TELLISON is a four piece waking nightmare of a band. Four boys and no girls with acute organisational difficulties from Hammersmith, West London in Britain near France. Drums, Bass, Cowbells, Keyboards, Two Broken Guitars, Four Broken Voices, One Wounded Laptop, some Extra-Curricular instruments and pure, wild-eyed, old-fashioned fight.

They met in Hampshire, Kingston and Brixton and have fought bitterly ever since. When not fighting they have released a 7" single on Gravity DIP, gone to university in Oxford, Cambridge, Boston (US) and Canterbury and toured and toured and toured. They've been electrocuted, shot with arrows and punched in the nose. They care a lot. Tellison play what is best described as independent popular music, with disarming melodies and big-hearted guitars.

Following their initial meeting at boarding school in the early 00s, education brought them together and kept them apart. Managing to capture hearts and inspire devotion when they were in the same place for long enough to play shows, the songs which showed such early promise have now blossomed into perfectly formed flowers of passionate, life-affirming guitar pop.

'Contact! Contact!' was recorded in characteristically fractured fashion - in locations 400 miles apart, with two different producers, over a period of six months. The result is an album with the emphasis on the things their contemporaries often lose sight of while thinking up gimmicks - great songs, intelligent lyrics, massive hooks and vocals to make your heart burst.

Despite their academic pursuits, Tellison have managed to tour the UK several times with the likes of Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Hell Is For Heroes, Dave House and Brigade. They've been a MySpace Recommended Artist twice. The limited edition 'Reader' 7" (now sold out) was played on Radio 1, 6Music and Xfm.

'Contact! Contact!' is released on 16th July. Tellison will tour the UK to coincide with its release. Just you wait...