In the great British tradition of bands deluged by a tidal wave of hype even before their first album hits the streets, the Suzukis started getting UK music press buzz almost immediately upon signing to the hip Liverpool indie Deltasonic Records (The Coral, the Zutons, etc.) in 2005, though their debut EP, Reducer, wasn't released until two years later. Though their northwest England hometown of Wigan is best known for its role in the birth of the retro Northern Soul scene in the 1970s, the Suzukis come off more like the sons of Oasis and the Libertines, favoring a scrappy, guitar-based mix of rock and roll swagger and vintage punk histrionics. Teenagers when the band formed in early 2003, singer Chris Veasey, guitarist Adam Bamford, bassist Robert Warnes and drummer Stuart Robinson attracted the ear of Deltasonic label founder Alan Wills (former drummer for '90s cult favorites Shack) when they played a party thrown by a mutual friend.
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