The People The Poet

{{Short description|Welsh alternative rock band}}

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

{{Notability|music|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The People The Poet

| image =

| origin = Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

| genre = Alternative rock

| years_active = 2012-Present

| label = AntiFragile Records

| website = http://www.thepeoplethepoet.com/

| current_members = Leon Stanford
Tyla Campbell
Luc Morris
Lewis Rowsell
Jimmi Kendall

}}

The People The Poet is an alternative rock band from Cardiff, Wales. The band formed in 2012, having previously performed with the same lineup under the name Tiger Please.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/tiger-pleas-change-name-stream-new-tracks-and-announce-dates-with-charlie-s|title=Tiger Please Change Name, Stream New Tracks And Announce Dates With Charlie Simpson - News - Rock Sound Magazine|website=Rock Sound Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-16}} The People The Poet released their first album The Narrator in 2013, and have since performed at South by Southwest{{Cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/the-people-the-poet-sxsw-8954470|title=Welsh band The People The Poet impress at world's largest music festival|last=Owens|first=David|date=2015-03-31|work=walesonline|access-date=2018-01-16}} and released an EP (Paradise Closed - 2016).

The band are due to release an album in 2018, from which the first single ("Where The Dandelions Roar") was released in December 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.musicto.com/celebrate-life/where-the-dandelions-roar-the-people-the-poet|title=Where the Dandelions Roar - The People The Poet|work=Be A Music To Curator - Connect The World With Playlists|access-date=2018-01-16|language=en-US}}

Discography

=EPs=

  • Paradise Closed (2016)

=LPs=

  • The Narrator (2013)
  • A Short Obsession With Time (2018)
  • The Light of Day (B Sides and Demos) (2020)

References