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Sorry (band)

{{short description|English indie band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{tone|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sorry

| image = Sorry at Rough Trade (52418386192).jpg

| caption = Sorry at Rough Trade in 2022

| origin = North London, England

| genre = {{flatlist|

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| label = Domino

| website = {{url|sorryband.co.uk}}

| current_members = {{plainlist|

  • Asha Lorenz
  • Louis O'Bryen
  • Lincoln Barrett
  • Campbell Baum (Vibe Manager)
  • Marco Pini}}

| associated_acts = {{flatlist|

}}

}}

Sorry (previously named Fish) is an English indie rock band from North London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2018/12/12/new-noise-sorry/|title=NEW NOISE: SORRY Meet the North London band doing it all by themselves.|last=Bell|first=Francesco|date=18 December 2018|website=Wonderland Magazine|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228125050/https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2018/12/12/new-noise-sorry/|archive-date=28 December 2019|url-status=live}} The band members are Asha Lorenz, Louis O'Bryen, Lincoln Barrett, Campbell Baum and Marco Pini.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/sorry-interview-925-2627881|title=Sorry: Domino-signed London band's debut album may well be the year's most striking|last=Cartledge|first=Luke|date=23 March 2020|website=NME|access-date=4 April 2020}} The band's debut studio album, 925, was released in 2020, following the release of several mixtapes and singles.

Sorry is signed to the London-based independent record label Domino.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dominomusic.com/artists/sorry|title=Sorry|website=Domino Music|access-date=4 April 2020}}

History

= Formation and early releases =

Lorenz and O'Bryan published several covers of Jimi Hendrix songs before embarking on original projects. Between 2017 and 2020, Sorry released various singles and mixtapes containing original material,{{Cite web |title=Sorry |url=https://sorrybanduk.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Sorry |language=en}} much of which would later appear on the band's debut studio album. {{Cite web |title=925, by Sorry |url=https://sorrybanduk.bandcamp.com/album/925 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Sorry |language=en}} To this day, Lorenz and O'Bryan write the majority of their songs as a duo while Barrett, Baum and Pini complete the band for live sets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/17/sorry-the-band-making-ennui-sexy-925|title=Sorry, the band making ennui sexy|last=Ewens|first=Hannah|date=17 March 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401065219/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/17/sorry-the-band-making-ennui-sexy-925|archive-date=1 April 2020|url-status=live}}

= Debut studio album and tour =

On 27 March 2020, Sorry released its debut studio album, 925. It contains four previously released singles: "More", "Right Round the Clock", "Snakes" and "Starstruck". On Metacritic, it has a score of 79, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{Citation |title=925 by Sorry |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/925/sorry |access-date=2024-03-28 |language=en}} Many critics praised the album's cohesiveness and innovative sound.{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/sorry-925|title=Sorry 925|last=Currie|first=Jordan|date=27 March 2020|website=Exclaim!|url-status=live|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328133041/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/sorry-925|archive-date=28 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/sorry-925-review-2635768|title=Sorry – '925' review: thwarted millennials steal from boomer culture with glee on impeccable debut|last=Basset|first=Jordan|date=27 March 2020|website=NME|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403132940/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/sorry-925-review-2635768|archive-date=3 April 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/925/sorry|title=925 by Sorry Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328110148/https://www.metacritic.com/music/925/sorry|archive-date=28 March 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/11334/Sorry-925.aspx|title=925 by Sorry reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327125140/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/11334/Sorry-925.aspx|archive-date=27 March 2020|url-status=live}} Stereogum named 925 "album of the week" on 24 March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2076320/sorry-925-review/franchises/album-of-the-week/|title=Album Of The Week: Sorry 925|last=Leas|first=Ryan|date=24 March 2020|website=Stereogum|access-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406130701/https://www.stereogum.com/2076320/sorry-925-review/franchises/album-of-the-week/|archive-date=6 April 2020|url-status=live}} A less favorable Guardian review stated that "925 packs in more than a few disruptive ideas. But Sorry haven't yet acquired the musical vocabulary to pull them off."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/29/sorry-925-review-full-of-disruptive-ideas|title=Sorry: 925 review – full of disruptive ideas|last=Empire|first=Kitty|date=29 March 2020|website=The Guardian|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403141321/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/29/sorry-925-review-full-of-disruptive-ideas|archive-date=3 April 2020|url-status=live}}

The album charted on the UK Independent Albums Chart, where it peaked at number 13, and on the Scottish Albums Chart, where it peaked at number 49. The band planned to embark on a UK headlining tour to promote the album's release but had to postpone the tour dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sorry-song-as-the-sun-sets/|title=Sorry share new song 'As The Sun Sets' taken from their upcoming debut album|last=Taysom|first=Joe|date=24 March 2020|website=Far Out Magazine|access-date=4 April 2020}}

In February 2021, Sorry announced a live album recorded at the South London venue Windmill, Brixton, with proceeds going toward the venue, which faced financial difficulties in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

=''Anywhere But Here''=

On 12 July 2022, Sorry announced their second album, Anywhere but Here. It was released on 7 October through Domino Records, along with its first single, "Let the Lights On". The album was recorded with Portishead's Adrian Utley.{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |title=Sorry Announce New Album Anywhere But Here, Share Video for New Song: Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sorry-announce-new-album-anywhere-but-here-share-video-for-new-song-watch/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=12 July 2022 |date=12 July 2020}}

