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Although the South Devon, U.K.-raised David Fendick and Stockton-on-Tees-born <a href="spotify:artist:7qmf5YAQYjfjBF9C7kkjzs">Johnny Hooker</a> originally began making music together as part of the Leeds act <a href="spotify:artist:1cLPQjITK7av12ZQBYijvq">Vib Gyor</a>, by 2009 that group had disbanded and the duo began work on their own brand of folk-pop under the moniker Fossil Collective. While <a href="spotify:artist:1cLPQjITK7av12ZQBYijvq">Vib Gyor</a>'s piercing electro rock echoed that of <a href="spotify:artist:0C0XlULifJtAgn6ZNCW2eu">the Killers</a>, the pair became increasingly frustrated with their bandmates' unwillingness to take a more stripped back approach. Betraying influences such as <a href="spotify:artist:70cRZdQywnSFp9pnc2WTCE">Simon & Garfunkel</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4LEiUm1SRbFMgfqnQTwUbQ">Bon Iver</a>, the first Fossil Collective demo -- On & On -- soon found 250,000 viewers on YouTube and led to an indie deal with the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Dirty+Hit%22">Dirty Hit</a> label. Support slots with acts such as <a href="spotify:artist:7D5oTJSXSHf51auG0106CQ">Benjamin Francis Leftwich</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6J7rw7NELJUCThPbAfyLIE">the Civil Wars</a> -- in addition to the very well-received 2012 EPs Let It Go and On & On -- helped to raise their profile before their carefully crafted debut album appeared the following year. Partly recorded in a church and mastered at Abbey Road, Tell Where I Lie nodded to material by <a href="spotify:artist:4EVpmkEwrLYEg6jIsiPMIb">Fleet Foxes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4YsP5zmteLQ7etNjHAOu30">Midlake</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1zrBQvkTNhFFby4V5UiK2L">Turin Brakes</a> and, with backing from <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Universal%22">Universal</a>, reached number one in the Billboard "New Artists Album" chart in the US. ~ James Wilkinson, Rovi
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