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{{Short description|British indie rock band}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
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| name = Tellison
| image = Tellison_Live.jpg
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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]]
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'''Tellison''' is
They have released three studio albums: ''[[Contact! Contact!]]'' (2007), ''[[The Wages of Fear (album)|The Wages of Fear]]'' (2011) and ''[[Hope Fading Nightly]]'' (2015) as well as two split extended plays and a number of singles. The band have been somewhat secretive as to the origins of their name, revealing only that it is "the surname of a man whose life story is very good".<ref>{{cite web|title = Interview with Tellison|url = http://247magazine.co.uk/2011/06/28/interview-with-tellison/|website = 247magazine.co.uk|publisher = 247 Magazine|accessdate = 11 November 2015|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151111120342/http://247magazine.co.uk/2011/06/28/interview-with-tellison/|archivedate = 11 November 2015|date = 28 June 2011}}</ref>
The band have received exposure from being featured as a recommended artist on [[Myspace]], having their tracks feature on television shows such as ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'', ''[[Made in Chelsea]]'' and ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' as well as opening for bands including [[Biffy Clyro]], [[Noah and the Whale]], [[Kevin Devine]], [[Mumford & Sons]] and [[Twin Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Golunski|first1=James|title=Tellison - Freud Single Review|url=http://vulturehound.co.uk/2012/06/tellison-freud-links-the-teeth-and-the-heart-single-review/|website=
==History==
=== Formation, early releases and ''Contact! Contact!'' (2000-2010) ===
{{Main article|Contact! Contact!}}
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 =
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}}▼
▲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}}</ref> The album was almost immediately of-print, with [[Banquet Records]] rereleasing the album later that year on 12 November 2007.
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=== ''The Wages of Fear'' (2010-2012) ===
{{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=
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=
|title=Tellison – The Wages Of Fear|
|title=Album Review: Tellison - The Wages Of Fear|
|title=Joyce Manor Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired|
|title=TELLISON - THE WAGES OF FEAR|
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=
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
== Band members ==
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'''Former touring members'''
* Richard Peter Snapes – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals <small>(2011–14)</small><ref name="slatethedisco1"/>
* Matthew Roberts – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals <small>(2008–10)</small> <ref name=rocksoundfeature1>{{cite web|last1=Kellehark|first1=Rachel|title=TELLISON: REFLECTION & SPECULATION|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/tellison-reflection-speculation|website=
* Benjamin J Wood – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals <small>(2007-2008)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Tellison: About|url=http://www.tellison.co.uk/framed/about.htm|website=
'''Former members'''
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