05-01 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2010-04-04 @ Adelphi
- 2009-12-08 @ Oporto
- 2009-11-23 @ Oporto
- 2009-11-01 @ The Library
- 2009-10-25 @ Angel's Share
- 2009-10-09 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2009-09-11 @ The Well
- 2009-06-25 @ Cockpit
- 2009-06-20 @ Leeds Metropolitan University
- 2009-05-16 @ Holy Trinity Church
- 2009-04-20 @ Oporto
- 2009-03-31 @ Brudenell Social Club
- 2009-03-13 @ Cockpit Room 3
- 2008-08-25 @ Zavvi
- 2008-08-15 @ Cardigan Arms