Artist
Athlete
Athlete is an indie artist from London, England formed in 2002. 61 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · London, England · Best indie albums
- 61
- Releases
- 2003–2026
- Active years
- 2002
- Formed
Discography
11
Most popular
Black Swan
2009 · 10 tracks
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Singles & EPs
50
Tourist
Single · 2005
Equiduba
Single · 2026
Manifesto
Single · 2026
Blueprint
Single · 2026
Eclectic House
Single · 2026
Dialogue
Single · 2026
Interstitium
Single · 2026
Body & Soul
Single · 2025
Bad Lover
Single · 2025
Older
Single · 2025
Twenty Four Hours (Joshua Wong Remix)
Single · 2025
Twenty Four Hours
Single · 2025
Tangara
Single · 2025
Disfrutar
Single · 2025
Vamos
Single · 2025
Choco
Single · 2025
Talk to Me
Single · 2025
Make Sense
Single · 2025
Half Light
EP · 2025
Escapism
Single · 2025
Trakata
Single · 2025
Ta Ka Ta
Single · 2024
Butterfly
Single · 2024
Surprise
Single · 2024
Athlete House
Single · 2024
Swiss Police
Single · 2024
Mystic Harmonica
Single · 2024
Live out Loud
Single · 2024
Dog Walk
Single · 2024
Sirena
Single · 2023
Beautiful (2023 Remaster)
Single · 2023
Beating Heart
Single · 2023
Budapest 2023
Single · 2023
Pepino
Single · 2023
You Got The Style (2023 Remaster)
Single · 2023
Shot O'clock
Single · 2022
The Getaway EP
EP · 2009
The Outsiders
EP · 2008
Hurricane (Camp America Re-Style)
Single · 2007
Tokyo (Acoustic)
Single · 2007
Tokyo (Live at Koko)
EP · 2007
Hurricane (Iain Archer Version)
Single · 2007
Live in San Francisco
EP · 2006
Twenty Four Hours (Radio Edit)
Single · 2005
Live in London
EP · 2005
Wires
Single · 2005
Tourist (Live)
Single · 2005
Tourist (Radio Edit)
Single · 2005
El Salvador
Single · 2003
You Got the Style
Single · 2003
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About
Athlete are a British indie rock band formed in Deptford, London, comprising Joel Pott (lead vocals and guitar), Carey Willetts (bass and backing vocals), Stephen Roberts (drums and backing vocals) and Tim Wanstall (keyboards and backing vocals). Recently, the quartet have recruited Jonny Pilcher of Weevil as a live guitarist. The band had a brief period of high-profile domestic success in which their debut album Vehicles & Animals (2003) was a platinum seller in 2005 and Mercury Music Prize nomination. It was followed up by Tourist (2005) which reached #1 and sold over 500,000 copies allowing this album to also go platinum. Since then the band has continued to release records on regular basis. Their last two albums Beyond the Neighbourhood (2007) and Black Swan (2009) sees the band exploring different styles, influenced by the works of The Beach Boys and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
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Friends since the age of fourteen, Athlete took their wide ranging influences such as Grandaddy and The Flaming Lips and started jamming and practicing in the basement of The Bear, a pub which was converted into a church and sandwich bar, on Deptford High Street in 1999. They began recording there, before sending demos out. Signing with Regal Recordings, the band released their first single "Westside" in February 2002 released, which was a hit, garnering airplay on BBC Radio 1 and paving the way for another single, "You Got the Style" which cracked the Top 40 in June. Parlophone took notice and promptly signed the musicians, who entered the studio with producer Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Beth Orton) in late 2002 to record their first studio LP.
Athlete in brief
- How many Athlete releases are on Riffiter?
- 61 releases are catalogued, spanning 2003 to 2026.
- When was Athlete formed?
- Athlete formed in 2002, in London, England.
- What genre is Athlete?
- Athlete is catalogued under Indie.
- What is the most recent Athlete release on Riffiter?
- Athlete Sound, released in 2026.