Epic45

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{{Infobox musical artist

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| genre = Indie
Post-rock

| years_active = {{start date|1995}}–present

| label = Where Are My Records
Make Mine Music
Wayside and Woodland Recordings

| associated_acts = My Autumn Empire
The Toy Library
Field Harmonics
July Skies
Charles Vaughan

| website = {{URL|epic45.com}}

| current_members = Rob Glover
Ben Holton
James Yates

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epic45 are a British indie/post-rock band. Core members Rob Glover and Benjamin Holton{{cite web|last=Diver|first=Mike|title=Epic 45 - May Your Heart Be The map|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/10495/reviews/2354404-|publisher=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=30 April 2013|date=31 August 2007|archive-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115175924/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/10495/reviews/2354404-|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|last=Bell|first=David|title=epic45 - Weathering|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/06554-epic45-weathering-review|magazine=The Quietus|accessdate=30 April 2013|date=8 July 2011}} who grew up in Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire,{{cite news|last=Costa|first=Maddy|title=Epic 45, May Your Heart Be the Map|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/17/popandrock.shopping4|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=30 April 2013|date=17 August 2007}} formed the band in 1995 when the two school friends were only 13 years old.{{cite web|last=Couture|first=François|title=Epic45 - Music Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/epic45-mn0000328227|website=Allmusic|accessdate=30 April 2013}} The band have released albums across various labels including Where Are My Records, Make Mine Music and their own Wayside and Woodland Recordings label.{{cite magazine|last=Schaefer |first=Max |title=Epic 45 - Against The Pull Of Autumn |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/epic-45/against-the-pull-of-autumn.htm |magazine=Stylus Magazine |accessdate=30 April 2013 |date=19 August 2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510101033/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/epic-45/against-the-pull-of-autumn.htm |archivedate=10 May 2012 }}

Side projects

Holton has released three albums under the name My Autumn Empire (The Village Compass, 2010 ii, 2012 and The Visitation, 2014). Glover also records as The Toy Library and Field Harmonics (Walls, 2013).

Discography

= Studio albums =

  • Secrets, Signs and Threats (2001)
  • Reckless Engineers (2002)
  • Against the Pull of Autumn (2004)
  • Slides (2004)
  • May Your Heart Be the Map (2007)
  • Steps to Further Winter (2009)
  • In All the Empty Houses (2009)
  • Weathering (2011)
  • Weathered (2012)
  • Through Broken Summer (2018)
  • Cropping The Aftermath (2020)

= EPs =

  • England Fallen Over EP (2005)
  • Drakelow EP (2006)
  • Fragments #3 (2012)
  • Monument EP (2014)

References