The Broken Family Band
The Broken Family Band was a British rock band from Cambridge and London. T… Read Full Bio ↴The Broken Family Band was a British rock band from Cambridge and London. The band was formed in Cambridge, England by Steven Adams, Jay Williams, Micky Roman and Gavin Johnson in 2001, following the break-up of Adams and Williams’ indie rock band Hofman. Their musical style has variously been referred to as alt-country, country-rock, new wave, and indie-rock (the latter term being favoured by the band).

The band rose from the ashes of, "several crap indie bands [[artist]Hofman etc.] and a pretty good post-rock band [[artist]Gwei-lo]" in post-millennial Cambridge (i.e. around 2001).

“The first nice thing outside our own little world was getting a call from John Peel on a Sunday morning saying he liked our first record. It was like a pat on the back from your favourite uncle,” says frontman Steven Adams. Their first mini-album The King Will Build A Disco appeared in 2002, to general bemusement and delight that East Anglia had produced its own leftfield Americana act. The following year saw their first full-length album, the more folksy Cold Water Songs, closely followed by the inventive, adventurous Jesus Songs mini album. In 2005 they released the spiteful, dark Welcome Home Loser, clad in a particularly magnificent sleeve, and 2006’s cunningly titled Balls sealed their position as Britain’s most unlikely indie-country-rock outfit, as they turned up the fuzz and put down the acoustic guitars. By 2007 the distinctly British-sounding Hello Love was well received across the board, the swaggering single ‘Love Your Man, Love Your Woman’ becoming something of an anthem.

Eight years later, The Broken Family Band have gradually shed the accordionists, the cute girl singers, the banjo players and even the American drawl, and reduced themselves to the unchanged core of Adams, bassist Gavin Johnson, guitarist Jay Williams and drummer Micky Roman.

Mixed by veteran producer George Shilling, The Broken Family Band release their seventh album, Please and Thank You on 20/04/2009 and a single, Salivating, on 06/04/2009.

Citing wishes to "quit while we're ahead", the band announced their imminent split in August 2009. A series of shows in October will precede the final gig on October 31 at The Portland Arms in Cambridge.

Edit: 25/01/10 RIP The Broken Family Band. Gone but not forgotten.
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The Broken Family Band Lyrics


A Place You Deserve You are not driving the car and its going the…
A Princess Warped by the river and damned by the lake I am…
All I Want from You Is Some Effort All I want from you is some effort All I want…
Alone in the Make-Out Room I want you to die with my hands round your…
At the Back of the Chapel I've been waiting At the back of the chapel I've been here…
borrowed time We don't live on borrowed time anymore, But we still will…
Cocktail Lounge How low how low must I sink For you to want it…
Come On Home I know you really want me I know you really want…
Coping With Fear We cope with our fear, our anger, our pain By holding…
Dancing On the 4th Floor How long before we get this thing together and tie…
Devil in the Details You have such beautiful eyes Sometimes I look in them and…
Diamonds in the Mine Oh, the woman in blue, she's asking for revenge The man…
Don't Change Your Mind keep trying your best all of a sudden 'cause it's…



Don't Leave That Woman Unattended Don't leave that woman unattended I might get stuck in for…
For Milton Mapes Take yourself back to your boyfriend And tell him what you…
Give and Take I believed in her and she believed in me I spent…
Gone Dark Gone dark, I feel your hand in mine No take, it's…
Happy Days Are Here Again Forget your troubles (Happy days) Come on get happy (are he…
Hitting Women One last dance before we go And trust sticks in my…
Honest Man's Blues If you work in a whorehouse you're gonna get fucked If…
I See How You Are I bet you say that to all the boys And they…
I'm Thirsty You've been the queen of kiss-off kick-backs, Big time roll…
It I could hold, your beautiful hands And kiss, your beautiful …
It's All Over by I could hold, your beautiful hands And kiss, your beautiful…
it’s all over I could hold, your beautiful hands And kiss, your beautiful …
John Belushi I don't feel like John Belushi tonight Poor little me I'm…
Kissing In the Rain I didn't know that I loved you 'Till the day I…
Leaps With love On the tips of your fingers From the afternoon …
Living In Sin I had to make a choice between good an evil…
Mess Around There′s an ache creeping through my bones And a lake of…
Michelle You could have made it right, if you tried And maybe…
Mimi Maybe you could be the one for me We could drink…
Mother O'Jesus I've got a song that could make you feel better…
Nights In the Tractorbeam Don't say if it's coming I don't wanna know And neither sh…
Poor Little Thing Poor little thing You're such a cliché And I can't bring…
Queen of the Sea The queen of the sea with one hand in her…
Song Against Robots There is no food I can't eat Here unless I wanna…
St. Albans Tonight you hit Saint Albans With snot hanging out of your…
The Booze and the Drugs Yeah, baby I wanna take you home On a night like…
The Last Song I've got one good song left in me And it's poring…
The Mardi Gras Rescue Mission Hold on if you can I'm coming to get you To take…
The Moon and the Stars The moon and the stars Somehow we knew that they understood…
Trouble How many hearts can you hold in your hand? And how…
Twisted Would you love me more if I was prettier? Deep down…
Walking Back to Jesus Part One Hold my hand 'Cause we're walking back to Jesus Hold my …
Walking Back to Jesus Part Two Here I go again, holding on to you I shoulda brought…
We Already Said Goodbye I have one last thing to ask you about your…
When We're Dry It's nearly the end of the day And we're still hung…
Where The Hell Is My Baby? Where the hell is my baby? Sometimes she goes too far.. Wh…
Wherever You Go Wherever you go, there you are And when you come back…
Yer Little Bedroom Let's start something Right here You and me In yer little…
You Broke My Fucking Heart You broke my fucking heart and now you're acting like you…
you Did a Bad Thing The good part of you is saying this is wrong, And…
You Were a Nightmare You were a nightmare in your youth Now you're a woman,…
You're Like a Woman You didn't ask about my job You didn't ask about where…
You're Like a Women You didn't ask about my job You didn't ask about w…


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