The Lodger was formed inside the mind of Ben Siddall inside the squalor of an LS6 bedsit.

After 3 sold-out limited 7s (”Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion” Dance to the Radio, “Watching” Double Dragon, “Let Her Go” Angular Records) and touring around the UK and Europe with bands such as The Long Blondes and The Research, the group released their debut album “Grown-Ups”, produced by Alan Smyth and James Ford, in June 2007 on Angular Records in the UK, Slumberland Records in the US, Fabtone in Japan and Speak N Spell in Australia.

Critical acclaim for the album followed, particularly on the blogs; the band have featured heavily on the elbo.ws charts since the release along with heavy rotation on US college radio and other stations worldwide.

The 2nd album is titled “Life Is Sweet” and was released on May 2008.

There’s a good chance that The Lodger will end up being one of those groups you’ll either love or hate but who will divide the room completely, one way or the other.
There’s a little bit of The Smiths about them, a little bit of Suede and just a dash of The Libertines, a patchwork quilt you can snuggle down into as you lie in an urban bedsit contemplating lost girlfriends, meaningless futures and why the universe and your music collection revolves around diminished sevenths.

Their lyrics sit tantalisingly between fatalism, broken dreams and hopeless optimism. “You’re a cruel, cruel girl/but sublime”, sings Ben Siddall on Falling Down; “It’s a funny affair/Trying to address the people/you don’t care about anymore”, goes one of the most memorable lines on The Conversation, while on Nothing Left To Say he warns us that, “There’s an innocence you see/of not knowing much about tomorrow/and the places that we’ll be/sounds so hollow”.

Tracks:

1. My Finest Hour
2. The Good Old Days
3. Falling Down
4. Honey
5. The Conversation
6. A Hero’s Welcome
7. A Year Since Last Summer
8. An Unwelcome Guest
9. Running Low
10. Nothing Left (To Say)
11. Famous Last Words

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