| THE BAND: | - George Owens - vocals, guitar
- Chris Russell - vocals, piano
- Emma Martin - bass
- Tony Lyons-听 drums
www.thelightyears.co.uk
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The Lightyears are a piano-led four-piece whose 鈥渃atchy songs and spine-tingling harmonies鈥 have earned them comparisons to The Beatles, Ben Folds Five and the Beach Boys. The Reading-based band have five releases, thousands of CD sales and 10 years of writing experience behind them 鈥 yet they are still only in their early twenties. They have played hundreds of gigs in London and Berkshire and in July 2004 supported The Levellers at Lincolnshire鈥檚 Riverside Festival. The Lightyears have attracted industry interest from EMI, Virgin Records, BMG Publishing, One Little Indian and a host of management companies. A&R mogul Peter Whitehead 鈥 who discovered Radiohead, Muse and Stereophonics 鈥 is a Lightyears fan and can often be seen at their gigs. Check out The Lightyears on the web at www.TheLightyears.com. The website contains hundreds of band photos, audio and video downloads and details of upcoming gigs. What the venues, promoters and the press have said about The Lightyears: 鈥淗armony-drenched piano-led popsters鈥
Time Out 鈥淭he Lightyears鈥 innovative, soaring pop melodies and spine-tingling harmonies go down a storm with audiences. Life-affirming sound. They鈥檙e on their way to great things鈥 you heard it here.鈥
The Troubadour, Earls Court 鈥淭op singer-songwriter talent鈥
The Independent 鈥淭he voices of the future鈥
The Cobden Club, Notting Hill 鈥淭his band have a knack. It鈥檚 the kind of knack that lots of bands would like, and too few actually have. It鈥檚 the knack of writing a damn fine tune鈥
Plum Promotions (Water Rats, Betsey Trotwood) 鈥淏y the end of the set you realise that your face hurts and you wonder why鈥 and then you realise it's because you've been smiling for over an hour.鈥
91热爆 Online, Oxford 鈥淭he Lightyears have some undoubtedly brilliant summer singles ahead of them and should be watched with hawk-eye precision鈥
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