Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who grew up near Bristol and has been a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas and Dot Allison guitarist Ian Button (also formerly of the Thrashing Doves). Paul is regularly backed by Thee Awkward Silences, an eight-piece band including Ian Button, Tom Mayne (David Cronenberg's Wife), Alex Templeton-Ward, Niall Spooner-Harvey, Kate Arnold, Lawrence "Lunch" Pritchard and Jes Walton.

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  • Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who grew up near Bristol and has been a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas and Dot Allison guitarist Ian Button (also formerly of the Thrashing Doves). Paul is regularly backed by Thee Awkward Silences, an eight-piece band including Ian Button, Tom Mayne (David Cronenberg's Wife), Alex Templeton-Ward, Niall Spooner-Harvey, Kate Arnold, Lawrence "Lunch" Pritchard and Jes Walton. His debut album The Misdiagnosis of Paul Hawkins was released on AFUK Records in 2006 (and was reissued as a digital download by free net label Fleeing from Pigeons in April 2009). He first received UK national airplay on Radio 1 with his songs "I'll Be Getting a Divorce for Christmas" and his singles and tracks from the 2008 Jezus Factory Records album We Are Not Other People have also received Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music airplay. In October 2008 the band's first Radio 1 session was broadcast. The band have appeared on compilations for Cherryade Records, Jezus Factory Records and AFUK Records.
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  • Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who grew up near Bristol and has been a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas and Dot Allison guitarist Ian Button (also formerly of the Thrashing Doves). Paul is regularly backed by Thee Awkward Silences, an eight-piece band including Ian Button, Tom Mayne (David Cronenberg's Wife), Alex Templeton-Ward, Niall Spooner-Harvey, Kate Arnold, Lawrence "Lunch" Pritchard and Jes Walton.
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