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As teenagers, north London-based producers Tom Clarke and Sam Ricketts played in metal bands and were also into post-rock. While attending separate universities, they got into electronic music, with Ricketts particularly taken by cutting-edge London club nights such as FWD>> and DMZ. Once they finished their studies, they worked as a duo with new inspirations. As Cloud Boat, they made their debut in 2011 on the reactivated <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22R%26S%22">R&S</a> label; the Lions on the Beach 10" offered a hybrid of downcast dubstep and melancholy folk, somewhere between <a href="spotify:artist:0uCCBpmg6MrPb1KY2msceF">Burial</a> and Hood. Their lone recorded activity in 2012 was a lurching, ambient remix of <a href="spotify:artist:07fP0y1daMyyCC7L94qilL">My Panda Shall Fly</a> and Benjamin Jackson's "Data-Module." In 2013, they re-appeared with the 10" Wanderlust, as well as the album Book of Hours, for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22R%26S%22">R&S</a>' <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Apollo%22">Apollo</a> subsidiary.
By mid-2014 they had prepared a second full-length with the help of Andy Savours, a producer with a history of assisting <a href="spotify:artist:7EFB09NxZrMi9pGlOnuBpd">the Horrors</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3G3Gdm0ZRAOxLrbyjfhii5">My Bloody Valentine</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6UUrUCIZtQeOf8tC0WuzRy">Sigur Rós</a>, three guitar acts for which Clarke and Ricketts had a lot of admiration. Released in July 2014, Model of You, contained a brighter-toned set of material than their comparatively dark debut. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
By mid-2014 they had prepared a second full-length with the help of Andy Savours, a producer with a history of assisting <a href="spotify:artist:7EFB09NxZrMi9pGlOnuBpd">the Horrors</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3G3Gdm0ZRAOxLrbyjfhii5">My Bloody Valentine</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6UUrUCIZtQeOf8tC0WuzRy">Sigur Rós</a>, three guitar acts for which Clarke and Ricketts had a lot of admiration. Released in July 2014, Model of You, contained a brighter-toned set of material than their comparatively dark debut. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
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