Location

Leicester

Genre

Indie

Influences

Bloc Party, Editors, The Killers, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Athlete, Pulp, We Are Scientists, Joy Division, Foals

Biography

Autohype formed in 2006 under the name Squid Ate Lucy and during their first year played gigs all around the Midlands and three summer festivals as far away as Cornwall. The band raised over £500 for comic relief by playing 4 gigs in one night. Combining the musical styles of their influences, they built up a hefty back catologue of crowd pleasers and dance tunes. After a short break, the band are back , playing as Autohype, and boasting a portfolio of new songs and a new and improved all singing, all dancing sound.

Band Members

Sebastian Twigden, 22, Lead Vocalist

Martin Brien, 24, Guitar/backing vocals

Shaun Keefe, 21, Guitar/backing vocals

Oliver Micklethwaite-Howe, 20, Bassist

Edmund Grunill, 19, Drummer

Recorded Songs

Transmission, Any Chance, Stronger Than Anyone (All songs recorded Park Farm by Jamie Ward of Kyte, Feb 08)

Composed Songs

Web Sites

AutoHype on Myspace

AutoHype official web site

Gigs

2007

01) 03-Dec Digby Bar (2006)
02) 06-..he Shed
03) 15-Dec New Hall
Xmas Break
04) 31-Jan The Charlotte (2007)
05) 08-Feb Digby bar
06) 10-Feb The Shed (acoustic)
07) 18-Feb The Shed
08) 27-Feb The Shed
09) 02-Mar The Shed (acoustic)
10) 03-Mar The Union (Queens Hall)
11) 08-Mar The Charlotte
12) 16-Mar Uni Halls Gigathon RND(4 gigs in 1 night)
13) 18-Mar The Shed
14) 20-Mar New Hall Band Night
15) 23-Mar The Prince Of Wales
16) 28-Mar The Union (Element)
17) 29-Mar The Alchemist
18) 01-Apr The Shed (acoustic final)
Easter Break
19) 27-May Glastonbudget Festival
20) 12-Jun Beach Break Live (Polzeath)
21) 23-Jun Music4U (Milton Keynes)
Summer Break
22) 26-Sep The Sun (Indie Summer)
23) 12-Oct Looking Glass
24) 16-Oct The Shed
25) 26-Oct Scruffy Murphy's (Birmingham)
26) 27-Oct The Shed
27) 01-Nov Firebug (Leicester)
28) 04-..ommy Flynn's (Camden, London)
29) 06-..he Shed (Autohype Night)
30) 08-Dec Maddisons
31) 25th Jan - The Lounge, LiveWire 2
32)- 27th Jan - The Shed, Glastonbudget Heat
33) - 30th Jan - Yates' Nottingham, Wayne's Showcase
34) - 3rd Feb - The Maze/Forest Tavern Nottigham, MindVox Indie Battle
35) - 9th Feb - The Shed, All Ages Show
36) - 9th Feb - Praha, Hinkley, with The Shreds
37) - 21st Feb - The Shed, with Egeszsegedre

The band performed over 25 live shows in 2007, including 3 festivals.

The band has played in many parts of the UK, including Camden where they placed to a sell out night

The band performed on the New Acts Stage at the Glastonbudget Festival in May under their previous band name.

2008

Upcoming shows are all on the band's Myspace

Notable achievements

Raising money for Comic Relief by playing 4 gigs in one night.

Reviews

Leicester indie band Autohype put on a beltin'ly good show at the Maze in Nottingham. Playing a heat in the Mindvox Battle of the Bands, the indie kids played their latest songs, including their dance anthem "Any Chance" and recently recorded "Stronger than Anyone".

Sparkling stage performance, well blended guitar riffs and synth sounds, created a characteristic sound which will mark out the 'Hypes as being one of the leading proponents of the art of indie.

Throwing themselves into the challenge, the five lads mopped the floor with the other bands. Only a few days earlier, AutoHype played Yates in Nottingham and clearly outshone all the other bands for originality and x-factor star quality. Watch their MySpace for new releases as a string of new songs will be coming out over the next few weeks."
Review by Arts In Leicestershire

"Superb Band
amazing songs"
Review by Cave Records

"Make sure you're paying attenion to this band"
Review by The Ripple Newspaper

Management

The band is managed by Trevor Locke of Get Your Band On.

Fan Base Organisation

There is a mailing list linked to the band's official web site. This has 27 users.

The band's MySpace has 1,107 friends (February 2008)

Equipment