{{Short description|English blues rock band}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = 22-20s | image = 22-20s live Glastonbury 2004.jpg | caption = Live Glastonbury Festival 2004 | image_size = | origin = Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England | genre = Rock, blues rock, indie rock | years_active = 2002–2005, 2008–2013, 2019–2020 | label = Heavenly/EMI<br />Astralwerks, TBD (US)<br />Yoshimoto R and C (Japan) | website = | current_members = Martin Trimble | past_members = Glen Bartup<br />James Irving<br />Dan Hare<br />Charly Coombes<br />Mark Barrett<br />Mick Nelson }}

'''22-20s''' were an English blues rock band, formed in 2002 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The band originally disbanded in December 2005 before reforming in 2008 and releasing ''Shake/Shiver/Moan'' in 2010 and ''Got It If You Want It'' in 2012. They disbanded for a second time in early 2013, before reforming again in late 2019.

The band's songs have regularly featured in adverts and films, most notably "Devil in Me" which was featured on the Vauxhall Astra television commercial in early 2016 and later a commercial for the ''Racing Post''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adbreakanthems.com/adverts/racing-post-ipad-apps/|title=Lincolnshire indie band The 22-20s never quite lived up to their potential but this Racing Post ad marks the second time their Devil In Me has made the commercial breaks – the first being in 2005 for Vauxhall.|website=Adbreakanthems.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> They have also featured on numerous high-profile soundtracks, including the Guy Ritchie film ''RocknRolla'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/rocknrolla/ |title=Warnerbros.co.uk |publisher=Warnerbros.co.uk |access-date=23 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110616155254/http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/rocknrolla/| archive-date= 16 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> ''London Boulevard'', ''Cry Wolf'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AMJDN8 |title=Cry Wolf: Michael Wandmacher: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> ''Stoned'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426627/soundtrack |title=Stoned (2005) – Soundtracks|website=IMDb.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> ''One Tree Hill,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006MT314 |title=One Tree Hill: Various Artists: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> and ''Driver: San Francisco''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.savingcontent.com/2011/08/30/driver-san-francisco-full-soundtrack-listing/|title=DRIVER: San Francisco – Full Soundtrack Listing|date=30 August 2011|website=Saving Content|language=en|access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref>

==Career== ===Formation to breakup=== Fourteen miles apart in the English county of Lincolnshire, Martin Trimble grew up in Heckington, and Glen Bartup, Fulbeck, and met at Carre's Grammar School, Sleaford. In 1997 aged 14, they bought their first guitars together from a shop owned by Trimble's uncle who would come to visit at Christmas and bring with him blues records.<ref name="tourdates.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.tourdates.co.uk/22-20s/reviews/blog/blog |title=22-20s |publisher=tourdates |date=11 June 2010 |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929102135/http://www.tourdates.co.uk/22-20s/reviews/blog/blog |archive-date=29 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The pair immersed themselves in blues artists such as Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy and later Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and T. Rex.<ref name="tourdates.co.uk"/>

