Comprising Dean Tzenos (guitar), Dan Workman (vocals), Lee Stringle (bass), Ryan Roantree (drums), the origins of the band are rooted in 2003, when friends Dean and Dan began collaborating together. Building on a shared musical affinity, they jammed and rehearsed as a three piece utilising several different drummers for the first year, before deciding to rent a townhouse to write and record an album entirely by themselves. From start to finish, that process took over a year, with the pair of them seeing very little sunlight.

Once recorded, the fruit of their labours was burnt to disc and circulated, and following a spate of label interest culminating in their signing to FatCat, they decided to flesh out the line-up, began playing shows, and set about recording their debut album proper. A record very much informed by their earlier recordings, but sounding fresh and revitalised, ‘Ten Kens’ is very much informed by a collective drive and ambition, and firmly places them in the realm of their contemporaries, recalling the likes of Liars, Black Mountain, Black Heart Procession and Arcade Fire.