Polytechnic

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Man Overboard 00:00 Tools
Cold Hearted Business 00:00 Tools
caring is creepy 00:00 Tools
Won't You Come Around? 00:00 Tools
Running Out of Ideas 00:00 Tools
Bible Stories 00:00 Tools
Still Spinning 00:00 Tools
Rain Check 00:00 Tools
Hoof 00:00 Tools
Quay Street 00:00 Tools
Headshaker 00:00 Tools
Polling Card 00:00 Tools
Penguin 00:00 Tools
let me down 00:00 Tools
Fingertips 00:00 Tools
PEP (DTAS) 00:00 Tools
So Pleased (acoustic demo) 00:00 Tools
Let Me Down (Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Turn Around (Live) 00:00 Tools
Squalor 00:00 Tools
Let Me Down - Acoustic 00:00 Tools
Polling Card - Live 00:00 Tools
01 Man Overboard - Edit 00:00 Tools
Polytechnic - Man Overboard 00:00 Tools
Loose Tongues 00:00 Tools
Polytechnic - Cold Hearted Business 00:00 Tools
Polling Card (live) 00:00 Tools
Polytechnic - Pep 00:00 Tools
Man Overboard (6 Music Session, 13 Feb 2007) 00:00 Tools
Raincheck (6 Music Session, 13 Feb 2007) 00:00 Tools
Cold Hearted Buiness (6 Music Session, 13 Feb 2007) 00:00 Tools
Someone To Interfere 00:00 Tools
01 PEP 00:00 Tools
Polling Card (6 Music Session, 13 Feb 2007) 00:00 Tools
01 - POLYTECHNIC - Bible Stories 00:00 Tools
Penguin (Demo) 00:00 Tools
03 - POLYTECHNIC - Man Overboard 00:00 Tools
02 Running Out Of Ideas 00:00 Tools
02 - POLYTECHNIC - Won't You Come Around 00:00 Tools
Man Overboard - Edit 00:00 Tools
07 - POLYTECHNIC - Pep 00:00 Tools
Won't You Come Around? (acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Running Out Of Ideas (Working For A Nuclear Free City Remix) 00:00 Tools
03 Still Spinning 00:00 Tools
04 - POLYTECHNIC - Rain Check 00:00 Tools
08 - POLYTECHNIC - Quay Street 00:00 Tools
Wont You Come Around? 00:00 Tools
Wont You 00:00 Tools
Won't You Come Round (BBC Radio 1, Lamacq Live Showcase, 1-30-06) 00:00 Tools
04 Penguin 00:00 Tools
05 So Pleased (acoustic demo) 00:00 Tools
06 Turn Around (Live) 00:00 Tools
Penguin Demo 00:00 Tools
09 - POLYTECHNIC - Hoof 00:00 Tools
10 - POLYTECHNIC - Polling Card 00:00 Tools
So Pleased 00:00 Tools
Won't You Come Around? (Live Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
06 - POLYTECHNIC - Still Spinning 00:00 Tools
05 - POLYTECHNIC - Cold Hearted Business 00:00 Tools
11 - POLYTECHNIC - Running Out Of Ideas 00:00 Tools
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Five piece guitar band from Manchester, UK. The band's roots were in Devonians Dylan Giles and Yuri Caul's early experimental duo The Conversation - both men played guitar and indulged in on-stage squalls of feedback. Songs were long, slow and largely instrumental and the band cited influences including krautrock pioneers CAN and Neu! That all changed with the arrival of drummer Tim Warren, who breezily dismissed The Conversation's early drones as 'heroin music' and helped Giles unlock his inner pop songwriter. With Caul switching to bass, the band instantly became more conventional, shortening their songs and centring on Giles' killer guitar hooks and high-pitched vocals. Guitarist Denny Hilton was added, followed by keyboardist Peet Earnshaw, on a Bosman from The Generalissimos. Early demos including the song 'PEP' caused music industry frenzy and Steve Lamacq didn't help any by proclaiming them his new favourite band. Celebrity support slots followed, including gigs with The Breeders and The Strokes. They were also sent on tour with Doves and Keane, although the latter in particular caused friction within the band, as Polytechnic were uncomfortable about being with such mainstream arena pop acts. The group became popular and influential in Manchester (The Answering Machine in particular were indebted to the Polytechnic sound) and after a slew of singles, their debut album 'Down Til Dawn' was released. The band decided to go on hiatus after the release of the album, with guitarist Hilton leaving altogether. Giles, Caul and Earnshaw have, in the meantime, started a new project called Driver Drive Faster. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.