{{Short description|British rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Minor Victories | image = | caption = | genre = {{flatlist| * Alternative rock * art rock * shoegazing * dream pop * post-rock }} | years_active = 2015–present | label = {{hlist|Play It Again Sam|Fat Possum}} | website = {{URL|minor-victories.com}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|Editors|Mogwai|Slowdive|Yourcodenameis:milo}} | current_members = * Stuart Braithwaite * Rachel Goswell * James Lockey * Justin Lockey }}
'''Minor Victories''' are a British alternative rock supergroup formed in 2015. The band members are vocalist Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), guitarists Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) and Justin Lockey (Editors), and film-maker James Lockey of Hand Held Cine Club.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-10-31|title=Minor Victories Interview|url=https://offbeat-music.com/minor-victories-interview/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Offbeat Music|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Minor Victories|url=https://fatpossum.com/artists/minor-victories/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Fat Possum Records|language=en}}</ref>
==Formation== Rachel Goswell and Justin Lockey had previously made music together. It was through Goswell that Braithwaite and the Lockey brothers met.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indieberlin.de/music/minor-victories-in-indieberlin-interview.html|title=Supergroup Minor Victories in indieberlin interview - indieberlin|date=2016-04-15|website=indieberlin|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-05-11}}</ref>
The band was unveiled on social media in July 2015<ref>{{cite web|last1=Monroe|first1=Jazz|title=Slowdive's Rachel Goswell, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite, Editors' Justin Lockey, and More Launch Minor Victories Supergroup|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60339-slowdives-rachel-goswell-mogwais-stuart-braithwaite-editors-justin-lockey-and-more-launch-minor-victories-supergroup/|website=Pitchfork.com|date=14 July 2015|accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> with the announcement of a forthcoming album, including collaborations with other artists including Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon and James Graham of The Twilight Sad. However, Minor Victories was initially a casual idea of two artists collaborating together, which later turned into a supergroup.<ref name=":0" /> In an interview by the OffBeat Music (OBM) magazine, Stuart Braithwaite said about the formation of the Supergroup:<blockquote>As the project went on it got better and better until it was finished. Considering how it all was at the start, it seems incredible. Definitely, I was quite surprised.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>A few days later a "teaser trailer" named ''Film One'' was released featuring short clips of forthcoming songs.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Monroe|first1=Jazz|title=Minor Victories (Slowdive, Mogwai, Editors) Share Short Film Featuring New Music|date=23 July 2015|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60488-minor-victories-slowdive-mogwai-editors-share-short-film-featuring-new-music/|publisher=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> In a September 2015 interview with website exclaim.ca, Braithwaite said that the band was working with producer Tony Doogan, that the album was "80% recorded", and that it would be released in early 2016. Asked about how the album would sound, he said "To be honest, I think if you know the music that all of us have made, it won't really surprise you. It has a lot of the good elements from everyone's bands.".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lindsay|first1=Cam|title=Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite Sheds Light on Minor Victories Project|url=https://exclaim.ca/Music/article/mogwais_stuart_braithwaite_talks_new_minor_victories_project|website=Exclaim.ca|accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref>
==Band members== *Rachel Goswell - vocals, guitar *Stuart Braithwaite – guitar, backing vocals *Justin Lockey – guitar, electronics, keyboards *James Lockey - bass
==Discography== * ''Minor Victories'' (2016), Fat Possum Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fatpossum.com/artists/minor-victories/|title=Minor Victories|website=Fatpossum.com|accessdate=2020-06-08}}</ref> * ''Orchestral Variations'' (2016), Play It Again Sam
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==External links== *[https://handheldcineclub.com/v/minor-victories-film-one/ "Film One" at Hand Held Cine Club] *[https://fatpossum.com/artists/minor-victories/ Minor Victories] at Fatpossam
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