When we did instrumental it was always more interesting. Verity Susman explained, "Way way back, when we first started, we always had a lot of singing. Although Electrelane started off as a traditional band with vocals, this album was mostly instrumental. Their debut album, Rock It to the Moon, was released in April 2001 through Mr. Original guitarist Debbie Ball was replaced by Mia Clarke.
She was briefly replaced by Rupert Noble until Rachel Dalley signed on. The original bassist was Tracy Houdek, who left the band due to a pregnancy. During this period, they had a number of personnel changes. The first two singles they released were "Gabriel" and "Blue Straggler" and in fall of 2000 they began work on their debut album. They released another single ("Le Song") with Fierce Panda before creating their own label, Let's Rock!, with distribution by 3MV. The band recorded their first single, "Film Music," and released it in January 2000 on the Skint Records offshoot label Indenial. 1.5 No Shouts, No Calls and indefinite hiatus (2006–2007).The band, when playing live, had a reputation for a focused show that minimised audience interaction and rarely included more than one encore. Although the band had strong feminist and political views in their personal lives, they generally preferred to not communicate that directly to their fans or through their music one exception is their inclusion of the protest song " The Partisan," which they began playing while on tour in the United States during the months preceding the 2004 Presidential election. Their music drew from a wide range of influences including Neu!, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, and the Velvet Underground. The band comprised Susman, Gaze, Mia Clarke, and Ros Murray. Post-rock, alternative rock, electronic, experimentalĮlectrelane were an English indie rock band, formed in Brighton in 1998 by Verity Susman and Emma Gaze. Electrelane performing at the Pavilion Theatre in Brighton in December 2007
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