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As Grand National, the duo of Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence Rudd combines the electro-pop of bands like <a href="spotify:artist:0yNLKJebCb8Aueb54LYya3">New Order</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:762310PdDnwsDxAQxzQkfX">Depeche Mode</a> with sweet harmonies and laid-back grooves. The two first met in a <a href="spotify:artist:5NGO30tJxFlKixkPSgXcFE">Police</a> tribute band based out of London. Rupert eventually became friends with the band <a href="spotify:artist:3wury2nd8idV4GecUg5xze">Primal Scream</a> and was offered some free studio time from the group. Whenever <a href="spotify:artist:3wury2nd8idV4GecUg5xze">the Scream</a> weren't actively working on their upcoming XTRMNTR album, Lyddon and Rudd were busy recording their own tunes and becoming Grand National. They made their debut in 2003 with the self-explanatory EP1 featuring key track "Playing in the Distance," a NME pick for Single of the Week. The debut full-length, Kicking the National Habit, arrived a year later, earning positive reviews that nostalgically mentioned bands like <a href="spotify:artist:0lZoBs4Pzo7R89JM9lxwoT">Duran Duran</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7Fo8TAyGJr4VmhE68QamMf">Talk Talk</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7JXwnoNAAY276k8wZVmpYf">A.R. Kane</a>. They were soon being hired for remix work by the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:3rIZMv9rysU7JkLzEaC5Jp">Snow Patrol</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1IjPJum5sJ6iSr3mBsSYJk">Client</a> and having their own work remixed by the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:6u4jLGLPuarS3i2XWHVxoS">Sasha</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0nuEpaqYFyVW97ypQsg96t">the Glimmers</a>. A 2006 American re-release of their debut album featured the <a href="spotify:artist:6u4jLGLPuarS3i2XWHVxoS">Sasha</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0nuEpaqYFyVW97ypQsg96t">Glimmers</a> remixes, which would also appear on the 2007 collection B-Sides, Remixes & Rarities. That year their second album, A Drink and a Quick Decision, was released, first as a digital download and then as a physical CD with bonus tracks. ~ David Jeffries, Rovi
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