Thirteen Senses

{{Short description|British indie rock band}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Thirteen Senses | image = Thirteen Senses logo.jpg | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom | genre = {{flatlist| *Alternative rock *indie rock *post-Britpop *art rock}} | years_active = 2001–present | label = {{Flatlist| *Vertigo *Mercury *PIAS}} | website = [https://thirteensenses.com/ Official site] | current_members = Will South Tom Welham Adam Wilson Brendon James }}

'''Thirteen Senses''' are a post-Britpop band from Penzance, Cornwall. The group released the album ''The Invitation'' on 27 September 2004, along with several singles: "Thru the Glass", "Do No Wrong", "Into the Fire" and "The Salt Wound Routine", of which the first three reached the top 40 of the UK singles chart. Their second album, ''Contact'', was released in April 2007. Thirteen Senses are the only Cornish band to have a top 20 single.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==History== Thirteen Senses started out as Soul Magician, that began in school when Will South started writing songs which he showed Adam Wilson. He in turn liked the songs and left the other band he was in at the time. Soul Magician took off when South and Wilson met Tom Welham. The latter knew Brendon James and they all became friends.

In 2002 Soul Magician released an EP, ''Inside A Healing Mind'', which was produced by Leon Phillips. It consisted of four tracks, one of which was later released as a B-side. "Attracting Submission" is found on the "Do No Wrong" 7" vinyl. After that came in 2002 the ''No Other Life Is Attractive'' EP: the first Thirteen Senses release, produced by Dare Mason. This had five tracks. Four of them have been released as B-sides, the exception being "Sound". They then issued in 2003, ''Falls in the Dark'', a self-released and independent demo album.

The band's next release and major label debut album was ''The Invitation''. This consisted of twelve tracks and reached number 14 in the UK Albums Chart<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= 556}}</ref> on its re-release.

At the beginning of 2004, and before ''The Invitation'', Thirteen Senses released their first single, "Thru the Glass". This was released on both CD and 7" vinyl. The B-side was identical on both releases: "No Other Life Is Attractive". Later, the next single was "Do No Wrong" and it reached number 38 in the official UK singles chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> To promote it, Thirteen Senses went on tour, including a homecoming gig at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro.

The third single from the band was "Into the Fire". This was also released on two CDs and vinyl "Into The Fire" was used on BBC One's ''Match of the Day''. After this came a re-release of "Thru the Glass" which broke the group into the UK Top 20.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

The band toured both in the UK and Europe in 2005 and made several appearances at festivals such as Glastonbury, T in the Park and V Festival.

The band spent much of the latter part of 2005 and early 2006 in the recording studio, working on their next album, ''Contact''. It was released on 2 April 2007. It was originally planned to be released in February 2007 but after playing three pre-album gigs at The Luminaire in London (on the thirteenth of the months of October, November and December), the band produced new tracks. "Talking to Sirens", one of the new tracks from ''Contact'', was only played at the last gig. Due to the new album release date, their UK tour was rescheduled for March.

On 28 August 2007 Thirteen Senses announced through their website that they had begun recording their third album, and between April–July 2008 they previewed samples of 8 demo recordings on their Myspace page.<ref>[http://www.thirteensenses.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3428]{{dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> After several months without official contact from the band, on 28 May 2009, Brendon James announced that their third studio album was close to completion and it would, "all being well, be released within the next 2–3 months".<ref>[http://www.thirteensenses.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3436]{{dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref>

On 16 March 2010 the band made their third album ''Crystal Sounds'' available to stream on their website, thirteensenses.com. A day later they announced this on their MySpace page and said the album would be available to stream "for a limited time". The physical version of ''Crystal Sounds'' was released on 21 February 2011 with four tracks not featured on the early release.

On 27 February 2013, the band announced via Facebook and Twitter that "work on a new album is reaching its conclusion... more news coming soon...!"

On 6 February 2014, the band announced via Facebook and Twitter that their fourth album ''A Strange Encounter'' would be released on 5 May 2014.

