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Duels (band)
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| Origin |  Leeds, England |
| Genre(s) | Indie |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Label(s) | unsigned |
| Website | http://www.duelsmusic.com/ |
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| Jon Foulger Jim Foulger Jon Maher James Kirkbright |
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Duels are an English band from Leeds.
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- Jon Foulger - vocals
- Jim Foulger - guitar
- Jon Maher - bass
- James Kirkbright - drums
Duels formed from the ashes of band SammyUSA. Their early demos received welcome attention from UK radio DJs such as Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq. Their first limited edition single "Potential Futures" was released on the Transgressive Records label on 18 July 2005. The song featured on the Fifa 2006 soundtrack.
In May 2005 they signed to Nude Records. Their second single, "Pressure On You", was released on 7 November 2005. Third single, "Animal" was released on Monday 10th of April 2006. Duels' debut album, "The Bright Lights And What I Should Have Learned" was released in July 2006. It received a positive review in the New Musical Express (NME), garnering an 8/10 review score, Clash magazine, Time Out and was named Album of the Week in The Sunday Times, The Guardian and on XFM. The band released two further EP's in 2006, "The Slow Build EP" and the "Once In The Night EP".
Throughout 2006 the band played radio sessions for BBC Radio 2 DJ Janice Long, 6Music's Mark Riley and Tom Robinson and appeared on The Album Chart Show.
On March 5th 2007 the band announced via the blog on their Myspace page that they and their record label, Nude Records, had parted ways.
Duels announced via their website on 13th September 2007 that their second album will be entitled "The Barbarians Move In".
Duels toured with Graham Coxon, opening the nights for the former Blur guitarist, The Rakes and across Europe with The Kooks and The Zutons. They have played the V Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals and opened the Main Stage at T in the Park in 2006. They also played a one-off date with The Automatic, supporting Kaiser Chiefs in Leeds, and the SXSW Festival in Texas in 2006.
A tour is expected to coincide with release of "The Barbarians Move In".
- Potential Futures (18/7/2005)
- Pressure On You (7/11/2005)
- Animal (10/4/2006) UK #47
- The Slow Build EP (double 7" vinyl set) (24/07/2006)
- Once In The Night EP (double 7" vinyl set)(16/10/2006)
- "Animal" was named Jungalist.net's Single Of The Week on the day of its release, 10th April 2006. You can see the music video here.