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TOKOLOSH (always written in capitals) are a Greater Manchester based band formed in 2011 and made up of singer and guitarist Liam Frost, keyboard players Christian and Nicky Madden from The Earlies, bassist Nathan Sudders from The Whip and drummer Richard Young. ==Biography== The band was dreamt up when all the members were taking part in one of Marc Riley’s annual Christmas shows on BBC 6 Music, which involved a large number of local musicians coming into the studio to sing carols live during the show. Frost had already worked with several members of the band on other projects, including during the recording of his second solo album when he travelled to the Earlies studio in Burnley to record a song In a 2012 newspaper interview with the band, Christian Madden was quoted as saying “We read a review of Liam's second album and it criticised him for being a ballsy vocalist…And I just thought, I've got to work with that guy.” 〔 Named after the Tokoloshe; a mischievous sprite which appears in African mythology, the band's moniker was suggested by Christian Madden as an emergency measure but as the band developed their songs many had working titles which include the word Tok and the name began to define the music.〔 TOKOLOSH's music was described in national press as "danceable folk with darkly sexual lyrics." and the band explained this by saying "All of these songs focus on a slightly different side of adult relationships…The desperate and slightly obsessive aspect maybe, but also how people can change inside of a relationship - for better or worse.".〔 On 12 January 2012 TOKOLOSH performed a live session on BBC 6 Music for DJ Marc Riley’s radio show where he described the band as a supergroup. The band played three tracks; ''The Hollow'', ''Tok De France'' and ''Shapeshifter'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC 6 Music Website Programme Page - Tokoloshe (sic) interview with Marc Riley )〕 the second song of which underwent a minor name change by the time it appeared on the album ''Stay Strong''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=iTunes: TOKOLOSH 'Stay Strong' - track listing )〕 The band played a second 6 Music session for Riley on 22 October of the same year where again they played tracks which at the time only had working titles. ''TokoDiddly'' later became ''The Knife Twists'' whilst ''Tokvember'' was released as ''Unknown Animal''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= BBC 6 Music Website Programme Page: Tokolosh join Marc Riley in the Studio )〕 The band also played ''TokoHorse'' which retained this title when released as a single by Static Caravan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.staticcaravan.org/item.asp?Ref=248 )〕 October 2012 also saw the release of the band's debut single consisting of the tracks ''The Hollow'' and ''TokoHorse''. The 7" vinyl release was limited to 300 grey wax pressings 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TOKOLOSH Website: News - Single Pre-Order )〕 and was released via the Static Caravan label with artwork from Marc Atkins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.staticcaravan.org/item.asp?Ref=248 )〕 Static Caravan released a further 7" from the band in January 2013 containing the tracks ''Shapeshifter'' and ''Bloodlines''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.staticcaravan.org/item.asp?Ref=258 )〕 In August 2014 the band released their debut album ''Stay Strong'' on the Jack To Phono label 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jack to Phono: Stay Strong! - TOKOLOSH release Stay Strong album )〕 with ''Louder Than War'' describing it as "a landmark album sweetly accessible and full of surprises". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tokolosh (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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