Little Fish (band)

After playing numerous shows in the UK throughout 2007, including an appearance at Glastonbury Festival,{{cite web | title = Little Fish Will Play Glastonbury Festival 2007! | work = Myspace | date = 8 June 2007 | url = http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=44063861&blogId=273800264 | access-date = 17 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view | archive-date = 7 February 2009 | url-status = dead }} they were signed to Custard Records in 2008 and began work on their debut album with label owner and producer Linda Perry{{cite web | title = Little Fish special | work = BBC Oxford | access-date = 14 September 2010 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2008/05/19/little_fish.shtml}} as well as playing a show at the Viper Room, in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web | title = US Show – Viper Room, LA | work = squidsquad.co.uk | date = 17 September 2008 | url = http://squidsquad.co.uk/?p=138 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120802080718/http://squidsquad.co.uk/?p=138 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 August 2012 }} They went on to support Supergrass on their European tour.

In 2009, they toured with Spinnerette, Eagles of Death Metal,{{cite web | title = Little Fish preps debut full-length | work = Consequence of Sound | access-date = 14 September 2010 | url = http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/11/11/little-fish-preps-debut-full-length/}} Juliette Lewis and Alice in Chains.{{cite web | title = Alice in Chains Announce Support For UK Tour | work = Metal Hammer | access-date = 14 September 2010 | url = http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/alice-in-chains-announce-support-for-uk-tour/}} In 2010, they played a show with Courtney Love's group, Hole, in London at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire as well as their own headlining tour in March 2010.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} The band announced, via Twitter, that they are supporting Them Crooked Vultures on 22 March 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of The Teenage Cancer Trust.{{cite web | title = We'll be supporting Them Crooked Vultures... | work = Twitter | date = 2 March 2010 | url = https://twitter.com/Littlefishmusic/status/9891279375}}

Between 9 and 30 June 2010 the band played a fourteen date tour supporting Blondie. They also played the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage at the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, UK on Saturday 31 July.{{cite web|title=Sonisphere Stage Times 2010 |work=Metal Hammer |date=26 July 2010 |url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/sonisphere-stage-times-2010/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405152718/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/sonisphere-stage-times-2010/ |archive-date=5 April 2013 }}

The group's debut album, titled Baffled and Beat, was released on 16 August 2010.

Three of the band's tracks; "Am I Crazy", "Darling Dear", and "Bang Bang", are featured as downloadable content in Rock Band, with "Am I Crazy" being a free track, and the other two being sold for half the normal price.

Little Fish left Custard Records/Universal USA at the end of 2010 to begin recording a new album produced by fellow Oxford musician Gaz Coombes formerly of Supergrass.{{cite web | title = After Choosing to leave Custard records Universal | work = littlefishmusic.com | date = 23 May 2011 | url = http://littlefishmusic.com/post/5765334252/after-choosing-to-leave-custard-records-universal }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 17 December 2012 Little Fish played their last show at the Rotunda in Oxford.{{cite web | title = Last night we played the last Little Fish gig. | work = littlefishmusic.com | date = 18 December 2012 | url = http://littlefishmusic.com/post/38244427569/candy-says}}

Juju and Ben went on to start a new band called Candy Says in January 2013, and are recording a second album in their garage with the help of their original producer, Rich Aitken.{{cite web | last = Sophie | first = Juju | title = Little Fish: a 2012 Update | work = littlefishmusic.com | date = 4 March 2012 | access-date = 7 April 2012 | url = http://littlefishmusic.com/2012-update}}

• Julia "Juju" Sophie Heslop – vocals, lead guitar
• Neil "Nez" Greenaway – drums, percussion (2006-2011)
• Ben Walker – organ (2010–2012)
• Elisa Zoot – vocals, percussion (2012)
• Mike Monaghan – drums (2012)

;Studio albums

• Baffled and Beat (2010)

;EPs

• Darling Dear (2009)
• Fish Bowl Sessions (2011)
• Garage Sessions Vol. II (2012)

;Singles

• "Am I Crazy" (2010)
• "Whiplash" (2010)
• "Wonderful" (2011)

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• {{Official website|http://littlefishmusic.com}}

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Category:Musical groups established in 2006

Category:Custard Records artists

Category:English rock music duos

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Category:Universal Motown Records artists

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