Genres

Sorry's musical influences have caused debate amongst music critics and reviewers, many of whom refrain from sorting the band into a single genre. The Guardian has stated that "A typical Sorry track is just as likely to be inflected with 90s grunge as with jazz or trip-hop", thus defying traditional genre labels and categories. Lorenz and O'Bryen themselves have described their musical output as pop with O'Bryen commenting that "It's just a bit annoying to be called post-punk or grunge because I don't think we are that."{{Cite web|url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3374052/just-give-me-enough-sorry-interviewed|title=Asha and Louis on the safari of sounds that make up their debut album|last=Pywell|first=Matty|date=25 March 2020|website=GigWise|access-date=4 April 2020}}

== Members ==

  • Asha Lorenz – lead vocals, guitars, production
  • Louis O'Bryen – guitars, co-lead and backing vocals, production
  • Lincoln Barrett – drums
  • Campbell Baum – bass guitar, instrumentation
  • Marco Pini – electronics, production

Discography

Adapted from Spotify.{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/5eUda4BaWhUQWWJiP1ml5v?si=Fd6_fewIQPSk1wq9hCkFKg|title=Sorry|website=Spotify|access-date=4 April 2020}}

= Albums =

== Studio albums ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+List of albums, with selected details and chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Sales
{{cite web|title=Sorry songs and albums - full Official Chart history|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/52787/sorry/|accessdate=22 September 2023|website=Official Charts}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Indie

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO
{{Cite web|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 03 April 2020 - 09 April 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20200403/40/|access-date=16 June 2020|website=Official Charts}}

scope="row"| 925

|

  • Released: 27 March 2020
  • Label: Domino

| 34 || 13 || 49

scope=row|Anywhere but Here

|

  • Released: 7 October 2022{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |title=Sorry Announce New Album Anywhere But Here, Share Video for New Song: Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sorry-announce-new-album-anywhere-but-here-share-video-for-new-song-watch/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=12 July 2022 |date=12 July 2020}}
  • Label: Domino

| 22 || 11 || —

colspan="10" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

== Live albums ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+List of live albums, with selected details and chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Sales

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Indie

scope=row|A Night at the Windmill

|

  • Released: 12 March 2021{{Cite web |last=Moore, Sam |date=February 5, 2021 |title=Sorry announce new live album to raise money for the Brixton Windmill |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sorry-announce-new-live-album-a-night-at-the-windmill-to-raise-money-for-the-brixton-windmill-2873898 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |website=NME}}
  • Label: Domino

| 79 || 26

= Mixtapes =

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|+List of mixtapes albums, with selected details

! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:17em;" | Mixtape details

scope="row"| Home Demo/ns vol. I

|

  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Self-released
scope="row"| Home Demo/ns vol. II

|

  • Released: 22 March 2018
  • Label: Self-released

= Singles =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Sales
Peaks in UK Physical Singles Chart:

  • For "Wished": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/sorry-wished/|title=Wished - Sorry - Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 September 2023}}
  • For "2 Down 2 Dance": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/sorry-2-down-2-dance/|title=2 Down 2 Dance - Sorry - Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 September 2023}}
  • For "Showgirl": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/sorry-showgirl/|title=Showgirl - Sorry - Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 September 2023}}
  • For "Right Round the Clock": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/sorry-right-round-the-clock/|title=Right Round the Clock - Sorry - Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 September 2023}}
  • For "Cigarette Packet": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20210514/1|title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 |publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=14 May 2021}}
  • For "There's So Many People That Want To Be Loved": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20220812/1|title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 |publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=12 August 2021}}
  • For "Let The Lights On": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/sorry-let-the-lights-on/|title=Let The Lights On - Sorry - Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 September 2023}}

scope="row"| "Daily Routine"

| rowspan="2" |2016

|—

|Non-album single

scope="row"| "Battles"

|—

|Home Demo/ns Vol I

scope="row"| "Wished"

| rowspan="2"| 2017

| 22

| rowspan="5" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Lies"

| —

scope="row"| "2 Down 2 Dance"

| rowspan="4"| 2018

| 15

scope="row"| "Showgirl"

| 8

scope="row"| "Twinkle"

| —

scope="row"| "Starstruck"

| —

| 925

scope="row"| "Jealous Guy"

| rowspan="3" | 2019

| —

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Right Round the Clock"

| 35

| rowspan="5"| 925

scope="row"| "Rock 'n' Roll Star"

| —

scope="row"| "More"

| rowspan="3" |2020

| —

scope="row"| "Snakes"

| —

scope="row"| "As the Sun Sets"

| —

scope="row"| "Cigarette Packet"

| rowspan="2" |2021

| 5

| rowspan="2"| Twixtustwain EP

scope="row"| "Separate"

| —

scope="row"| "There's So Many People That Want To Be Loved"

| rowspan="2" | 2022

| 15

| rowspan="2" | Anywhere But Here

scope="row"| "Let The Lights On"

| 11

scope="row"| "Waxwing"

| 2024

colspan="10" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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Category:Indie rock groups from London