Trying to figure out who this band is...

[StudioShutIn]

I was wondering if anybody here could help me figure this out. I saw a band play on 'Later...with Jools Holland' a couple years ago, but I missed what their name was, and I haven't been able to find out who they are, or any of the other songs they did. What I remember about the band was that they were a rock band that included alot of electronic elements (synths, as well as little oscillating bleeps and bloops as background/ambience) and their vocalist seemed to be using a whammy pedal on his vocals at various points in the song.
If it's any help, the vocalist looked kinda like a skinnier version of Robert Smith...Any ideas about who this might be?

[Toonster]

Might be The Horrors..

They are cool and that's what I first thought about when reading your discription..

[comtrails70]

Battles maybe?

[comtrails70]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5LvoBRS1Mk[/youtube]
damn good band.

[nad]

I too was thinking Battles.

And now I'm thinking 65daysofstatic because that's who I always think of when it comes to this type of music.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZEcg8NLtM[/youtube]

[Companda]

Battles maybe?

This was my first thought as well, but I wouldn't categorize Tyondai as Robert Smith-esque.

[comtrails70]

ahem..

robert smith

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battles guy:

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same exact person..
you loose.

[Companda]

I stand corrected in eternal shame.

[comtrails70]

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that just how i do..

[StudioShutIn]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5LvoBRS1Mk[/youtube]
damn good band.

*ding ding ding* we have a winner!
You even found the footage that I saw on Jools Holland's show... Ok..so it's a band called Battles, and the song is called Atlas.
Thanks Comtrails70 (and all the rest) for your assistance!

[Companda]

That skinny Robert Smith'n sunuvabitch.

[StudioShutIn]

That skinny Robert Smith'n sunuvabitch.

Ok, now that I see the video again, I guess Tyondai doesn't look so "rober smith"-y after all..I guess the big frizzed-out hair stuck in my mind and made me think "robert smith", even though the actual dude doesn't look much like him....sorry for the misleading comments...

[Companda]

It's OK. I ain't mad atcha.

[Toonster]

It made the thread a lot more fun RS FTL!