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Artist
Hefner
12+ albums
indieindie popindie rocktweebritish
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1. A British indie pop and "urban folk" band fronted by Darren Hayman. 2. electronic downtempo artist Lee Jones who released an album called Residue, 3. An experimental side project of Swedish indie, electronic, hip hop artist Lechy -------------------------------------------------- 1. Hefner were a British indie pop and "urban folk" band fronted by Darren Hayman. They were active from about 1996 until 2002; since then they have played together only once, for a tribute to the DJ John Peel, who was a strong supporter of theirs. Hefner began as a live band in 1995. In 1996 Darren Hayman recorded a tape for Sticky Records (named The Devotion Chamber) on which all instruments were played by Darren himself. His friend from art school, Antony Harding, assisted, providing backing vocals. The band's first release was in April of 1997 when the 7" single "A Better Friend" was released by Boogle Wonderland. The single featured Antony on drums and John Morrison (from Rhatigan) on bass. Shortly after the release, the record label Too Pure offered a record deal to Darren, who extended the offer to Antony and John. After a few more singles, Hefner recorded their debut album Breaking God's Heart. A lo fidelity album primarily recorded in one take, Hayman has declared that this album is the one he is least interested in listening to, due to its unrealized potential. The Fidelity Wars would be their next record (with the recent addition of multi-instrumentalist Jack Hayter playing on
