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{{Short description|British indie rock band}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2015}}
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| name = Tellison
| image = Tellison_Live.jpg
| caption = Tellison
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| origin = London, England
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| years_active =
| label = Gravity DIP, [[Banquet Records|Banquet]], [[Big Scary Monsters Recording Company|BSM Records]], [[Naim Edge]], [[Alcopop! Records|Alcopop]]
| associated_acts =
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Stephen Davidson first formed an early incarnation of Tellison when he started school in September 2000 with original bass player Rory Andrew. In 2001 Rory introduced drummer Henry Danowski. The three piece went on to release their first [[Extended play|split extended play]] with [[Northampton]] band Seven Years on 2 December 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title = Tellison / Seven Years - split|url = http://www.tellison.co.uk/2011/music.htm|website = Tellison.co.uk|publisher = Jaws II Records|accessdate = 11 November 2015|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151111151811/http://www.tellison.co.uk/2011/music.htm|archivedate = 11 November 2015|date = 2 December 2003}}</ref> The band had been working on recording an album until Rory Andrew left the band in 2005. Later in 2005 Andrew Tickell and Peter Phillips would join the band, with Tickell taking over bass guitar and Phillips on guitar and vocals.<ref name="gravityinterview1">{{cite web|title = Tellison Interview|url = http://www.gravitydip.com/band.jsp?interviewtellison|website = gravitydip.com|publisher = Gravity DIP|accessdate = 11 November 2015|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151111151341/http://www.gravitydip.com/band.jsp?interviewtellison|archivedate = 11 November 2015|date = May 2007}}</ref>
Work began on the album in the summer of 2006, working with Robin Sutherland in [[Scotland]] before finishing up in early 2007 with Pat Collier in [[London]]. Recording and touring at the time was "a bit of a nightmare" Davidson recalled in an interview as the band were all living in different places, with Phillips at [[Oxford University]], Danowski at university in [[Boston]], [[America]], Davidson in [[Cambridge]] and Tickell living in [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]].<ref name=gravityinterview1/> The album Contact! Contact! was finally released through Gravity DIP on 14 May 2007.<ref name="Drowned">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/Tellison|title=Tellison Bio|publisher=[[Drowned in Sound]]|accessdate=26 July 2009|archive-date=8 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208095352/http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/Tellison|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was almost immediately of-print, with [[Banquet Records]] rereleasing the album later that year on 12 November 2007.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Around the album's release, the band were twice featured as a recommended artist on the front page of [[Myspace]]. The band also received continued exposure when their tracks "Gallery" and "Wasp Nest" were both featured in British sitcom [[The Inbetweeners]].<ref name=drowned1>{{cite web|last1=Maine|first1=Sammy|title=Tellison - Hope Fading Nightly|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19014/reviews/4149399|website=Drownedinsound.com|accessdate=22 September 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922124429/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19014/reviews/4149399|archivedate=22 September 2015|date=18 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Inbetweeners S1-Ep1: Music|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-inbetweeners/articles/all/s1-ep1-music|website=Channel4.com|accessdate=11 November 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111115138/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-inbetweeners/articles/all/s1-ep1-music|archivedate=11 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode | title = [[A Night Out in London]] | series = [[The Inbetweeners]] | network = Channel 4 | date = 23 April 2009 | series-no = 2 | number = 4}}</ref>
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{{Main article|The Wages of Fear (album)}}
