Kid Harpoon

來(lái)自英國(guó)的歌手/作曲家Kid Harpoon原名Tom Hull，生于1982年4月20日。
職業(yè)
Kid Harpoon最早的音樂(lè)生涯起源于Chatham，當(dāng)時(shí)他經(jīng)常在當(dāng)?shù)氐囊恍┘瘯?huì)場(chǎng)所進(jìn)行演唱。當(dāng)他在當(dāng)?shù)匦∮忻麣庵?，他參與錄制了一張由Urban Fox通訊社發(fā)行的聯(lián)合CD并在廣播電臺(tái)中進(jìn)行了播放。在那之后他來(lái)到了北倫敦的Holloway并繼續(xù)追逐他的音樂(lè)事業(yè)，并且定期的在當(dāng)?shù)匾粋€(gè)名為Nambucca的集會(huì)場(chǎng)所進(jìn)行表演。
Kid Harppon的第一首正式的單曲是'Riverside'，該首單曲由獨(dú)立發(fā)行商Brikabrak于2006年以7寸盤(pán)及CD的形式發(fā)行。另一首單曲'It's Time'則獲得了來(lái)自NME及Drowned in Sound的好評(píng)。在那之后，Kid于2007年10月22日發(fā)行了自己的第一張EP專(zhuān)輯。第二張EP專(zhuān)輯發(fā)行于2008年2月18日。
樂(lè)隊(duì)
Kid Harpoon的樂(lè)隊(duì)名為T(mén)he Powers That Be，由Clayton Boothroyd和Tom Bonner(二人與Tom Hull之前同在Fuzz的樂(lè)隊(duì))，Jon Jackson，F(xiàn)lorian Lunaire和Mr.Squeaky。在2007年初，他們與Kid Harpoon開(kāi)始了現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的表演，并且對(duì)舊歌曲進(jìn)行樂(lè)隊(duì)版重錄制，同時(shí)也錄制新歌曲。該樂(lè)隊(duì)在Kid Harpoon的一段名為Powers That Be meets Hollywood的Youtube視頻中被介紹給大眾。Kid Harpoon的首張專(zhuān)輯計(jì)劃在不久之后發(fā)行。專(zhuān)輯列表中只有一首'Riverside'是來(lái)自Kid的舊曲目，其他的歌曲則包含了重新錄制的舊歌曲及一些新歌曲。該專(zhuān)輯的名稱(chēng)暫定為Maladies。Kid Harpoon在The Kooks于2008年進(jìn)行的英國(guó)巡回演出上以嘉賓的身份出現(xiàn)。
by Chris True
Although Tom Hull was born in Chatham, it was his move to London, and taking on the performance name of Kid Harpoon that would earn him enough exposure to promote a handful of single and EP releases that would be critically well-received. Harpoon released his first single, "Riverside," in 2006 on the Brikabrak label, and soon followed the seven incher with an EP entitled The First EP. A second EP, similarly -- and obviously -- titled as the first, The Second EP earned him even more attention, and his live shows were fleshed out with a full band. That band, called the Powers That Be (Clayton Boothroyd, Tom Bonner, Jon Jackson, Florian Lunaire, and Mr. Squeaky), also teamed up with Harpoon in the studio to work on his debut album, which was due in the spring of 2008.