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Tom Stephens & The Retreat

About Me

Tom Stephens and The Retreat are a 4-piece band based in London. With all the members studying at the University of Westminster; taking the songs of lead singer / guitarist Tom Stephens and crafting them as a group, they create their own blend of alternative rock, grunge, indie, and countless other things, taking from a large number of influences both individually and collectively.
The band formed at the beginning of February 2008, and on our music player you will find some tracks we have recorded with producer Tim Vasilakis between March and May 2008, plus live versions of 'This Town', 'A Pantomime (It Follows You Home)' and 'Olivia' recorded in February 2009 for the Bearfaced Podcast. We have an official EP coming out in the next few months which has nearly been completed, so keep your ears open for that.
Please feel free to send a friend invite, leave a comment, download our songs and do whatever... The band are constantly working on music so keep checking back!
CONTACT DETAILS:
For bookings and all other enquiries please contact [email protected].

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/03/2007
Band Members:
Tom Stephens - Vocals and Guitar

Tom Cornish - Guitar and Piano

Henry Prince - Bass

Nick Martin - Drums

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Photography: Chris Nedza

Drums on '7:43', 'He' and 'The Nest': Simeon Rodgers

Production, Engineering and Mastering on '7:43', 'He' and 'The Nest': Tim Vasilakis (Vauxile)

Sounds Like: Download a FREE PODCAST consisting of 3 live tracks and in-depth interview with the two Tom's by clicking on the link below!

"Thoughtful, gutsy rock ... they sound much bigger and fuller than a four-piece has any right to." - live review from the Eaten By Monsters blog

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Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

'One more time' - Recording

Hellooo,Just a little update - thanks to all of you who came to one of our gigs last month :) Only one lined up at the moment - Trinity on April 23rd, but there'll be a few more on the way.We've been ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:55:00 GMT

!SATURDAY'S GIG CANCELLED! - NOW REARRANGED

Hello,Sorry to those of you who were coming down to see us on Saturday at The White Hart in Whitechapel, but the gig has had to be cancelled due to nearly the whole of the line-up pulling out of the n...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:23:00 GMT

Bearfaced Podcast: Tom Stephens & The Retreat

Happy Valentines Day you lovely lovely people.As a gift from us (and BearfacedRecords.com!) you can now download a FREE podcast featuring Tom Stephens & The Retreat :)A few live band tracks, an exclus...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:19:00 GMT

February (gigs, recordings, podcasting...)

Hello all,Hope you're well... Much to update you all on :) Firstly, played a few more gigs and they went well, got 5 or 6 lined up (a few to be confirmed very soon), including tonight (Thurs 5th) at t...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:10:00 GMT

January

Alreet, Just an update really as its been a while.... Nick's settled in well, had a our first gig with him last Friday at the Spice Of Life in Soho which was alright! We have plenty of gigs comi...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:25:00 GMT

Nick Martin

We can officially announce our new drummer to be Nick Martin...... How exciting. He's on our course at uni in the year below... He's reet good so come on down to the Spice Of Life to see us play our f...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:18:00 GMT

Indie Heart

Hey hey,We've been approached by the website http://www.indieheart.com/ as an artist they like...They've asked us to create a profile on their website (which you can find at www.indieheart.com/tomstep...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:10:00 GMT

Sime-gone

We regret to announce Simeon has been forced out of the band due to his recent excessive drug problems... It got to the point where he couldn't hold his drumsticks, and started to foam at the mouth......
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:50:00 GMT

October 2008

Hello everyone,Just to let you know all of our tracks on the media player are now available for free download :) So please feel free to do so!We have a gig coming up at Trinity in Harrow on Monday Nov...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Orange Unsigned Act

Hey everyone,we would LOVE for you to visit http://orangeunsignedact.co.uk/acts/tomstephensandtheretreat Please go and vote for us - starting from Monday!!! Its uber important and won't take a second :...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:18:00 GMT