{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = epic45 | image = | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = | genre = Indie<br />Post-rock | years_active = {{start date|1995}}–present | label = Where Are My Records<br />Make Mine Music<br />Wayside and Woodland Recordings | associated_acts = My Autumn Empire<br />The Toy Library<br />Field Harmonics<br />July Skies<br />Charles Vaughan | website = {{URL|epic45.com}} | current_members = Rob Glover<br />Ben Holton <br/> James Yates | past_members = }} '''epic45''' are a British indie/post-rock band. Core members Rob Glover and Benjamin Holton<ref name=dis>{{cite web|last=Diver|first=Mike|title=Epic 45 - May Your Heart Be The map|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/10495/reviews/2354404-|publisher=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=30 April 2013|date=31 August 2007|archive-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115175924/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/10495/reviews/2354404-|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=quietus>{{cite magazine|last=Bell|first=David|title=epic45 - Weathering|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/06554-epic45-weathering-review|magazine=The Quietus|accessdate=30 April 2013|date=8 July 2011}}</ref> who grew up in Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire,<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|last=Costa|first=Maddy|title=Epic 45, May Your Heart Be the Map|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/17/popandrock.shopping4|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=30 April 2013|date=17 August 2007}}</ref> formed the band in 1995 when the two school friends were only 13 years old.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Couture|first=François|title=Epic45 - Music Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/epic45-mn0000328227|website=Allmusic|accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> They have released albums on various labels, including Where Are My Records, Make Mine Music, Wayback, and their own Woodland Recordings label.<ref name=stylus>{{cite magazine|last=Schaefer |first=Max |title=Epic 45 - Against The Pull Of Autumn |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/epic-45/against-the-pull-of-autumn.htm |magazine=Stylus Magazine |accessdate=30 April 2013 |date=19 August 2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510101033/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/epic-45/against-the-pull-of-autumn.htm |archivedate=10 May 2012 }}</ref>
==Side projects== Holton has released three albums under the name My Autumn Empire (''The Village Compass'', 2010 ''ii'', 2012 and ''The Visitation'', 2014). Glover also records as The Toy Library and Field Harmonics (''Walls'', 2013).
== Discography == === Studio albums === *''Secrets, Signs and Threats'' (2001) *''Reckless Engineers'' (2002) *''Against the Pull of Autumn'' (2004) *''Slides'' (2004) *''May Your Heart Be the Map'' (2007) *''Steps to Further Winter'' (2009) *''In All the Empty Houses'' (2009) *''Weathering'' (2011) *''Weathered'' (2012) *''Through Broken Summer'' (2018) *''Cropping The Aftermath'' (2020)
=== EPs === *''England Fallen Over EP'' (2005) *''Drakelow EP'' (2006) *''Fragments #3'' (2012) *''Monument EP'' (2014)
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Category:English indie rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 1995 Category:British post-rock groups Category:Musical groups from Staffordshire