The multinational Guillemots, comprised of English singer and classically trained pianist <a href="spotify:artist:2WrVwQi8ez2O1Ds5Q7hLXa">Fyfe Dangerfield</a>, Brazilian guitarist MC Lord Magrao, Scottish percussionist Greig Stewart (aka Rican Caol), and Canadian double bassist Aristazabal Hawkes, use their eclectic influences and personal styles to create a catchy pop sound and an energetic live show that have won them many fans in their British home base. In 2005, they opened for <a href="spotify:artist:2PfBzriIMRsCXPDtSy9vg8">Rufus Wainwright</a> during his U.K. tour and released the EP I Saw Such Things in My Sleep. The "mini-album" From the Cliffs (a collection of their early singles, including all four songs from the EP) came out in March 2006. The full-length, Through the Windowpane followed later that year, and the very poppy Red, which included the hit single "Get Over It" was issued in the spring of 2008. The band took a brief hiatus, allowing <a href="spotify:artist:2WrVwQi8ez2O1Ds5Q7hLXa">Dangerfield</a> to release a 2010 solo album, Fly Yellow Moon, before returning to the studio for 2011's well-received Walk the River and 2012's Hello Land!. Recorded largely in Norway, Hello Land! and was the first of four albums that would make up a project based around the four season, known as The Emporium of Fine Things. ~ Marisa Brown
