Chapel Club - Surfacing

Chapel Club is a British indie/alternative rock band from London.

Founder member and guitarist Michael Hibbert formed the first iteration of Chapel Club in late 2007. Hibbert had moved to London following the split of his former band and began writing new songs without a definite idea of when or if they would be heard.

When Michael met Liam Arklie (bass) and Liam introduced Alex Parry (guitar), his best friend since junior school, the core parts were in place. What the band needed now was a drummer and a frontman. Leeds-born Rich Mitchell (drums) and Londoner Lewis Bowman (vocals) provided the missing pieces.

The five-piece began to rehearse together and played a few early shows under the names Palace and, later, Golden Age. Soon, however, they decided to stop gigging and focus on writing and rehearsing instead. They also decided to change the band's name once again, as other groups were already using the 'Palace' and 'Golden Age' monikers. After much debate, Chapel Club were ultimately named as a reference to St. Luke’s Church, where the band practiced.

Since signing to Loog Records in early 2010 Chapel Club have had a productive twelve months. They have continued to wrestle plaudits from critics and the public, recorded their debut album with Paul Epworth and are recently hitting the road on the NME Radar tour.

New single Surfacing was originally to be the band’s debut single, but with question marks over copyright issues the track never hit the shops. The single is taken from debut album Palace , due to be released on January 31st.



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