Loose Talk Costs Lives are a London, UK based band who present a diverse form of popular music, taking influence from artists such as XTC, Four Brothers, Talking Heads, Owls and Steve Reich. James Rapson (guitars and vocals), Oliver Route (guitars), Tim Clay (guitars, keyboards) Liam Klimek (bass) and Greg Round (drums) all met whilst studying at University in Leeds before forming at the start of 2010. The band have since supported the likes of Wild Beasts, Two Door Cinema Club, Maps and Atlases and Good Shoes around the UK. In December 2010 they released their first double A-side single “Some Nice Flowers / Wreck Ashore” and in Spring/Summer 2011 they are due to release their debut EP “Wax and Gold” - recorded and produced by James Kenosha (Grammatics, Chapel Club, Dinosaur Pile-Up and Pulled Apart By Horses). History Loose Talk Costs Lives were originally a continuation of a band Greg and James had started before meeting Liam at University in Leeds. The band's first gig was in Leeds' Royal Park Cellars in 2009 where they supported one of Oliver Route's earlier bands. Over the rest of 2009 the band supported various acts including Two Door Cinema Club, Chew Lips, Underground Heroes and Video Nasties. In November 2009 Oliver joined the line up as second guitarist. The band ended the year by playing a sold out Leeds club night Silver Hips (co-owned by Liam) at Hi-Fi. In 2010 saw the band gained a slot on the Main Stage at Live At Leeds Festival on the Leeds Metropolitan University stage alongside Wild Beasts and The Invisible. The band also played with bands such as Hot Club De Paris Japandroids and Good Shoes. In April they travelled down to Eastbourne to record their first single ('"Some Nice Flowers / Wreck Ashore'"). After putting a rough mix of one of their new recordings (Wreck Ashore) on NME Breakthrough, they were entered into the final of a competition to play at Lovebox festival, which was whittled down from hundreds of bands to just 5 by a panel of judges consisting of NME editor Krissi Murison, Groove Armada's Tom Findlay, NME New Music Editor Jaimie Hodgson, Peter Elliot from Primary Talent International and Rob Silver from Lovebox. The singles were eventually mixed by James Kenosha (Grammatics, Chapel Club and Pulled Apart By Horses) and self-released on 6 December 2010. The band were also featured in