The duo began playing across Lincolnshire and the north of England together on the blues circuit in Crossfire, who later changed their name to Martin Trimble & Outside Help.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fridhammar.se/xmartintr.html |title=Martin Trimble and Outside Help (Knights In Blue Denim) |publisher=Fridhammar.se |access-date=23 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304063246/http://www.fridhammar.se/xmartintr.html |archive-date=4 March 2012 }}</ref> The band also featured bassist Dave Wheeldon and a number of drummers including Rob Flanagan, Dave Raeburn of The Hoax and Mark Barrett of The Hoax who joined the band in July 2000.<ref name="fridhammar.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.fridhammar.com/xmartintr.html |title=Martin Trimble and Outside Help (Knights In Blue Denim) |publisher=Fridhammar.com |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> Their sets were composed primarily of blues covers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/fizgig-tom/gig-reviews-2000-2003.htm#martin%20trimble |title=Body |publisher=Users.tinyonline.co.uk |access-date=23 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614182546/http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/fizgig-tom/gig-reviews-2000-2003.htm| archive-date= 14 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> and they toured the country and regularly performed at blues festivals in Maryport, Colne and on the continent in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands,<ref name="Petridis">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/24/shopping.popandrock | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Alexis | last=Petridis | title=The next next big thing | date=24 October 2003}}</ref> before splitting in November 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/fizgig-tom/bluesprofiles-99-03.htm |title=Body |publisher=Users.tinyonline.co.uk |access-date=23 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614182243/http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/fizgig-tom/bluesprofiles-99-03.htm| archive-date= 14 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> Trimble then formed The Infidels with Natasha Allan and local session musician Gary Rudd,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/onyourstreet/msgary.shtml |title=Radio 3 World on Your Street – Musicians' Stories: Gary Rudd |publisher=BBC |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="users.tinyonline.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/fizgig-tom/bluesnews.htm |title=Body |publisher=Users.tinyonline.co.uk |access-date=23 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614182254/http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/fizgig-tom/bluesnews.htm| archive-date= 14 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> and The Martin Trimble band with former Outside Help/The Hoax drummer Mark Barrett and Bartup on bass, who had previously played guitar. Trimble would also occasionally perform acoustic solo gigs and as duo with Bartup.

Aged 19, Trimble, Bartup and Barrett recorded a four-song demo in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire featuring Such A Fool, 22 Days and Devil in Me, as 22-20s, named after the Skip James song "22-20 Blues", and began playing gigs more focused on original material with the occasional Muddy Waters cover. With the departure of Barrett following a record deal with a blues label that did not work out,<ref>{{cite web|author=Cassie Hilditch |url=http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/344/iv-22-20s.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221053942/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/344/iv-22-20s.shtml |url-status=usurped |archive-date=21 February 2005 |title=dBmagazine.com.au |publisher=dBmagazine.com.au |access-date=23 May 2011 }}</ref> the band toured across Europe in May 2002, for which they played with future Dakota drummer Mick Nelson,<ref name="users.tinyonline.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2005/10/05/music_local_band_dakota_feature.shtml |title=Leeds – Entertainment – Dakota |publisher=BBC |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> James Irving, previously of unsigned Lincoln band Thunder Monkey joined the band in August 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolnbands.co.uk/bands/thundermonkey.htm |title=Lincoln Bands – Thunder Monkey |access-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109063240/http://www.lincolnbands.co.uk/bands/thundermonkey.htm |archive-date=9 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/8200-“the-best-thing-about-being-in-a-band-is-being-able-to-afford-better-cigarettes-”|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101191817/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/8200-%E2%80%9Cthe-best-thing-about-being-in-a-band-is-being-able-to-afford-better-cigarettes |url-status=dead|title="The Best Thing About Being In A Band Is Being Able To Afford Better Cigarettes..."|archive-date=1 January 2017|website=Drownedinsound.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> prior to the band getting re-signed.

Trimble would later go on to comment that the band found performing on the blues circuit restricting as the audiences, who were mostly in their 50s, had a very defined idea of what the genre was, and when performing their own songs they would often have promoters coming up to them saying "You can't play that! That's not blues!" and described the scene as being "a bit cabaret".<ref name="fasterlouder.com.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/1129/The-22-20s-Chat-About-Primal-S.htm |title=The 22-20s Chat About Primal Scream, Cynicism And Being Labelled New Rock! on |publisher=Fasterlouder.com.au |date=6 October 2004 |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404060146/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/1129/The-22-20s-Chat-About-Primal-S.htm |archive-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bartup revealed that prior to recruiting Irving, they had to use session drummers much older than themselves who they had to pay to rehearse and also described the blues circuit as "all sort of Blues Brothers and guys in pork pie hats".<ref name="eventguide.ie">{{cite web|url=http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2010/06/interview-the-22-20s-the-right-way-their-way/ |title=Interview: The 22-20s 'The Right Way. Their Way.'|date=23 June 2010|access-date=18 January 2017 }}</ref>