On 24 June 2024, the band announced via Facebook and Twitter (now also known as X) that their fifth album ''The Bound and the Infinite'' would be released on 9 August 2024.

==Band members== * Will South – vocals, piano, guitar * Tom Welham – guitar, backing vocals * Adam Wilson – bass guitar * Brendon James – drums, percussion

==Discography==

===Albums=== *''The Invitation'' (27 September 2004, Mercury) #14 UK<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> *''Contact'' (2 April 2007, Mercury) #76 UK *''Crystal Sounds'' (21 February 2011, B-Sirius) *''A Strange Encounter'' (5 May 2014, B-Sirius) *''The Bound and the Infinite'' (9 August 2024, B-Sirius)

===EPs and demo albums=== *''Inside a Healing Mind'' EP (2002, as Soul Magician) *''No Other Life Is Attractive'' EP (December 2002) *''Falls in the Dark'' demo album (April 2003)

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of singles with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK <ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> |- ! scope="row"| "Thru the Glass" | rowspan="3"| 2004 | — | ''Falls in the Dark'' |- ! scope="row"| "Do No Wrong" | 38 | rowspan="4"| ''The Invitation'' |- ! scope="row"| "Into The Fire" | 35 |- ! scope="row"| "Thru the Glass" | rowspan="2"| 2005 | 18 |- ! scope="row"| "The Salt Wound Routine" | 45 |- ! scope="row"| "All the Love in Your Hands" | rowspan="2"| 2007 | 108 | rowspan="2"| ''Contact'' |- ! scope="row"| "Follow Me" | — |- ! scope="row"| "The Loneliest Star" | rowspan="2"| 2011 | — | rowspan="2"| ''Crystal Sounds'' |- ! scope="row"| "Home" | — |}

==Music videos== *"Thru the Glass" [first version] (2004) *"Do No Wrong" (2004) *"Into the Fire" (2004) *"Thru the Glass" [second version] (2005) *"Thru the Glass" [alternative version] (2005) *"The Salt Wound Routine" (2005) *"All the Love in Your Hands" (2007) *"Follow Me" (2007) *"The Loneliest Star" (2011) *"Home" (2011)

