Underground Railroad | |
Background: | group_or_band |
Origin: | Paris, France |
Genre: | Alternative rock, experimental rock, post-punk, indie rock |
Years Active: | 2003–present |
Label: | One Little Indian Records[1] |
Website: | MySpace.com |
Current Members: | Raphael Mura Marion Andrau J.B. Ganivet |
Underground Railroad are a French post-punk band based in London, England. The band are on independent label One Little Indian Records and have released three albums, Twisted Trees (2007), Sticks and Stones (2008) and White Night Stand (2011), as well as an EP, Pick the Ghost... in 2009. They toured promoting both their first two albums in the UK, and the rest of Europe, from 2007 to 2009.
They have been featured in the NMEs "Radar" and Q magazine's "QPM show", and been played on the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1. They also featured on the BBC Introducing Stage at 2008 Reading and Leeds Festival.
The band's members are Raphael Mura on drums and vocals, Marion Andrau on guitar and vocals, with JB Ganivet on bass guitar and backing vocals.Cello player Anna Scott played on their third album White Night Stand, and joins the band on occasional tour dates.
Year | Album information | Chart positions | ||||
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2007 | Twisted Trees
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2008 | Sticks and Stones
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2011 | White Night Stand
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Date | Single | Backed with | Record label | Format | Other details | |
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2007 | "Watch and Play" | "Headache" | One Little Indian | 7" single | 1000 copies | |
2008 | "Sticks and Stones" | "Homeless town" | One Little Indian | 7" single | 1000 copies | |
2008 | "25" | "N.Y.C (Money Money)" | One Little Indian | 7" single | 1000 copies | |
2008 | "Kill Me Now (Or You Never Will)" | "Breakfast" | One Little Indian | 7" single | 1000 copies | |
2009 | Pick the Ghost... (EP) | "Homeless Town" / "Monday Morning" / "Breakfast" / "Lots of Cars" | One Little Indian | CD EP | 1000 copies | |
2011 | "Russian Doll" (radio edit) | "Russian Doll" (full version) / "The Orchid's Curse" | One Little Indian | Digital | ||
2011 | "Ginkgo Biloba" | "Lucky Duck Idealise" (acoustic) | One Little Indian | Digital | ||
2011 | "8 Millimetres" | "Pick the Ghost" (acoustic) | One Little Indian | Digital | ||