The band first signed a publishing deal with EMI subsidiary Heavenly Records, after the band had sent a demo to the Heavenly Social venue in Nottingham which was owned by the label, and the label founder Jeff Barrett went to see the band supporting Wilko Johnson.<ref name="eventguide.ie"/> Following a bidding war between roughly 30 record companies that was described as "the A&R scramble of the century",<ref name="Petridis"/> which involved an infamous packed gig at the Dublin Castle in Camden,<ref name="tourdates.co.uk"/> being flown over to the US to meet with record company executives,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floatationsuite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=188&Itemid=59 |title=Floatation Suite |publisher=Floatation Suite |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> and a gig where the bosses of every major American record label turned up, the band also signed a record deal with Heavenly partly because "he (Barrett) was the one guy from a record company who didn’t bother taking us out for lunch, he just took us around to his office and we got absolutely hammered till about three in the morning listening to soul records".<ref name="fasterlouder.com.au"/> The band then re-located to Oxford,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/2220s-blues-thunder-543747.html | location=London | work=The Independent | title=22-20s: Blues thunder | date=15 October 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140316/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/22-20s-blues-thunder-543747.html |archive-date= 23 November 2020}}</ref> where they recruited Charly Coombes (brother of Supergrass' Gaz and Rob Coombes) on keyboards for live duties, who subsequently joined full-time during recording sessions for the first studio album.

The band released their debut single, "Such A Fool", as a limited edition 7" in April 2003. This was followed up by the six-track live EP ''05/03'' (recorded May 2003) in September 2003, a decision which was influenced by the fact they were first noticed on the strength of their live show.<ref name="accessallareas.net.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.accessallareas.net.au/artists/22-20s.php |title=22-20s &#124; Artist Interviews |publisher=Access All Areas |access-date=23 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301103122/http://www.accessallareas.net.au/artists/22-20s.php |archive-date=1 March 2011 }}</ref> The band then released their self-titled studio debut album in September 2004. Although the band finished recording the album in January of that year, there was a delay in getting the album mixed by Rich Costey.<ref>{{cite web |author=Lawrence Poole |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/entertainment/music/s/122/122471_move_day_3_2220s_interview.html |title=Move Day 3: 22-20s interview &#124; Salford Advertiser |publisher=menmedia.co.uk |date=28 June 2004 |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112144457/http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/entertainment/music/s/122/122471_move_day_3_2220s_interview.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album was produced by Brendan Lynch who had previously worked with Paul Weller and Primal Scream. Bartup commented that "we got him because he'd worked with Primal Scream and that was what caught our ear when a few names were bandied around – we didn't want an album that sounded like it'd been made in the 60s". Trimble stated that ""we wanted to make a rock 'n' roll record that wasn't about wearing Converse and becoming junkies – and I think we did that.<ref name="accessallareas.net.au"/> Both releases were critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-2220s-546522.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Andy | last=Gill | title=Album: 22-20s | date=17 September 2004}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xzxm/ |title=Music – Review of 22-20s – 22-20s |publisher=BBC |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockfeedback.com/review/1/2220s-0503-heavenly/ |title=Review – 22-20s – '05/03' (Heavenly) |publisher=RockFeedback |date=15 October 2010 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> They toured the UK, US, Australia, Japan and Europe and supported Oasis, Supergrass,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.r13.co.uk/news/221/2220s_Support_Supergrass.html |title=22-20s Support Supergrass (22-20s) – RoomThirteen – Online Rock Metal Alternative Music Magazine – Reviews Interviews News Tours |publisher=R13.co.uk |date=20 April 2004 |access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref> Graham Coxon,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alloverme.co.uk/grahamcoxon/new2005.htm |title=Graham Coxon News 2005 |access-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212121630/http://www.alloverme.co.uk/grahamcoxon/new2005.htm |archive-date=12 February 2008 }}</ref> The Black Crowes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernguitars.com/holland/archives/000732.html |title=Music, Video and Concert Reviews by Brian D. Holland: Concert Review: The Black Crowes at Boston's Orpheum Theater |access-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219040729/http://www.modernguitars.com/holland/archives/000732.html |archive-date=19 February 2006 }}</ref> and Kings of Leon.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crazy |first=Kandia |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/kings-of-leon-030910 |title=Kings of Leon + Jet + 22-20s < PopMatters |access-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020133042/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/kings-of-leon-030910 |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref>

