It’s been a long journey for Cambridgeshire alternative rock quartet Tom Lumley & The Brave Liaison but after three years of hard work, it is all beginning to pay off.
At ICM we have been following the band all the way up to the launch of their highly anticipated debut album ‘Everything’s Affected’ in October this year. It’s been a pleasure to see the band flourish in all these years. The traditional approach does still work – you still can gradually build up a following one step at a time.
It’s been a natural process which has not exactly been an easy ride either. Tom, Jake, Billy and Jonny have put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this project and they deserve every opportunity given to them.
“It’s definitely been an organic and ‘old school’ way up the industry for us so far,” comments Tom. “We’ve been fortunate enough to see our hard work pay off in the form of getting a record deal with Fort and most recently signing with Marshall’s live agency.
“We have a great team around us now who really want to see us achieve our dreams. The next steps are more of the same, keep writing and releasing the best music we can, keep stepping up our live show and just putting our all into everything we do with the band.”
Not only has the record deal and live agency been a massive boost to the band, their debut album ‘Everything’s Affected’ was a massive hit, reaching the top 10 in the official charts rock albums, top 50 independent albums, top 10 indie breakers chart and top 100 in the official sales chart.
“We are incredibly proud of the album and what it has achieved for us,” says Tom. “We pushed really hard…
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