Turin Brakes is an English band comprising original duo of Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, and long-term collaborators Rob Allum and Eddie Myer. Hailing from Balham, London, they had a UK top 5 hit in 2003 with their song "Painkiller (Summer Rain)" on Cooking Vinyl. Turin Brakes has been compared to many of the New Acoustic Movement's bands spawned in the late 90s such as
Elbow,
Starsailor,
I Am Kloot (who were a support band for Turin Brakes on their Ether Song tour) and the Norwegian band the
Kings of Convenience. Their debut album "
The Optimist LP" (2…
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