After cancelling performances at V Festival, Pukkelpop, Cambridge and London reportedly due to illness on 16 August 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/7936/22-20s-Pull-Out-Of-V-Festival-Due-To-Illness |title=22-20s Pull Out of V Festival Due To Illness |publisher=Gigwise |date=16 August 2005 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> it was announced on 25 January 2006 that the band had split whilst in the process of working on their second album in New York before the new year. Trimble posted a lengthy statement on the band's website saying that "initially most bands wear their influences on their sleeve but for a number of reasons we've not been able to go beyond that first stage" and that he was "no longer comfortable with people's perception of what we represent".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/22-20s/22072 |title=22-20s split &#124; News |work=Nme |date=27 January 2006 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> It was believed that Trimble was set to pursue a solo career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/12841/Exclusive-The-22-20s-Split |title=Exclusive: The 22-20s Split |publisher=Gigwise |date=27 January 2006 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref>

Although the official press release claimed that the split had been amicable, it was later claimed that Trimble had wanted to change the direction of the band much to the reluctance of the other band members and this led to the band splitting. On splitting the band up and the effect it would have on his career, Trimble stated that "Quite frankly, I don't care if the next record sells one copy as long as it's a record I can be proud of, because of all the regrets I have, quite a few appear on the last record that I had my name on".<ref name="members3.jcom.home.ne.jp">{{cite web |url=http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/rock4ever/22-20s_news.html |title=22-20s_news |language=ja |publisher=Members3.jcom.home.ne.jp |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192253/http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/rock4ever/22-20s_news.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Post first split=== Following the split, Trimble stayed in New York while the rest of the band returned home. He posted on the band's official MySpace page that he was working on new material with Bartup and suggested that he would be touring later in the year. He also confirmed that what he was working on would not be a solo album and that a new website would launch soon. The MySpace page was then deleted and a website never materialised.<ref name="members3.jcom.home.ne.jp"/>

Irving went on to play with Lincoln band Fuzzbox Music,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/fuzzboxproductions |title=Fuzzbox Music &#124; Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |publisher=Myspace.com |date=21 September 2008 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> before moving to London where he worked with Asylum with Cass Brown of Skunk Anansie,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/thisisasylum |title=asylum &#124; Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |publisher=Myspace.com |date=21 September 2008 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> Hungarian band The Puzzle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=39974127&blogId=299056694 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712120128/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=39974127&blogId=299056694 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 July 2012 |title=we've got new drummer from 22-20s: can we say the best in the world? van The Puzzle op Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=13 August 2007 |access-date=23 May 2011 }}</ref> and Richmond band Marner Brown,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=44681&dd=23&mm=05&yyyy=2008 |title=Marner Brown 23/05/2008 |publisher=Remotegoat.co.uk |date=23 May 2008 |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720095447/http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=44681&dd=23&mm=05&yyyy=2008 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who he left and was replaced by Coz Kerrigan previously of Larrikin Love before re-joining 22-20s.

