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{{Short description|English indie rock band}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| caption = The Paddingtons at the [[Dundee]] Doghouse
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| origin = [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England
| genre = [[Indie rock]], [[alternative rock]]<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-paddingtons-mn0000361381/biography |title=The Paddingtons | Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |date= |access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref>
| years_active = {{start date|2002}}–2009; 2014; 2025
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], Mama-Bear, DMC
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|thepaddingtons.net}}
| current_members = Tom Atkin<br />Stuee Bevan<br />Martin Hines<br />Lloyd Dobbs<br />Grant Dobbs
| past_members = Josh Hubbard
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'''The Paddingtons''' are an English [[indie rock]] [[band (music)|band]] from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]. Between April 2005 and 9 November 2006, they played over 150 live shows, including venues such as Trent Park Golf Club, [[The Square, Harlow|The Square]], [[Harlow]]; [[Jersey Live]]; [[Summercase]]; [[The Underground (Stoke)|The Underground]], [[Stoke-on-Trent]]; [[T in the Park]] and at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups|Reading and Leeds Festivals]].{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

==Career==
Composed of Tom Atkin ([[singing|vocalist]]), Stuee Bevan ([[guitarist]]) (originally Martin Hines), Josh Hubbard (guitarist); and [[sibling|brothers]] Lloyd ([[bassist]]) and Grant Dobbs ([[drummer]]), they were signed by [[Alan McGee]] to his Poptones [[record label]].<ref name="AMG"/>

They originally made their name touring in and around the Hull area, at such venues as the Welly Club, [[The New Adelphi Club]], and the Railway [[public house|pub]] in [[Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire|Cottingham]] and became part of the [[New Yorkshire]] movement of the mid-2000s. Favoured by [[The Libertines|Libertines]] [[frontman]] [[Pete Doherty]], they toured with [[Babyshambles]] in 2005.

Their debut album, ''[[First Comes First]]'', was [[record producer|produced]] by [[Owen Morris]], producer of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]' ''[[Definitely Maybe]]''.<ref name="AMG"/> While their first LP achieved only modest commercial success, it raised the band's profile sufficiently to see singer Atkin listed on [[NME's Cool List]] 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/he-s-the-coolest-man-on-the-planet-according-to-the-nme-so-who-exactly-is-alex-turner-328524.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/he-s-the-coolest-man-on-the-planet-according-to-the-nme-so-who-exactly-is-alex-turner-328524.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=He's the coolest man on the planet, according to the NME. So who|date=21 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>

In November 2006, they headed out on a small scale national tour to road test new material. They appeared alongside [[The Cribs]] at the [[Birmingham Academy]]. The Paddingtons also appeared with [[Dirty Pretty Things (band)|Dirty Pretty Things]] at The Forum in May, and again at The Spice Festival at the [[Hackney Empire]] in July 2007. On a holiday in [[Taipei]], [[Carl Barat]] of Dirty Pretty Things broke his [[collarbone]], so they recruited the help of Hubbard to play guitar while Barat's injury healed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clickmusic.com/articles/2325.html |title=Love Ends Disaster! | Artist interviews, features, reviews and more |publisher=Clickmusic |access-date=9 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024210107/http://www.clickmusic.com/articles/2325.html |archive-date=24 October 2008}}</ref>

In December 2007, they appeared alongside The Neat and [[The View (band)|The View]] at [[Hull City Hall]], as part of the [[Love Music Hate Racism]] campaign. During the same month they also played a free gig on Christmas Eve to raise money to refurbish the toilets in [[The New Adelphi Club]]. Their live sets have included a [[cover version]] of [[The Clash]]'s song, "[[Janie Jones (song)|Janie Jones]]" and [[The Vaselines]]' "[[Molly's Lips]]."

The band's second album, ''[[No Mundane Options]]'', was released on 3 November 2008. The first [[single (music)|single]] from the album, "Stand Down,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQWYSxcQt0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/hvQWYSxcQt0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Paddingtons- Stand Down|date=3 August 2008 |access-date=30 June 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> was released on the Mama Bear Records label, on 4 August 2008.<ref name="Myspace">{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/thepaddingtons |title=The Paddingtons|website=Myspace.com |date= |access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> It also included the single "What's The Point In Anything New."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKxNxHxkjEM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/xKxNxHxkjEM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Paddingtons - Whats The Point In Anything New|date=13 September 2008 |access-date=30 June 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In December 2009, the band announced plans to release a new [[Extended play|EP]], ''The Lady Boy Tapes'', which was released the following year.<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lady-boy-tapes-ep-mw0002393238 |title=The Lady Boy Tapes EP - The Paddingtons | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |date= |access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref> It saw the band team up with [[Adam Green (musician)|Adam Green]] from [[The Moldy Peaches]] for the single "Lady Boy" which was accompanied by a low budget video featuring various places of interest in Hull including [[Boothferry Park]], [[Humber Bridge]] and [[The Deep (aquarium)|The Deep]] whilst brothers Lloyd and Grant drink in The Paddington's favourite pub Queens Hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srN5QTB_RlQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/srN5QTB_RlQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Lady Boy - The Paddingtons feat. Adam Green|date=7 April 2010 |access-date=30 June 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After a five-year hiatus, The Paddingtons reunited to play Hull's flagship festival Humber Street Sesh Festival in 2014, and returned in 2018 to play a "wonderfully shambolic" set according to Jimi Arundell in Gigwise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3271134/humber-street-sesh-2018-review|title=Humber Street Sesh 2018: 'A festival on the rise' |work= Gigwise|accessdate=14 October 2021}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* 2005 - ''[[First Comes First]]''
* 2008 - ''[[No Mundane Options]]''

===Compilation albums===
* 2004 - ''Bring Your Own Poison - The Rhythm Factory Sessions'' - (contributed an early version of the future album track - "Tommy's Disease").
* 2006 - ''Back To The Bus''<ref name="AMG"/>

===Singles===
* 2004 - "[[21 (The Paddingtons song)|21]]" ([[UK Singles Chart|UK]] No. 47)
* 2005 - "[[Panic Attack (The Paddingtons song)|Panic Attack]]" (UK No. 25)
* 2005 - "[[50 to a Pound]]" (UK No. 32)
* 2005 - "[[Sorry (The Paddingtons song)|Sorry]]" (UK No. 41)
* 2008 - "Stand Down"
* 2008 - "What's The Point in Anything New"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-paddingtons-mn0000361381/discography/singles |title=The Paddingtons | Discography |website=[[AllMusic]] |date= |access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref>

===EPs===
*2010 - "The Lady Boy Tapes"<ref name="allmusic1"/>

==See also==
*[[Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England]]
*[[List of British punk bands]]
*[[List of indie rock musicians]]
*[[List of Mercury Records artists]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/thepaddingtons Myspace]
*[https://www.nme.com/artists/the-paddingtons The Paddingtons @ NME.com]

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