Slow Club formed in 2006 following the dissolution of the indie-rock band The Lonely Hearts The band released two
7" singles in 2007, "Because We're Dead" and "Me and You", on
Moshi Moshi Records. On 1 September 2008, their first
extended play, ''Let's Fall Back in Love'', was released. A
Christmas single, titled "Christmas TV", was released in December 2008. Their debut album,
Yeah So, was recorded by Mike Timm at Axis Studio in Sheffield and released in July 2009, followed by the release of their second EP
Christmas, Thanks For Nothing in December 2009. The band's second album,
Paradise, produced by Luke Smith (
Clor), was released on 12 September 2011. Slow Club have toured extensively around UK, Europe, US, Australia and Japan and played major UK festivals, including
Glastonbury festival,
Latitude festival and
Green Man Festival. They have supported acts such as
KT Tunstall,
Florence and the Machine and
Mumford and Sons. They often collaborated with other musicians, such as
Sweet Baboo, during live shows. In spring 2013 the band went back into the studio with Colin Elliot (who has worked with
Richard Hawley) and started recording their third album. The album
Complete Surrender was released on 14 July 2014. The band's touring line-up included long-time drummer Avvon Chambers and bassist
Rob Jones. They were also occasionally joined by
Fyfe Dangerfield. The band released their fourth album ''One Day All of This Won't Matter Anymore'', recorded in Richmond, Virginia, in 2016. Following a tour between late 2016 and early 2017, the duo split up, with both working on solo projects. Taylor later discussed feeling unfulfilled by the joint project before the split. The tour was documented in the film
Our Most Brilliant Friends directed by Piers Dennis.
Yes (2022) and
Yup (2023). Rebecca Lucy Taylor has released three studio albums under the stage name
Self Esteem:
Compliments Please,
Prioritise Pleasure and
A Complicated Woman. ==Critical reception==