Coombes formed Missing Pieces with Richard Walters,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richard-walters.org/innews.php |title=News |access-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822220850/http://www.richard-walters.org/innews.php |archive-date=22 August 2010 }}</ref> and toured as second guitarist and backing vocalist with brothers Gaz and Rob in Supergrass,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themonto.com/listings_detail.php?listings_id=1458 |title=Full Listings :: Monto Water Rats Theatre, London |access-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106143301/http://www.themonto.com/listings_detail.php?listings_id=1458 |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref> before forming and fronting his own band Charly Coombes & The New Breed.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/music/newsid_8540000/8540885.stm | work=BBC News | title=Charly Coombes & The New Breed live | date=27 February 2010}}</ref>

===Reformation to second breakup=== The band reformed in late 2008 after the band's former manager offered Trimble and Bartup some studio time, and in need of a drummer called up Irving to play on the sessions. At the time, the band did not know whether the tracks would ever be released or if they did, whether they would be as 22-20s. They were then offered a gig at the Heavenly Festival in September 2008 at the Royal Festival Hall in London at the request of Heavenly Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/22-20s/38474 |title=22-20s reform for Heavenly Festival &#124; News |work=Nme |date=28 July 2008 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> The band were joined by second guitarist Dan Hare, an old school friend and formerly of fellow Sleaford band The Jubilees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2006/01/23/the_jubilees_feature.shtml |title=Lincolnshire – Entertainment – Interview: The Jubilees |publisher=BBC |access-date=23 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213115916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2006/01/23/the_jubilees_feature.shtml |archive-date=13 February 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brumnotes.com/interview-22-20s-on-their-return/ |title=Interview: 22-20s on their return « Brum Notes Magazine |publisher=Brumnotes.com |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> Coombes was not present and is no longer involved with the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/22-20s/38474 |title=NME.com |work=NME |date=28 July 2008 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> Despite debuting a new song at the gig, a spokesman for the band claimed that there were no plans for the band to continue beyond the gig.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/education/Oasis-backing-group-comeback-quashed/article-329184-detail/article.html |title=Oasis backing group 'comeback' quashed |publisher=Thisislincolnshire.co.uk |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505091510/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/education/Oasis-backing-group-comeback-quashed/article-329184-detail/article.html |archive-date=5 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The band then secretly toured England under the pseudonym Bitter Pills (the title of one of the band's new songs) in September 2009, playing venues such as Oxford Jericho Tavern, Hull Adelphi, Derby Rockhouse and Northampton Picturedrome previewing new material.

With no announcement, they released their first new material in the single "Latest Heartbreak" via ATO Records subsidiary TBD Records (US home of Radiohead) digitally in the US on 29 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/latest-heartbreak/id348377711?i=348377719/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106014753/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/latest-heartbreak/id348377711?i=348377719/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2012 |title=iTunes |publisher=iTunes |date=29 December 2009 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> A 4 track EP "Latest Heartbreak Live EP" was then released digitally in the US on 9 March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003A9Y50Y |title=Latest Heartbreak Live EP: 22-20s: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref>

A new album entitled ''Shake/Shiver/Moan'' was released in May 2010 in Japan via Yoshimoto R and C,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the22-20s.com/ |title=22-20s |publisher=22-20s |date=30 April 2011 |access-date=23 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901123116/http://the22-20s.com/ |archive-date=1 September 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.randc.jp/22-20s/top.html |title=22-20s – YOSHIMOTO R and C CO., LTD |publisher=Randc.jp |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621164448/http://randc.jp/22-20s/top.html |archive-date=21 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> where it went straight to No. 2 in the International Rock Chart,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chrysalismusicusa.com/2010/05/22-20s-storm-japan/ |title=22-20s Storm Japan &#124; Chrysalis |publisher=Chrysalismusicusa.com |date=11 May 2011 |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708152432/http://chrysalismusicusa.com/2010/05/22-20s-storm-japan/ |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> and in the US in June. The album was recorded in 2009 and produced by Ian Davenport who has previously worked with Supergrass, Badly Drawn Boy and more recently Band of Skulls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bignothing.net/22-20s.html |title=22-20s |publisher=Big Nothing |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> To promote the album, the band released live in the studio takes of new songs via their YouTube channel, ''Filter Magazine'' in the US and ''Rockin' On'' in Japan.

