Who's Molly?

Who's Molly? are an indie rock band originating from Swansea, UK. Karl Morgan (vocals, guitar, writer), Rhys Morgan (drums) and Matt Williams (guitar) grew up together and formed the band in 2016 after playing in various different groups around the South Wales scene.

Who's Molly?
Background information
OriginSwansea, UK
GenresIndie rock, Alternative rock
Years active2016–present
LabelsRising Tide
Websitewww.whosmolly.com
Members
  • Karl Morgan
  • Rhys Morgan
  • Matt Williams

The band have released three EPs and four singles with several tracks used on TV as well as a global movie trailer for the Tom Cruise motion picture American Made.[1] Who's Molly? have supported Jess Glynne, George Ezra and opened both North and South CarFest after being championed by Chris Evans on Virgin Radio.[2]

Origins

The origin of the band's name, "Who's Molly?" has been the subject of some speculation and rumour since the band formed. A common theory was that the name came from a line in one of Karl Morgan's favourite Beatles songs ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"), however, in an interview with Laura Whitmore on BBC Radio 5 Live in June 2019, Morgan revealed that the band was actually named after an online stalker from Myspace.[3]

Career

The band released their first EP, "New Tomorrow" in April 2016, consisting of four tracks co-written and produced by Pete Woodroffe (best known for his work with Def Leppard). A partnership that has continued throughout all of the band's subsequent releases. The track, "Touch the Sky" was used by the International Olympic Committee as the music for their "Best of Rio 2016" video, achieving over one million views.[4] The title track was also used by Sky Sports during their coverage of The Masters golf tournament.

In March 2017, the follow up EP, Welcome to the Good Life was released, again containing four tracks. The title track was featured in a trailer for the Tom Cruise motion picture American Made.[1] Another track from the EP, "Top of the World" is used by YouTuber bambinobecky as the outro for her videos,[5] helping to drive over 400,000 streams of the song on Spotify.

The third EP, entitled Fame, followed in February 2018. The track "Fire in My Soul" was used by BT Sport during their Champions League coverage.[6]

Championed by DJ Janice Long, Who's Molly? performed on her "Biggest Weekend Build-up" show on BBC Wales in May 2018,[7] and again on the BBC introducing Biggest Weekend Show on BBC Radio 1.

In August 2018, the track "The Moment" (released as a standalone single earlier in July) was used as the official anthem for the European Athletics Championships and was broadcast to an estimated global audience of 1.2 billion.[8]

During the summer of 2018, the band performed at both CarFest North and South in aid of the BBC Children in Need charity.[2] Later that year in November, the band performed "Welcome to the Good Life" at the Welsh BAFTA awards,[9] introduced by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens.

Around the same time, band member Karl Morgan began collaborating with Jamie Morrison of the Stereophonics on new material set for release in 2020. A cover of The Pretenders track Don't Get Me Wrong[10] was debuted by the pair in August 2018.

Who's Molly? released two new singles in May and June 2019. "About Last Night" and "Until I Found You", which charted at number 45 in the Spanish chart with over 10,000 streams in its first week of release.[11]

Who's Molly? won "Best Band", "Best Live Act" and "Best Single" for "Until I Found You" at the 2019 Soundboard awards.[12]

"Dead Man Walking", the band's third single of 2019, was released on November 8, 2019 and added to the BBC Radio Wales A list.

"Girls and Boys", the band's first single of 2020 was released on March 20.

Discography

EPs
  • New Tomorrow (2016)
  • Welcome to the Good Life (2017)
  • Fame (2018)

Singles
  • "The Moment" (July 2018)
  • "About Last Night" (May 2019)
  • "Until I Found You" (June 2019)
  • "Dead Man Walking" (November 2019)
  • "Girls and Boys" (March 2020)

References
  1. "Local Band Gets Hollywood Trailer". The Wave 80s. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. "Who's Molly? It's Their Moment!". Medialovingal.wordpress.com. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "BBC Radio 5 live - Laura Whitmore, 09/06/2019". BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. "Welsh band 'Who's Molly' fly the Rio flag". The Wave. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. "bambinobecky". YouTube. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  6. "WHO'S MOLLY? on Instagram: "Our song Fire In My Soul on @btsport last night during @liverpoolfc & @fcbayern @championsleague game! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 * * * * * * * #Liverpool…"". Instagram. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  7. "BBC Radio Wales - Janice Long, Janice's Biggest Weekend Build-up., VIDEO: Who's Molly? perform 'Fame'". BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  8. "* THE MOMENT * 2018 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO". M.facebook.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  9. "Attendees confirmed for British Academy Cymru Awards". Bafta.org. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  10. "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  11. "Post". WHO’S MOLLY?. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  12. "Sound Board Magazine". Facebook.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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