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Hooton Tennis Club

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Hooton Tennis Club

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Hooton Tennis Club are an indie rock quartet from Liverpool consisting of vocalist/guitarist Ryan Murphy, guitarist/vocalist James Madden, bassist Callum McFadden, and drummer Harry Chalmers. Their warm and tuneful yet relaxed sound recalls '90s American slacker indie as much as it does Brit-pop, bringing to mind <a href="spotify:artist:267VY6GX5LyU5c9M85ECZQ">Dinosaur Jr.</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3inCNiUr4R6XQ3W43s9Aqi">Pavement</a> as well as <a href="spotify:artist:0sHeX8oQ6o7xic3wMf4NBU">Supergrass</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2Sp19cOHSqAUlE64hekARW">Teenage Fanclub</a>. Their songs are generally midtempo and fuzzy, but have a strong melodic sense that prevents them from sounding tossed-off. The group signed to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Heavenly%22">Heavenly</a> in 2014 after being brought to the label's attention by Carl Hunter of <a href="spotify:artist:3lN1TG4RIoaJCff6Ck9KUR">the Farm</a>. HTC's debut single, "Jasper," co-produced by <a href="spotify:artist:2E70ENJNHoACgzTkJ3QnO4">Bill Ryder-Jones</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:6OiHleP2bHM18dXq4aZQWt">the Coral</a>, was released as a limited 7" record in February of 2015. Two months later, the group's cover of <a href="spotify:artist:6v8FB84lnmJs434UJf2Mrm">Neil Young</a>'s "Barstool Blues" was released on a split 7" with <a href="spotify:artist:46cDW79OcUXlCbYPj7Ds5L">the Wytches</a> on Record Store Day. Another 7" single, "Kathleen Sat on the Arm of Her Favourite Chair," appeared in June, and the band's debut full-length, Highest Point in Cliff Town, arrived in August. The band toured throughout the year and in 2016 began work on a new album. Using money granted by the Momentum Music Fund, they were able to spend three weeks recording in remote Scotland with <a href="spotify:artist:5Qlt3zQ63Z99mNhuun0JAT">Edwyn Collins</a> at his Clashnarrow Studios. The resulting album was titled Big Box of Chocolates and released in late 2016, again by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Heavenly%22">Heavenly</a>. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi

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