As well as performing on The Daily Habit on Fuel TV,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lenalamoray.com/wordpress/2010/05/13/22-20s-on-the-daily-habit-today-on-fuel-tv-new-release-june-22-tour-dates-with-cage-the-elephant/ |title=22-20s on The Daily Habit Today on Fuel TV, New Release June 22 & Tour Dates with Cage The Elephant &#124; LENALAMORAY.COM NEWS |publisher=Lenalamoray.com |date=13 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> the band have toured extensively in the US with The Whigs, Band of Skulls,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://papertrailmusic.com/2010/02/24/22-20s-reform-announce-us-tour-dates/ |title=22-20s reform, announce US tour dates &#124; Paper Trail |publisher=Papertrailmusic.com |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712111916/http://papertrailmusic.com/2010/02/24/22-20s-reform-announce-us-tour-dates/ |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Alberta Cross and Cage the Elephant,<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/article/22-20s-announce-us-tour-dates-with-alberta-cross-cage-the-elephant |title=22-20s Announce US Tour Dates With Alberta Cross, Cage The Elephant (May 16, 2010) : News |publisher=PlugInMusic.com |date=16 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-date=10 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310170255/http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/article/22-20s-announce-us-tour-dates-with-alberta-cross-cage-the-elephant |url-status=dead }}</ref> and returned to Japan to play at Fuji Rock Festival.

In October 2010, the band released the "Latest Heartbreak Live EP" in the UK via iTunes and undertook their first tour of England as 22-20s for five years including two sold-out shows at the Duke of Wellington in Lincoln.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/news/22-20s-announce-heartbreak-ep-and-second-album |title=22-20s Announce Heartbreak EP And Second Album |publisher=Entertainment Focus |date=14 October 2010 |access-date=23 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710200419/http://www.entertainment-focus.com/news/22-20s-announce-heartbreak-ep-and-second-album |archive-date=10 July 2011 }}</ref> The band also released "Latest Outtakes" in Japan, featuring some of the first tracks they recorded when they reformed and outtakes from the ''Shake/Shiver/Moan'' sessions, and played four shows across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/3894945 |title=Latest Outtakes【CD】-22-20s (トゥウェンティートゥートゥウェンティーズ)｜UK/インディ｜ロック｜音楽｜HMV ONLINE オンラインショッピング・情報サイト |publisher=Hmv.co.jp |access-date=23 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614074819/http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/3894945| archive-date= 14 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> The band announced that, during November and December 2010, they would be re-locating to Minneapolis in the US, where Trimble resided with (now former) wife Katie Deatrick, Director of Publicity of the band's old US label Astralwerks, to start writing their next album.

