High Llamas

UK

Formed: 1992

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Chamber Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic

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Although the High Llamas are nominally a group, they're pretty much the brainchild of singer and guitarist Sean O'Hagan. O'Hagan did some time in the London-by-way-of-Dublin band Microdisney, in which he was the songwriting partner of Cathal Coughlan. After Microdisney split in 1988 (Coughlan forming Fatima Mansions), O'Hagan released a couple of import-only solo albums before forming the High Llamas. The Llamas issued their debut, Gideon Gaye, in 1994 to high praise in the British press; it was released in the States a year later almost as an ...

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