Alfie - The Manchester quintet Alfie (singer Lee Gorton, guitarist Ian Smith,
cellist Matt McGeever, bassist Sam Morris, and drummer Sean Kelly), came
about in the late '90s after Gorton became increasingly fed up with the
local music scene -- when most bands at the time were merely rehashing
Oasis songs. The band caught a break with their very first show when the
U.K. publication NME was doing an article on several different British
music scenes, and happened to come upon the new group, reviewing the
show and printing a picture of the band. The band soon befriended Damon
Gough (better-known as Badly Drawn Boy), who promptly signed the group
to his newly founded Twisted Nerve label. Shortly after, Alfie issued
several singles/EPs -- The Alfie EP, Bookends, and Montevideo, while
their full-length debut, If You Happy With You Need Do Nothing, saw the
light of day in 2001.
Influenced by The Stone Roses. Similar to Beta Band, Sondre Lerche, Simian, Flaming Lips, Badly Drawn Bot and The Clientele.