Kid Harpoon

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Kid Harpoon
Kid Harpoon at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007
Kid Harpoon at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007
Background information
Birth name Tom Hull
Born April 20, 1982 (1982-04-20) (age 26)
Chatham, Medway, Kent
Genre(s) Folk, Indie
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar
Label(s) Young Turks (Record Label), XL Recordings
Associated acts The Powers That Be

Kid Harpoon (born Tom Hull, 20 April 1982, Chatham, Kent, England) is a English singer-songwriter and musician.

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[edit] Career

Originally hailing from Chatham, Kid Harpoon began to play live locally at venues such as The Tap & Tin and Command House. He became more and more well known locally and featured on the Urban Fox Press compilation CDs on which early recordings of Fathers and Sons and Tunnels were aired. He relocated to Holloway, North London, to pursue his music and became a regular at local venue Nambucca.

The first official release of Kid Harpoons's career was the "Riverside" single, released on 7 inch and CD on independent label Brikabrak in 2006. The single, which featured the b-side "It's Time", received acclaim from NME and particularly Drowned in Sound . The follow up to this, The First EP, was released on October 22, 2007 on vinyl and on CD. The Second EP was released on February 18, 2008, again on both formats.

[edit] Band

Kid Harpoon's band are The Powers That Be, which comprises Clayton Boothroyd and Tom Bonner (who both previously played with Tom Hull in the band Fuzz), as well as Jon Jackson, Florian Lunaire, and Mr. Squeaky, as named on their MySpace page. As of early 2007, they have begun joining Kid Harpoon for live performances and reworking old demos with the full band as well as recording new songs. They have been introduced by Kid Harpoon via a short YouTube clip entitled "Powers That Be meets Hollywood". Kid Harpoon has recently begun work on his debut album which is set to be released around March or April. The tracklisting is said to contain only one song from Kid Harpoon's past releases, the song being "Riverside". The other tracks will consist of re-worked past demos and new material. The unconfirmed title for the album is Maladies. Kid Harpoon has also supported The Kooks on their 2008 UK Tour.

[edit] Discography

[edit] EPs

The Second EP – 18 February 2008, Young Turks (Record Label) – CD and vinyl.

  1. "Riverside" – 4:11
  2. "Fathers and Sons" – 3:04
  3. "Suicide Grandad?" – 3:16
  4. "Her Body Sways" – 3:15
  5. "In The Dark" – 3:11
  6. "Lay of the Land" – 3:42


The First EP – 22 October 2007, Young Turks (Record Label) – CD and vinyl.

  1. "Milkmaid" – 3:06
  2. "57" – 1:41
  3. "As It Always Was" – 2:40
  4. "Aeroplanes & Neon Lights" – 3:41
  5. "Small Town War" – 3:02
  6. "The Water" (demo) – 2:27

[edit] Singles

"The River, The Ocean, The Pearl." – 26 June 2006, Brikabrak Records – CD and vinyl. Limited to 500 copies, with a few signed vinyls also made available.

  1. "Riverside"
  2. "It's Time"


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