Years active 2009-2015 | Record label Branch Out Records | |
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Website www.ellenandtheescapades.com Albums All the Crooked Scenes, Of All the Times Members James Warrender, Ellen Smith, Chris Quick, Andy Calder, Jeff Schneider Similar The Travelling Band, ¡Forward - Russia!, The Crookes, Hope & Social, Paul Thomas Saunders Profiles | ||
Ellen and the Escapades are an acoustic/pop/rock band from Leeds, UK. In 2009, the band were chosen by BBC Introducing to perform at Reading Festival and Leeds Festival. The following year, Ellen and the Escapades won the Q Magazine/Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition and performed on three of the festival's main stages.
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The band receive regular national radio play from BBC 6 Music and Amazing Radio. They have often also been played on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, as well as on XFM. Ellen and the Escapades played a set on The Black Isle Brewery Grassroots Stage on Saturday 4 August at the 2012 Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival near Beauly, Invernes-shire.
In February 2015, the band announced via their Facebook page that they would be breaking up.
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This Ace I've BurnedAll the Crooked Scenes · 2012
All the Crooked ScenesAll the Crooked Scenes · 2012
When the Tide Creeps InAll the Crooked Scenes · 2012