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Your Vegas
12+ albums
britishalternativeindie rockrockLeeds
about
How does a band from a little town outside of Leeds end up going by the name Your Vegas? “It was one of our first songs,” says the band’s singer Coyle Girelli. “Your Vegas seemed to sum us up. It’s about escaping to a different place, wherever that is.” Escape, along with brotherhood, is at the core of Your Vegas. Four of the five band members grew up in a small suburb of Leeds called Otley. Forming a band came naturally; according to Girelli. “There aren’t many people in Otley. You find three other people near the same age into music, you’re probably going to meet up and form a band.” At first, the concept of escape simply meant finding a sound. The group started out as a grungy, Nirvana-influenced group, but that slowly changed. A keyboardist was added; the music opened up. “Making a racket turned into thinking about songs,” says guitarist Mat Steel, who offers up U2 and Depeche Mode as influences (as for contemporaries, he mentions Coldplay and The Killers). With its sound taking shape, “escape” now meant hitting the road. The band released a few indie singles and started touring the UK in a tiny van. “Up and down the motorway, doing what we call the toilet tours,” says Coyle, referencing the bars, universities and small clubs that dot the countryside. “We’d hit islands off of Scotland, and then go all the way down to Plymouth. We even hit up the Scottish highlands--there were these small towns that no one ever plays, where the town’s ancestors had settled thousands of
top songs
albums
A Town And Two Cities
Christmas And Me Are Through
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Chuck [Season 2][Unofficial TV OST]
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A Town and Two Cities - EP
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Promo Only Modern Rock Radio April
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Town and Two Cities
A Town And Two Cities EP
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Christmas And Me Are Through - Single
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Your Vegas
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Navigator's Fresh!! Indie Playlist July 2009
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Chuck Season 2 (OST)
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forever young || a skins mix