Lucky Soul are a British

British people

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 six-piece pop band based in South East London

London

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. Formed in 2005, the band consists of Ali Howard on vocals, Andrew Laidlaw and Ivor Sims on guitars, Russell Grooms on bass and Paul Atkins on drums, with the recent addition of Art Terry on keys.

The band have performed numerous live dates in the UK and overseas, and on June 20, 2007, were one of the first acts to perform at The O2

The O2 (London)

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, as part of Greenwich Council's soft launch event. They also supported Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry, CBE is an English singer, musician, and songwriter. Ferry came to public prominence in the early 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the band Roxy Music, who enjoyed a highly successful career with three number one albums and ten singles entering the top ten charts in...

 on his Dylanesque tour that same year. They have since toured in Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Japan, the United States and most recently Russia, where they performed at the Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi.

History

Their debut single "My Brittle Heart"/"Give Me Love", released in March 2006, was made Single Of The Week by The Guardian

The Guardian

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 newspaper, who described it as featuring "melodies as colossal, memorable and irresistible as a stampede of elephants bearing down on your tent".

In June of that year they released another single, "Lips are Unhappy", now famed as the music for the Clas Ohlson TV ads in Sweden. The summer of 2006 also saw "Give Me Love" featured on How Does It Feel To Be Loved?

How Does It Feel To Be Loved?

How Does It Feel To Be Loved? is a London-based night club which predominately plays indie pop, Northern Soul and Motown music...

's "Kids At The Club" compilation.

This was followed by an EP entitled "Ain't Never Been Cool" in early 2007. "Ain't Never Been Cool" achieved recognition by being featured on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 DJ Colin Murray

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's top 20 tracks of the year. A further single, "Add Your Light to Mine, Baby", was released on March 26, 2007 as a digital download, on CD and as a limited edition, hand-numbered vinyl, followed by "One Kiss Don't Make a Summer" in early September.

The band's debut album, The Great Unwanted was released on April 9. 2007. Produced by George Shilling

George Shilling

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, it had a five star review in Metro

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 and The Independent on Sunday, four stars from both The Guardian

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 and The Times

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 and a further four star review in Uncut

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 magazine.

The group's second album, entitled A Coming Of Age was released on April 15, 2010. The song "Woah Billy!" was released digitally in April 2009. In January 2010, the band released a second song off the album, "White Russian Doll".

Singles

Single	Release date
"My Brittle Heart"/"Give Me Love"	March 20, 2006
"Lips are Unhappy"	June 2006
"Ain't Never Been Cool"	January 16, 2007
"Add Your Light To Mine, Baby"	March 9, 2007
"One Kiss Don't Make A Summer"	September 3, 2007
"Lips Are Unhappy"/"Lonely This Christmas Lonely This Christmas "Lonely This Christmas" was a popular single by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK singles chart in 1974 and reached Christmas number one.-The song:... "	December 17, 2007 (download)
"White Russian Doll"	January 11, 2010
"Woah Billy!"	April 11, 2010
Up In Flames"	August 1, 2010

Albums

Album	Release date
The Great Unwanted	April 9, 2007
A Coming Of Age	April 15, 2010