The band originally started work on their second album in 2009, however at the time Davidson was in his final year of university whilst the other members were in full-time employment, making it difficult for the band to regularly work together. In May 2010 the band began working with different producers on demoing the record, before recording the album with Peter Miles in June.<ref name=alterthepress1>{{cite web|last1=Berclaz-Lewis|first1=James|title=INTERVIEW: TELLISON|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/05/interview-tellison.html|website=Alterthepress.com|accessdate=11 November 2015|date=24 April 2011}}</ref> The band previewed new material throughout their October–November UK headline tour, before releasing the first single from the new album, "Collarbone" on 22 November 2010. The single was released through [[Big Scary Monsters Recording Company]], who would also release the track "Edith Wharton" on their end of year compilation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=Sean|title=NEW TELLISON EP, 7" AND UK DATES|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2010/09/new-tellison-ep-7-and-uk-dates.html|website=Alterthepress.com|accessdate=11 November 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111123546/http://www.alterthepress.com/2010/09/new-tellison-ep-7-and-uk-dates.html|archivedate=11 November 2015|date=27 October 2010}}</ref> On 10 March 2011 the band announced that their sophomore album ''The Wages of Fear'' would be released from Naim Edge.<ref name=wages1>{{cite web|title=TELLISON return with their sophomore album
Due to someone within the music press illegally leaking an unfinished version of the album, the decision was made to make the complete album available to stream on 28 April 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ritchie|first1=Andy|title=TELLISON – THE WAGES OF FEAR|url=http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/tellison-the-wages-of-fear/|website=Punktastic.com|accessdate=11 November 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111170442/http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/tellison-the-wages-of-fear/|archivedate=11 November 2015|date=28 April 2011}}</ref> Second single "Say Silence (Heaven & Earth)" was released on 5 June 2011, with the album released the following week on 13 June 2011. ''The Wages of Fear'' was positively received by critics, praising the band's shift towards writing more intelligent indie rock.<ref name="The 405">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefourohfive.com/review/article/tellison-the-wages-of-fear
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|title=TELLISON - THE WAGES OF FEAR|website=Rocksound.tv|author=Aylott, Tom|accessdate=2011-06-15}}</ref> The band began their seventeen date headline tour in support of the album, before releasing third single "Edith" on 10 October 2011 which was supported by a further thirteen date headline tour of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bychawski|first1=Adam|title=Tellison announce October UK tour|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tellison/59329|website=Nme.com|accessdate=11 November 2015|date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The track was also featured in the reality television show [[Made in Chelsea]].<ref>{{Cite episode | title = When I Was Younger I Experimented With Clingfilm|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/made-in-chelsea/articles/series-1-music/s1-ep2-music | series = [[Made in Chelsea]] | network = Channel 4 | date = 26 September 2011 | series-no = 2 | number = 2}}</ref>
On 9 December 2011 the band released a standalone Christmas single titled "Good Luck It's Christmas". The pay what you want single was in support of the charity [[Campaign Against Living Miserably]] and was subsequently played on Radio 1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Huw Stephens just played our Christmas song on Radio 1|url=https://www.facebook.com/tellisontellison/posts/195854043838521?_rdr=p|website=Facebook.com|accessdate=11 November 2015|date=18 December 2011}}</ref> The final single from the album, "Freud Links The Teeth & The Heart" was released on 28 May 2012. The band went on a small tour in May before playing a number of festivals over the summer months, including: [[Truck Festival]], [[
In late 2012 the band decided to remaster and reissue their out-of-print debut album ''Contact! Contact!'', marking the fifth anniversary of its original release. Naim Edge rereleased the record on 3 December 2012, with the band performing the album in its entirety across a small tour.<ref>{{cite web|title=On 3rd December 2012, TELLISON will release a special edition, remastered version of their totally barn-storming and brilliant classic of a debut album,
=== ''Hope Fading Nightly'' (2013-present) ===
{{Main article|Hope Fading Nightly}}
The band first began working on new material in June 2012.<ref name=stereoboard1>{{cite web|last1 = Bland|first1 = Ben|title = Stereoboard Chats To One Of The
The first single from the sessions titled "Tact Is Dead" premiered on 4 March 2015.<ref name=rocksound1>{{cite web|last1=Ritchie|first1=Andy|title=TELLISON HAVE RELEASED THEIR FIRST NEW SONG IN OVER FOUR YEARS AND
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