In February 2011, a PledgeMusic campaign was launched to release ''Shake/Shiver/Moan'' outside Japan and the US. This new exclusive version of the album included the "Latest Heartbreak Live EP" and "Latest Outtakes" releases as bonus tracks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/22-20s |title=22-20s: PledgeMusic exclusive album! |publisher=PledgeMusic |access-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727085659/http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/22-20s |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In March 2012, the band released their third studio album, ''Got It If You Want It'' in the new year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.22-20s.com/site/ |title=22-20s |publisher=22-20s |access-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116022355/http://www.22-20s.com/site/ |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> in Japan, with a release in the US on TBD Records set for 24 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.22-20s.com/site/2012/01/18/japan-release |title=Japan Release « 22-20s |publisher=22-20s.com |date=18 January 2012 |access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717114520/http://www.22-20s.com/site/2012/01/18/japan-release |archive-date=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> With three band members permanently based in Minneapolis, the band began playing sporadic shows in the region in March/April 2012 as a three piece, with guitarist Dan Hare still in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.22-20s.com/site/2012/02/27/japan-gigs-announce/ |title=Japan Gigs Announce « 22-20s |publisher=22-20s.com |date=27 February 2012 |access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006171454/http://www.22-20s.com/site/2012/02/27/japan-gigs-announce/ |archive-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 3 May 2012 it was announced that Hare had left the band due to financial and geographical constraints, with the band stating they would continue as a three piece.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.22-20s.com/site/2012/05/03/announcement/ |title=Announcement « 22-20s |publisher=22-20s.com |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116071141/http://www.22-20s.com/site/2012/05/03/announcement/ |archive-date=16 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album was never released outside Japan and the band did not tour in support of it. In November 2012, Trimble revealed the band stopped touring due to the birth of his daughter 14 months earlier and also admitted that 2012 had been "a lean year in terms of writing", but hoped to have a new album finished by Summer 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillandlakepress.com/PDF/12Nov.pdf |title=Where the biggies leave off... |publisher=Hillandlakepress.com |access-date=26 July 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007014552/http://www.hillandlakepress.com/PDF/12Nov.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 27 March 2014, the band announced on Facebook that they had split up the previous year, stating that they "took a break from it this time last year and subsequently all moved in different directions".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/2220s/posts/10152296537341346 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/178165566345/10152296537341346 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=22-20s – Just a quick post to confirm we're no longer... |publisher=Facebook |access-date=26 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Post second split=== Martin Trimble and his wife Katie owned and ran No. 6 Shop, which imported and sold English antiques.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/number6shopus |title=No. 6 Shop (@Number6ShopUS) |publisher=Twitter |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> In 2016, Trimble briefly performed with singing-drummer fronted band Dead Man Boys Choir, who played locally around Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://first-avenue.com/event/2016/05/violentshifters |title=The Violent Shifters, Nightosaur, And Dead Man Boys Choir |publisher=First Avenue |date=26 May 2016 |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105202404/http://first-avenue.com/event/2016/05/violentshifters |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Dead-Man-Boys-Choir-232527527083799 |title=Facebook |publisher=Facebook |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> He played guitar and sang backing vocals with the band, who removed all of their social media presence without releasing any material. In 2017, Trimble moved back to Sleaford with his wife and children. He currently plays drums in blues cover band Black Cabinet, with the band being fronted by singer-guitarist Gary Jobling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Band/BlackCabinet/about/|title=Black Cabinet|website=Facebook.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://crashmerch.com/reviews/primal-the-maze-nottingham/ |title=Primal / The Maze, Nottingham &#124; 27th of March |last=Tuck |first=George E. A. |website=crashmerch.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329171511/https://crashmerch.com/reviews/primal-the-maze-nottingham/ |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

James Irving, who currently resides in Saint Paul, Minnesota, now works as an estate agent/real estate broker and co-owns Grand Realty Property Management.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aptmn.com/29.html |title=About us – Apartments Minnesota |publisher=Aptmn.com |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=26 July 2014 |archive-date=9 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809235359/http://aptmn.com/29.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, Irving formed the duo LowRay with singer and guitarist (and also business partner) Dan Fowlds, and released debut EP ''Columbia'' in May of the same year. He co-writes and plays drums on the material.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lowrayband.com/electronic_press_kit/ |title=Electronic Press Kit |access-date=3 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073218/http://lowrayband.com/electronic_press_kit/ |archive-date=4 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lowray1.bandcamp.com/album/columbia|title=Columbia, by LowRay|website=LowRay1.bandcamp.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

Glen Bartup currently works in the Department of Psychology at University of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/institution/The_University_of_Edinburgh/department/Department_of_Psychology/members |title=The University of Edinburgh – Department of Psychology – Members – Page 1 |website=Researchgate.net |access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

