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Katydids (band)

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Years active
  
1989–1991, 2014

Active until
  
1991

Members
  
Adam Seymour

Labels
  
Reprise

Albums
  
Katydids, Shangri-La

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Past members
  
Dan James David Hunter Shane Young

Origin
  
England, United Kingdom (1989)

Genres
  
Jangle pop, Alternative rock, College rock

Similar
  
Pete Farndon, Martin Chambers, The Pretenders, James Honeyman‑Scott, Frank Sinatra

Katydids were an English band, founded by the vocalist Susie Hug and guitarist Adam Seymour, adding Dan James on guitar, David Hunter on bass guitar, and Shane Young on drums in the late 1980s. In December 1989, NME had commented that Katydids were one of their tips for stardom in the 1990s. NMEs list also included Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Charlatans, The Mock Turtles, Ride and The Popinjays. However, after two unsuccessful albums, Reprise dropped Katydids and they split up until new Katydids music surfaced in 2014.

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After a long hiatus, Hug embarked on a solo career, releasing two EPs and an album. Her husband, Adam Seymour, played with The Pretenders shortly after Katydids broke up.

The band has released two EPs on SoundCloud in 2014.

Albums

Katydids – Reprise 7599-26146-2 (1990)
  • Produced by Nick Lowe
  • All songs by Hug/Seymour
    1. "Heavy Weather Traffic"
    2. "Stop Start"
    3. "Girl in a Jigsaw Puzzle"
    4. "All Above Me"
    5. "What Will the Angels Say?"
    6. "Lights Out (Read My Lips)"
    7. "Miss Misery"
    8. "King of the World"
    9. "Chains of Devotion"
    10. "Dr. Rey"
    11. "Growing Old"
    Shangri-la – Reprise 7599-26626-2 (1991)
  • Produced by Ray Shulman (and * Ian Broudie)
  • All songs by Hug/Seymour
    1. "The Boy Who's Never Found"
    2. "Almost and Nearly"
    3. "Slip Away"
    4. "Many of My Friends"
    5. "Some Mysterious Sigh"
    6. "Seesaw" *
    7. "Faith to Change"
    8. "Always" *
    9. "Don't Think Twice"
    10. "What's the Matter Here?"

    EPs

    Meet the Katydids (2014)
  • Hug/Seymour
  • running time: 17:15
    1. "Road to Love & Luck"
    2. "Misery Love Company"
    3. "Countdown to the Sun"
    4. "This One to One"
    5. "Tell Me Why"
    Presents (2014)
  • Produced, mixed & performed by Susie Hug & Adam Seymour
  • running time: 13:31
    1. "Jingle Shake"
    2. "Silver Jingle Bells"
    3. "Bad Xmas"
    4. "Glistening"
    5. "Winter Snow is Falling"
    6. "Calling Time"

    Singles

    All songs by Hug/Seymour except as noted

    "Girl in a Jigsaw Puzzle" – Reprise W9758 (1989)
    1. "Girl in a Jigsaw Puzzle"
    2. "Space Where Love Was"
    3. "Girl in a Jigsaw Puzzle" (Japanese)
    "Lights Out (Read My Lips)" – Reprise W9852 (1990)
    1. "Lights Out (Read My Lips)"
    2. "Disappointed"
    3. "Another August Night"
    4. "Lights Out (Read My Lips)" (Acoustic)
    "Seesaw" – Reprise W0051 (1991)
    1. "Seesaw"
    2. "Colour Me Gone"
    3. "Peace Love & Understanding" (Nick Lowe)
    4. "Seesaw" (acoustic)
    "The Boy Who's Never Found" – Reprise W0065 (1991)
    1. "The Boy Who's Never Found"
    2. "Charity Power"
    3. "Faith to Change" (demo)
    4. "Almost and Nearly" (acoustic)
    "Some Mysterious Sigh" – Reprise W0082 (1992)
    1. "Some Mysterious Sigh" (remix edit)
    2. "Forever Untold"
    3. "Some Mysterious Sigh" (acoustic)
    4. "Some Mysterious Sigh" (remix)

    Songs

    Girl in a Jigsaw PuzzleKatydids · 1990
    Heavy Weather TrafficKatydids · 1990
    What Will the Angels Say?Katydids · 1990

    References

    Katydids (band) Wikipedia
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