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The Lotus Eaters
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Silentspace (2001)
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No Sense of Sin (1984)


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3 users heart off The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture of You
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3 users heart off The Lotus Eaters - Love Still Flows
3 users heart off The Lotus Eaters - It Hurts
3 users heart off The Lotus Eaters - Out on Your Own


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The Lotus Eaters is an English New Wave/indie pop band formed in 1982 in Liverpool. Their debut single "The First Picture of You", from their debut album, No Sense of Sin (1984), became a hit in the UK and Europe, notably France, Italy and Spain
In September 1981, Peter Coyle (born 25 October 1962) and Jeremy "Jem" Kelly (born in 1962) met for the first time. Kelly had been guitarist in The Systems and co-founded The Wild Swans in 1981. Coyle had previously been in the Jass Babies, who had recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in 1981.
After an invitation to record a Peel session, a number of new songs were created. Joined on keyboards by Kelly's fellow ex-Wild Swan Ged Quinn, and by drummer Alan Wills and bassist Phil (surname unknown), the session was recorded in October 1982 and included "The First Picture of You". This led to the band being signed by Arista Records. Produced by Nigel Gray, "The First Picture of You" became an iconic song for The Lotus Eaters in 1983, giving them a UK hit single before the band had even played a live gig. The band recorded a second session for Peel in October 1983.
After Quinn left, Coyle and Kelly recruited bassist Michael Dempsey (The Cure/Associates), keyboard player Stephen Emmer, and drummer Steve Crease. The Lotus Eaters toured extensively in the UK, France and Italy, before going on hiatus in 1985 when they were dropped by Arista. "It Hurts", their final single, charted in the Italian Top 5 that year, but the band had already split up, leaving a promotional video to represent them.
Coyle recorded as a solo artist, releasing the albums A Slap in the Face for Public Taste and I'd Sacrifice Eight Orgasms with Shirley MacLaine Just to Be There, and went on to found dance company 8 Productions and the G-Love nightclub. As a songwriter/producer, he had success with Marina Van Rooy’s, Sly One, and worked with a host of emerging artists on Liverpool's dance scene. Meanwhile, Kelly reformed The Wild Swans, releasing an album, Bringing Home the Ashes, on Sire in 1988, before leaving to study for a PhD in Multimedia Theatre. Coyle later pursued his academic interests at the University of Edinburgh, where he read Psychology.
In 1998, The First Picture of You, a compilation of the Lotus Eaters' BBC Radio 1 sessions, was released and the No Sense of Sin album was reissued on CD with bonus tracks.
In 2001, the Lotus Eaters, comprising the duo of Coyle and Kelly, reformed after almost two decades, recording and releasing a new album entitled Silentspace.
In March 2009, the band announced a one-off concert to be held at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 25 July. The gig, a performance of the album No Sense of Sin, featured the trio accompanied by a string quartet from the University of Huddersfield. In April 2009, composed of Coyle, Kelly and Stephen Emmer, the group announced on their Myspace page that they were working, with producer Steve Power, on material for a new album. The Lotus Eaters played their first London show in ten years at the Camden Barfly on 11 June 2010, with a string of shows in the UK to follow. The band also toured Italy in June 2010. Differance had a limited release in Japan in 2010. According to their Myspace, in 2011 they were working on a new album called A Plug-In Called Nostalgia.
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