On 13 July 2011 the band played to a 1000-plus crowd at the Music Week Breakout event at Proud Galleries in Camden. During the performance the band announced that they had signed to
Gary Barlow's
Future Records imprint through
Universal and will be releasing music through
Island Records. The band are currently finishing their debut album which is scheduled for release in 2012. After successful early support slots for
Neon Trees,
The Kooks,
One Night Only and
The Ting Tings, LBC went on to pick up many fans when they performed as main support for
Olly Murs throughout his 2012 UK arena tour. The band have also received considerable support from
SBTV, having been given their own series of ongoing acoustic collaborations with other artists, dubbed the 'LBC Jam Sessions'. These have seen them work with artists such as
Wretch 32,
Yasmin,
Lowkey and
Sway. The band has been announced as a supporting act for
Jessie J at the 2012
iTunes Festival. In April 2012 they released their first single "Light Me Up". Topher Richwhite is the son of
David Richwhite, the New Zealand investment banker. In 2022, Topher was
detained in Iran with his spouse. ==Personnel==