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Kathleen": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 20 April 2014 – 26 April 2014". 2011 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive. Official Charts Company . Retrieved 21 February 2015. Catfish and the Bottlemen – Swiss Charts". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien . Retrieved 12 February 2020. Moore, Sam (8 January 2019). "Watch Catfish and the Bottlemen's dramatic video for their new single 'Longshot' ". NME . Retrieved 15 April 2020. Northwich band The Shallow Call to launch new single at DeBees Music Bar in Winsford". Cheshire Live. 18 August 2009.

In an interview with WOW247, McCann said that the band have "three albums written already". He continued to say that "I'm more excited for the second album than the first, because the workload is done now". [37] Introducing... Catfish and The Bottlemen - BBC Newsbeat". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970 . Retrieved 6 June 2020. CATFISH COAST TO COAST: A photo tour across America with CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN PT 5 - Catfish Coast to Coast is five cities, five photographers, five favorite shots, and five questions documenting each photographer's impressions of the event". Xsnoize.com. 15 June 2015 . Retrieved 28 April 2016.

Premier League predictions: Lawro v Catfish". BBC Sport. 14 September 2014 . Retrieved 15 March 2021. Shona (24 July 2016). "The Low Down: Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles (Interview & Gig Review) | Music Speaks". Shoonycarro.wordpress.com . Retrieved 6 June 2020. They promoted themselves by playing in support slots to friends' bands, such as Northwich's The Shallow Call, [18] and by playing in car parks after other artists' gigs, including bands such as Kasabian. [16] Steve Lamacq first played an early demo on BBC Radio 6 Music in March 2009. [19] [20] During 2009, Catfish were runners up in the 'North Wales Battle of the Bands', run by Gareth Thomas, having been beaten to the post by another local band The Fides who later closed the Conwy River Festival.

The Balcony has been nominated for the Welsh Music Prize 2014–15. [9] As the band's second album The Ride was releasing, it was reported that The Balcony had sold 250,000 copies. [10] In the United States, the album has sold 37,000 copies as of April 2016. [11] Reception [ edit ] a b Kerr, Scott. "The Balcony – Catfish and the Bottlemen". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 13 January 2015. McAloon, Jonathan (13 January 2016). "Brit Awards 2016: full list of winners". The Telegraph . Retrieved 3 November 2016. Catfish and the Bottlemen Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2015. Interview with Dave Nuttall of Jalapeno Custom Drums". Mike Dolbear Drums. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016 . Retrieved 1 September 2016.The UMAs– The Unsigned Music Awards". Theunsignedmusicawards.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016 . Retrieved 1 June 2016. Catfish and the Bottlemen's Van McCann: I'm saving song money for wife and kids". bbc.co.uk. 1 January 2015 . Retrieved 12 December 2020. All except noted: "Discography Catfish and the Bottlemen". Australian-charts.com . Retrieved 12 February 2020.

The Balcony was released on 15 September 2014. Shortly afterwards, the band also announced a UK tour. The album charted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart in the week ending 27 September 2014, was certified Silver in the UK on 9 January 2015, was certified Gold on 20 March 2015 and reached Platinum sales on 30 December 2016. [35] Stream Catfish And The Bottlemen's new single 'Twice' ". NME. 20 May 2016 . Retrieved 18 February 2019. Blakeway is from Llandudno, Wales. Hall is from Sheffield, England. Bibby is from Lancashire, England. They all moved to Llandudno when they were "kids at the age of about 2 or 3". [15] Catfish and the Bottlemen, formerly known as "The Prestige", [10] [11] were founded in May 2007, [12] when Ryan Evan "Van" McCann and Billy Bibby began playing guitar together at Bibby's parents home, a bed and breakfast in Llandudno, Wales. [13] McCann's parents also ran a bed and breakfast in Llandudno. [14] Van was a friend of Bibby's younger brother Stephen, which is how McCann and Bibby met. [15] McCann and Bibby were joined by Benji Blakeway on bass as the third founding member of the band. Schoolmate Jon Barr followed shortly thereafter on drums. [16] Bibby, who had been playing guitar since age 10, taught both McCann and Blakeway how to play. [17]Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Catfish and the Bottlemen is an alternative band from Llandudno, North Wales, consisting of vocalist Ryan “Van” McCann, guitarist Johnny “Bondy” Bond, bassist Benjamin “Benji” Blakeway, and drummer Robert “Bob” Hall.