Kids Love Lies
Kids Love Lies were a London pop punk band from November 2007 to July 2010. Line up The founding lineup of Kids Love Lies was Ellen Murphy (vocals), Leigh Harrison (guitar), Claudia Mansaray (bass guitar), Matty Saywell (guitar) and Raf Singer (drums), based in London. They formed as Kids Love Lies in November 2007. After auditioning around 10 singers, Ellen replied to an advert on Gumtree and auditioned several songs that the band sent her. New drummer Will Jones joined the band in January 2010, replacing Raf Singer, who departed in October 2009. Claudia Mansaray left the band in April 2010. The band announced their split in July 2010. Murphy went on to perform as Only Girl, including a collaboration with Zero 7. Sound NME said that "Firecracker singer Ellen Murphy sounds pretty much like Kate Nash would if she dropped the prim and proper act and thrashed herself into a full on Kathleen Hanna hissy fit." The Guardian's Guide has compared them to Bow Wow Wow. Tasty Fanzine said of single Count in my Head to "think Chiara L’s or a slightly more wired version of Scanners." They were influenced by Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Slits, Sleater-Kinney, and