Dan Hare self-released material as Latin Wolves in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://latinwolves.bandcamp.com/album/latin-wolves|title=Latin Wolves, by Latin Wolves|website=Latinwolves.bandcamp.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> and has since gone on to work as a guitar teacher. He is currently based in Leeds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danhareguitar.com/|title=DAN HARE GUITAR &#124; Guitar Tuition in Stoke Newington|website=Danhareguitar.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> When questioned on the whereabouts of the rest of the band in December 2017, Hare responded that "there may have been some contact with the others recently".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dan2220s/status/941262407556624384|title=Thanks Clive! There may have been some contact with the others recently.|first=Dan|last=Hare|website=Twitter.com|date=14 December 2017|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

===Aborted Second reformation=== On 9 December 2019, the band's official Facebook page was updated with their logo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/2220s/photos/a.10154317726086346/10157478089801346/?type=3 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/178165566345/10157478089801346 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=22-20s|website=Facebook.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 15 December, a post confirmed a recording session at Superfly Studios in Newark. The lineup of the band was unknown. However, drummer James Irving is still in the US and the band were working with session player Wayne Proctor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/2220s/posts/10157494591121346 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/178165566345/10157494591121346 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=22-20s|website=Facebook.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/WayneProctorDrummerProducer/posts/1054871084874855 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/311766649185306/1054871084874855 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Wayne Proctor Drummer/Producer|website=Facebook.com|access-date=17 February 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In March 2020, frontman Martin Trimble announced via Facebook that the band would be releasing re-recordings of old songs, however the releases never happened. He also stated that the band would be touring later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/2220s/posts/pfbid036TfD9g2MhtwJJuKXLQgS96Jjm1NiKMxjYipLE2upYFywB9sRTQqsQQTHncRLMzWYl|title=Hello all! We'll be putting out some re recordings this year through AWAL. Devil In Me is good to go & as soon as I get a release date I'll post...|website=Facebook.com}}</ref> Whilst those plans were affected by global events, as of December 2022 there has been no further communications from the band.

==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" !Year !Information !UK Album Chart Position<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 570}}</ref> |- |2003 |'''''05/03''''' * Live EP * Released: 30 September 2003 * Formats: CD * Label: Heavenly (UK/EU)<br />EMI Music Japan (Japan) |{{center|108}} |- |2004 |'''''22-20s''''' * Debut studio album * Released: 20 September 2004 * Formats: CD, Vinyl * Label: Heavenly (UK/EU)<br />Astralwerks (US)<br />EMI Music Japan (Japan) |{{center|40}} |- |2005 |'''''Live in Japan''''' * Japan Only live album * Released: 28 March 2005 * Formats: CD * Label: EMI Music Japan (Japan) |{{center|—}} |- |2010 |'''''Shake/Shiver/Moan''''' * Second studio album * Released: 19 May 2010 (Japan) * Formats: CD * Label: TBD (US)<br />Yoshimoto R and C (Japan) |{{center|—}} |- |2010 |'''''Latest Outtakes''''' * Compilation of outtakes from Shake/Shiver/Moan sessions * Released: 20 October 2010 * Formats: CD * Label: Yoshimoto R and C (Japan) |{{center|—}} |- |2012 |'''''Got It If You Want It''''' * Third studio album * Released: 7 March 2012 (Japan) * Formats: CD * Label: Yoshimoto R and C (Japan) |{{center|—}} |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Single ! UK Singles Chart Position<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> ! Album |- || 2003 | "Such a Fool" / "Baby, You're Not in Love" | — |rowspan="5"| ''22-20s'' |- |rowspan="3"| 2004 | "Why Don't You Do It For Me?" | 41 |- | "Shoot Your Gun" | 30 |- | "22 Days" | 34 |- || 2005 | "Such a Fool" (re-issue) | 29 |- || 2009 | "Latest Heartbreak" (Download only) | — || ''Shake/Shiver/Moan'' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://latestheartbreakline.blogspot.co.uk// 22-20s Unofficial website]

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