Badly Drawn Boy (aka Damon Gough) is a one-time winner of the highly acclaimed Mercury Music Prize. His career started with the releases 'EP1' and 'EP2' on his own record label, Twisted Nerve. This preceeded the acquisition of a six-figure deal with XL Records.

Musically, Gough incorporates simple hummable melodies sung over strummed acoustic guitar, with ethereal harmonies and kitchen sink-style percussion underpinning his fragile songs. His oft-derided live performances have been called both "original" and "scattershot" by critics, unused to being subjected to ten-minute musical digressions and unfinished noodling. He has so far released two well-received albums; The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (2000) and Have You Fed The Fish? (2002), plus a hit soundtrack to the Hugh Grant movie About A Boy (2002).

Releases

• The Time Of Times - single, out 04/02/2008 on EMI Records. (post review)
• Promises - single, out 02/07/2007 on EMI Records. (post review)
• Born in the UK - album, out 16/10/2006 on EMI Records. (post review)
• Nothing's Going To Change Your Mind - single, out 02/10/2006 on EMI Records. 1 review (read/post)
• One Plus One Is One - album, out 21/06/2004 on XL Recordings. (post review)
• All Possibilities - single, out 21/04/2003 on Twisted Nerve. 1 review (read/post)
• Born Again - single, out 06/01/2003 on XL Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
• Have You Fed The Fish? - album, out 04/11/2002 on XL Recordings. (post review)
• You Were Right - album, out 14/10/2002 on Twisted Nerve. (post review)
• You Were Right - single, out 14/10/2002 on Twisted Nerve. 1 review (read/post)
• Something To Talk About - album, out 10/06/2002 on XL Recordings. (post review)
• Something To Talk About - single, out 10/06/2002 on Twisted Nerve. 1 review (read/post)
• About A Boy - album, out 08/04/2002 on XL Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
• Silent Sigh - single, out 25/03/2002 on Twisted Nerve. 1 review (read/post)
• Donna and Blitzen - single, out 17/12/2001 on Twisted Nerve. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Lodestar Festival - Sunday, Sun 02 Sep at Cambridgeshire Sunnyridge Farm. (post review)
• O2 Wireless Festival, Fri 15 Jun at London Hyde Park. (post review)
• Mon 30 Oct at London Shepherds Bush Empire. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 22/02/2008: WIN! Tickets to UNKLE's huge show next week
• 01/08/2007: Lodestar Festival: Cancelled *updated*
• 06/07/2007: Cohesion Live: Elbow, Badly Drawn Boy, Graham Coxon line up for one-day fest
• 06/07/2007: End Of The Road update: Ryan Adams announced!
• 26/04/2007: Summercase: new additions, cheap tickets 'til May 20!
• 19/12/2006: Damon Scoff: Badly Drawn Boy to play chippy dates
• 31/10/2006: Xfm announces Winter Wonderland line-up
• 23/08/2006: Badly Drawn Boy tours for Oxfam
• 07/08/2006: DiS delves into the charts; finds little but C to the A to the C to the K...
• 26/05/2004: Badly Drawn Boy & Haven's Anti-Racism gig now in Liverpool on Sun 30th May (not Manchester)

Features

• 30/08/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: have too many festivals spoilt the summer?
• 06/07/2007: End of The Road Festival
• 06/07/2007: Move: Not really a festival

Links

• Badly Drawn Boy - official website
• It Came From The (Under)Ground - Excellent Badly Drawn Boy fansite

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