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This City are an Englishnu rave and emo band fromBrighton.[1][2] Original drummer Jason Adelinia left to join thePipettes in 2007 prior to a profile byThe Guardian'sPaul Lester. The band playedLatitude Festival 2008,Redfest 2008, and supportedthe band "A"'s 10-date UK tour in December 2009.
This City appeared on theOrange unsignedAct competition in 2007, but withdrew due to artistic differences.[3] In March that year they performed a live session forBBC Radio 1 on theHuw Stephens show, and in September the single "Romantic"/"With Loaded Guns" peaked at number 26 on theUK Independent Singles Chart.[4][5] The band released the albumWe Were Like Sharks in 2009, which according to critic Emily Mackay, writing for theNME, gave "a fresh take on the genre by making music we can also move to".[6]
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