Mower

Mower is a London, England-based UK indie rock band that is active from 2000 to the present. It is associated with Transcopic records and is described in tags as crossing over into hardcore, metal, rock and alternative styles.

Band history and recordings

The band forms in 1999 in its original account and then operates from 2000 onward in the later, corrected timeline. Its early releases include the debut single Na, which is named single of the week by NME, and the first album Mower. Graham Coxon produces that album after the band signs to his Transcopic label in 2001.

In 2003 the band records its second album, People Are Cruel, with producer Stephen Street, who has worked with Blur and The Smiths. That year it also plays a headline tour and supports British Sea Power around the UK. In early 2004 it supports The Ordinary Boys and then The Futureheads on UK tours.

Members

The group includes Matt Motte on vocals and guitar, John Barrett on drums and other duties, and Nash Mower on bass and vocals between 2001 and 2003. Alex Shaw also plays bass, vocals and other duties. The group is later without a label after Transcopic shuts down in 2005.

Live activity and later return

Mower tours the UK for the first time supporting Drugstore. It then plays the Camden Crawl in April 2007 after a relatively quiet period.