==Songs in other media== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year !! Title !! Type !! Song |- ||2004 ||''Without a Trace'' || TV series episode: "Thou Shalt Not" || "Do No Wrong"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/without-a-trace/in-the-dark/episode/348061/summary.html |title=Without a Trace: In the Dark Episode Summary |publisher=TV.com |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | rowspan="8"|2005|| ''The Best Man'' || Film || "Into the Fire"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/brothersandsisters/season04.html |title=Brothers And Sisters Music Season 04 | TV Show Music | Music From TV Shows |publisher=TV Show Music |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | ''Bones'' || TV series episode: "Pilot" || "Gone"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/bones/season01.html |title=Bones Music Season 01 | TV Show Music | Music From TV Shows |publisher=TV Show Music |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | ''ER'' || TV series episode: "The Show Must Go On" || "Into the Fire"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/er/the-show-must-go-on/episode/410614/summary.html |title=ER: The Show Must Go on Episode Summary |publisher=TV.com |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | ''Grey's Anatomy'' || TV series episode: "A Hard Day's Night" || "Into the Fire"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/greysanatomy/season01.html |title=Grey's Anatomy Music Season 01 | TV Show Music | Music From TV Shows |publisher=TV Show Music |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | ''Les Chevaliers du Ciel'' || Film || "Into the Fire"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ZPDX68_Dg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/-3ZPDX68_Dg |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Chevaliers du ciel, clip "Into the fire" de Thirteen Senses |via=YouTube |date=2007-08-09 |access-date=2011-08-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- | ''Match of the Day'' || TV sports program || "Into the Fire"<ref name="inthenews.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/reviews/music/rock-indie/thirteen-senses-contact-$1074967.htm |title=Thirteen Senses: Contact |publisher=Inthenews.co.uk |access-date=2011-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330011002/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/reviews/music/rock-indie/thirteen-senses-contact-%241074967.htm |archive-date=30 March 2012 }}</ref> |- | ''Rescue Me'' || TV series promos: Season 2 || "Into the Fire"<ref name="inthenews.co.uk"/> |- | ''Tru Calling'' || TV series episode: "The Last Good Day" || "Into the Fire"{{cn|date=January 2025}} |- | rowspan="3"|2006|| ''The 4400'' || TV series episode: "The New World" || "Into the Fire"<ref>[http://www.u-subtitles.com/Music-the-4400.html] {{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref> |- | ''Celebrity Big Brother 2006'' || TV series episode: "Show 33" || "Into the Fire"<ref name="inthenews.co.uk"/> |- | ''MTV Movie Awards'' || TV awards ceremony: Jim Carrey clip show || "Into the Fire"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/music_band.php?mid=32&conid=1720 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909035755/http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/music_band.php?mid=32&conid=1720 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 September 2012 |title=Thirteen Senses | Bands | Indian Music Bands | International Music Bands |publisher=Planetradiocity.com |date=2004-09-27 |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5"|2007 ||''Dragons' Den: Where Are They Now?'' || TV series episode || "All the Love in Your Hands" |- | ''Guiding Light'' || TV series episode: "Episode 15261" (21 September 2007) || "Do No Wrong"<ref>[http://www.hulu.com/watch/48393/guiding-light-september-21-2007#x-0] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204080403/http://www.hulu.com/watch/48393/guiding-light-september-21-2007#x-0|date=4 February 2009}}</ref> |- | ''Waterloo Road'' || TV series; series 2 episode 1 and episode 7 || "Into the Fire", Thru The Glass |- | ''Kyle XY'' || TV series episode: "The Prophet" || "Follow Me"<ref name="tvshowmusic.com">[http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/kylexy/season02.html Kyle XY Music Season 02 | TV Show Music]</ref> |- | ''Kyle XY'' || TV series episode: "House of Cards" || "The Salt Wound Routine"<ref name="tvshowmusic.com"/> |- | rowspan="5"|2009|| ''Andra Avenyn'' || TV series episode (season 3) || "Into the Fire" |- | ''ITV3'' || TV station promos: Drama || "Into the Fire" |- | ''Kyle XY'' || TV series episode: "It Happened One Night" || "Home"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowmusic.com/shows/kylexy/season03.html |title=Kyle XY Music Season 03 | TV Show Music | Music From TV Shows |publisher=TV Show Music |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | ''MasterChef'' || TV game show episode: 8 July 2009 || "Into the Fire" |- | ''WrestleMania XXV'' || Pay-per-view TV special|| "Into the Fire"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/subscriptions/wwetunes/3242484/wm25specialmusic |title=The music of "The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania – The World Television Premiere" |publisher=WWE |date=2009-08-26 |access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|2011|| ''UEFA Champions League'' || Sky Sports: Real Madrid vs Tottenham Hotspur – Live || "Thru the Glass" |- | ''Pretty Little Liars'' || TV game show episode: "Blind Dates" || "Into the Fire" |- | ''Grey's Anatomy'' || TV series episode: "If/Then" || "Into the Fire" |- | 2014 || ''Grey's Anatomy'' || TV series episode: "How To Save A Life" || "Into the Fire" (Eric McClarey cover) |- | 2015 || ''Grey's Anatomy'' || TV series episode: "My Next Life" || "Into the Fire" |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|Cornwall}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030410024417/http://www.thirteensenses.com/ Official site] * {{discogs artist|Thirteen Senses}} * [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/c860af48-e9c1-49cd-b441-8d18e9f522f2.html Thirteen Senses at MusicBrainz]

Category:Rock music groups from Cornwall Category:English pop music groups Category:English rock music groups Category:Post-Britpop groups Category:Musical groups established in 2001