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For a brief window of time, London indie pop band
Veronica Falls produced reverb-heavy songs full of melody, co-ed harmonies, and hints of darkness. The band existed for only five years, but in that time released multiple singles and two excellent albums, exiting with 2013's restless
Waiting for Something to Happen.
Veronica Falls formed in 2009 when Sexy Kids bandmates Roxanne Clifford and Patrick Doyle teamed up with
James Hoare of
Your Twenties after meeting at a
Comet Gain gig. Filling the membership out with their friend Marion Herbain, the band began writing tunes rooted in mid-'80s influences like
the Shop Assistants and
the Chills but were also in line with noisy, poppy contemporaries like
Grass Widow and
Vivian Girls. Their first two singles ("Found Love in a Graveyard" and "Beachy Head") were released in 2010 by Captured Tracks and garnered plenty of positive reviews. Their first album was recorded with
Guy Fixsen (who worked with
My Bloody Valentine and
Moose in the '80s), and
Ash Workman (who worked with 2010s groups like
Metronomy and
Summer Camp), the end result sounding like a perfect blend of the eras. Preceded by the single "Bad Feeling" in August of 2011,
Veronica Falls was released in September of that same year on Slumberland in the U.S. and
Bella Union in the E.U. After touring the world for most of the year, the band returned to the airwaves in November of 2012 with a new single "Teenage." They followed it up in early 2012 with the release of the Rory Attwell (
Male Bonding,
the Vaccines) co-produced album
Waiting for Something to Happen.
Veronica Falls split up in 2014, and the various members went on to new projects.
Hoare went on to play in bands like
the Proper Ornaments and
Ultimate Painting, and
Clifford began releasing music under the moniker Patience. Doyle re-emerged in 2016 with the release of an eponymous album under the moniker
Boys Forever. He died in March of 2018 at the age of 32. ~ Tim Sendra & Fred Thomas