I Like Trains

I Like Trains
Martin and Bowis of I Like Trains
Background information
Origin	Leeds, England
Genres	Post-rock
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Dance to the Radio, Fierce Panda Records, Beggars Banquet
Website	www.iliketrains.co.uk
Members
Guy Bannister Alistair Bowis Simon Fogal David Martin
Past members
Ashley Dean

I Like Trains (previously styled as iLiKETRAiNS) are an alternative/post-rock band from Leeds, England. The group play brooding songs featuring sparse piano and guitar, baritone vocals, uplifting choral passages and reverberant orchestral crescendos. They draw their inspiration from historical failings and a pessimistic world view.^{[citation needed]}

Their debut album, Elegies to Lessons Learnt was released on Beggars Banquet Records, and their debut EP, "Progress Reform", was released on Fierce Panda Records in June 2006. The band ran a night at The Brudenell Social Club in Leeds called Signal Failure, putting on bands including Youthmovies, Blood Red Shoes, The Strange Death of Liberal England, Josh T. Pearson and The Early Years.

On 7 April 2007, I Like Trains featured on the early-hours music television programme The JD Set, which featured live performance clips and interviews. David Martin talked about how he wanted their music to have a "sense of location" and that this was lacking in music like "Godspeed and Sigur Rós".

The band work on concept albums. The songs on Elegies to Lessons Learnt are based on tragic historical events and figures and the songs were created after thorough research and study. I Like Trains have had their music featured on Hollywood film trailers, adverts and television, including an episode of CSI: Miami.

Their second album, He Who Saw The Deep was released in 2010.

I Like Trains have supported bands including British Sea Power, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Sisters of Mercy and Editors.

Members

• Guy Bannister – guitar, keys and vocals
• Alistair Bowis – bass guitar, synths and vocals
• Simon Fogal – drums
• David Martin – guitar and lead vocals

Discography

Albums/EPs

• Progress Reform (EP; 26 June 2006)
• Elegies to Lessons Learnt (album; 1 October 2007) UK Indie Chart #17
• The Christmas Tree Ship (EP; 24 November 2008)
• He Who Saw The Deep (album; 4 October 2010)
• This Skin Full of Bones (EP; 22 November 2011)

Singles

• "Stainless Steel" (Early 2005)
• "Before the Curtains Close Pts 1 & 2" (4 July 2005)
• "A Rook House For Bobby" (17 October 2005)
• "Terra Nova" / "Fram" (29 May 2006) UK Chart #132
• "Spencer Perceval" / "I Am Murdered" (26 March 2007) UK Chart #195
• "The Deception" (10 September 2007) UK Chart #164, UK Indie Chart #9
• "We Go Hunting" (21 April 2008)
• "Sea of Regrets" (12 October 2009)

External links

• Official website
• This Green And Pleasant Land fansite
• I Like Trains MySpace Page
• SiGNAL FAiLURE MySpace Page
• I Like Trains - Video Interview: "What is really important to you?"
• Like Trains.html Ents 24 profile
• BBC profile
• Bear Witness Pictures
• Drowned In Sound review and profile
• extrawack! interview with bassist Alistair Bowis