Amber Run

"Amber Run" is a British Indie band from Nottingham, UK composed of Joe Keogh, Will Jones, Tom Sperring, Felix Archer, and Henry Wyeth. They were initially called Amber but were forced to change their name to avoid a conflict with the German dance-pop singer of the same name. The band have played mostly in the UK and Ireland. Joe Keogh, Tom Sperring and Will Jones were originally friends from Buckinghamshire, where they played in an alt.rock band. With Felix Archer from the same area and Wyeth from Kent, they met while studying at University of Nottingham. They all studied for degrees in Humanities and Law, but abandoned their studies in second year to focus on the band. Thanks to local BBC presenter Dean Jackson the band featured on the BBC Introducing stage at Reading Festival in 2013, which was only the fourth show the band played. Their presence attracted a number of A&R men to the show and after a few weeks of negotiating the band signed to RCA.