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The Wave Pictures

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Origin
  
Wymeswold, England

Years active
  
1998–present

Genres
  
Alternative rock

Genre
  
Alternative rock

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Members
  
Franic Rozycki, David Tattersall, Jonny Helm

Record labels
  
Moshi Moshi Records, Little Teddy Recordings

Albums
  
City Forgiveness, Instant Coffee Baby, Great Big Flamingo Burning, If You Leave It Alone, Long Black Cars

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The Wave Pictures are an English rock band consisting of David Tattersall (vocals and guitar), Franic Rozycki (bass guitar) and Jonny Helm (drums).

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Background

The band has its origins in a group called Blind Summit, which David and Franic formed with Hugh Noble in Wymeswold, near Loughborough in Leicestershire, in 1998. The band changed its name to the Wave Pictures and Hugh was eventually permanently replaced by Jonny Helm. They recorded and self-released a string of albums before settling in London.

The Guardian has described their work as "charming, witty pop songs shot through with Jonathan Richman's gawky glee and Suede's doomed provincial romanticism... They owe a certain debt to The Smiths, and Tattersall has Morrissey's knack of marrying the ridiculous and the sublime".

The band is closely linked to artists Darren Hayman (formerly of Hefner), Herman Dune, Daniel Johnston, Jeffrey Lewis and the Mountain Goats, all of whom they have collaborated with live and on record.

In 2014 Billy Childish produced, played on and co-wrote (with Dave Tattersall) most of the songs on Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon.

Their 2016 album, A Season in Hull, was recorded live using a single microphone and released on vinyl only.

Studio Albums

  • Just Watch Your Friends Don't Get You (2003)
  • More Street, Less TV (2003)
  • The Airplanes at Brescia (2004)
  • The Hawaiian Open Mic Night (2005)
  • Catching Light: The Songs of André Herman Düne (2006)
  • Sophie (2006)
  • Instant Coffee Baby (2008)
  • If You Leave It Alone (2009)
  • Susan Rode the Cyclone (2010)
  • Beer in the Breakers (2011)
  • Long Black Cars (2012)
  • The Songs of Jason Molina (2013)
  • City Forgiveness (2013)
  • Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon (2015)
  • A Season in Hull (2016)
  • Bamboo Diner in the Rain (2016)

    • Singles/EPs

  • We Dress Up Like Snowmen/Now You Are Pregnant (2007)
  • I Love You Like a Madman (2008)
  • Strange Fruit for David (2008)
  • Just Like a Drummer (2008)
  • Pigeon EP (2008)
  • If You Leave It Alone (2009)
  • If I Should Fall Behind (2009) (b/w Darren Hayman Girls In Their Summer Clothes, Bruce Springsteen tribute)
  • Watching Charlie's Angels (2009)
  • Strawberry Cables (2009)
  • Sweetheart EP (2010)
  • Johnny Helm Sings (2010)
  • Little Surprise (2011)
  • Blue Harbour (2011)
  • In Her Kitchen (2011)
  • Eskimo Kiss (2012)
  • Salt EP (2012)
  • Spaghetti (2013)
  • Lisbon (2013)
  • The Woods / The Ropes (2013)
  • Helen EP (2014)
  • I Could Hear the Telephone (3 Floors Above Me) (2014)
  • Pea Green Coat (2014)
  • The Fire Alarm (2015)
  • Pool Hall (2016)
  • The Running Man (2016)
  • Canvey Island Baby EP (2017)
  • Now I Want To Hoover My Brain Clean (2017)

    • Compilation appearances

  • Moshi Moshi: The First 10 Years (2004)
  • This Town Ain't Big Enough for the 22 of Us (2006)
  • Berlin Songs Vol. 2 (2007)
  • Cooperative Music Sampler Vol. 6 (2008)
  • Moshi Moshi Singles Compilation (2008)
  • Play Some Pool (Bruce Springsteen tribute) (2009)
  • Moshi Moshi Acoustic Compilation (2009)
  • I Thought of You Again: Outtakes and Alternative Versions (free with Spanish magazine Rockdelux) (2011)
  • Weary Engine Blues: Crossroads (2013)
  • Streets of Philadelphia (2003) (André Herman Düne and David Tattersall)
  • Madrid (2007) (Darren Hayman and the Wave Pictures)
  • Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee (2008) (Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee)
  • Dan of Green Gables (2008) (Dan of Green Gables)
  • Jonny "Huddersfield" Helm (2008) (Jonny "Huddersfield" Helm)
  • Happy For a While (2009) (David Tattersall)
  • Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures (2009) (Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures)
  • The Lobster Boat (2011) (David Tattersall and Howard Hughes)
  • How to Draw Sandwiches (2011) (The Last Swimmers - Franic Rozycki & Dave Tattersall)
  • Another One Just Like That (2010) (Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures)
  • Little Martha (2012) (David Tattersall - instrumental solo)

    • Songs

    I Love You Like a MadmanInstant Coffee Baby · 2008
    Strange Fruit for DavidInstant Coffee Baby · 2008
    Now You Are Pregnant2007

    References

    The Wave Pictures Wikipedia
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