Second Person

UPDATE - Message from Second Person:



On 11th April 2010 we were emailed by a fan asking if we'd sold the rights to our song "The Alphabet Song" to the biggest South Korean artist: Lee Hyori for her new song "Memory".



We have been advised by our legal team not to comment on this matter until it is fully settled but what we can say is that Second Person did write "The Alphabet Song" and no permission was sort by either the artist, her writer(s) or her record company.



We are very much looking forward to the release of our third studio album and hope this matter can be resolved quickly so we can get on with setting release dates.



Best wishes, and thanks for the support!



Second Person loves you. xx



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Second Person

On Thursday 9th August 2007 Second Person released their first studio recording in nearly three years. "The Elements" was the follow-up to debut album "Chromatography". Over 750 fans invested between $10 and $1800 helping Second Person become the first UK band to raise $50,000 to fund the album on Sellaband.com. This album is available from most good retailers including Amazon and iTunes. The first music video from this album "Wood" can still be seen on MTV and VH1, and has gained nearly 500,000 views on YouTube.



Nearly 3 years on, Second Person are mixing their third and final album "Come to Dust" as well as working on a set of solo projects. Singer Julia Johnson is currently finishing up work on her debut solo album and can be found in our friends box below. Bassist/Producer Mark Maclaine is now directing a number of film projects including a feature film project called "The Burning Monk" due to be shot in Vietnam next year. Drummer/Programmer Alvaro Lopez is currently working on his debut solo project and can also be found in our friends box below.



The first single to be released from their next album will be "Gone Fishing". This track has already had extensive play on MTV, has been used as part of Cobra Beer's sponsorship of ITV movies and received well over 800,000 plays on websites like Myspace, YouTube and Google Video. You may also have seen it as a featured video here on myspace:



Here is our biography:

Second Person was formed in early 2002 and released their debut album "Chromatography" in 2004. The band comprises singer/pianist Julia Johnson, producer/bassist Mark Maclaine (The Silence) and drummer Alvaro Lopez and brings together elements of Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Electronica fusing them with strong songwriting to form a unique sound that is Post Trip-Hop. This English three-piece contrast beautiful vocals with dark basslines, sublime piano riffs and powerful beats. Their emotive song writing style, killer hooks and distinctly lo-fi sound has lent itself perfectly to visual media and their music credits include a number of feature film scores as well as work for numerous international broadcasters and film companies. Second Person are as good live as they are recorded, capturing the beauty and emotion of their songs, although not losing the complex sound-scapes and space that have defined their sound.

Thanks to a website called Sellaband.com, around 750 of Second Person's fans helped the band raise $50,000 to record their second album. By buying shares or "parts" in the album they helped to finance it - SP were the first UK band to have raised money this way on the site. The album "The Elements" was released on 9th August 2007. This unique way of working, combined with being used as part of Cobra Beer's sponsorship of ITV (UK) movies and MTV playing their "Gone Fishing" video, has led to a great deal of interest in the band.

On 16th August 2007, to celebrate the release of "The Elements", the band played a special show to 3000 fans at the world-famous Paradiso in Amsterdam. You can see it here:



The band are working with some amazing directors and animators: including a few who have directed videos for Gnarles Barkley, Radiohead and many other well known bands. The last 3 tracks on our profile are from the debut album "Chromatography". To buy the album search on Second Person on iTunes, Napster or any major download site. Currently CDs of this album are sold out but you can place pre-orders for a repressing we're doing soon on:

Sales: www.cdbaby.com/secondperson

Our lovely singer Julia did an interview with Toazted.com whilst we were in Amsterdam to play in January 2007: http://www.toazted.com/interview/996/Second-Person.html and you can also read more about the band on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_person_%28band%29.