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Reef
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Shoot Me Your Ace (2022)
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Revelation (2018)
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Getaway (2000)
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Rides (1999)
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Glow (1997)
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Replenish (1995)


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Origin
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4 users heart off Reef - Place Your Hands
4 users heart off Reef - Naked
4 users heart off Reef - Come Back Brighter
4 users heart off Reef - Consideration
4 users heart off Reef - I Would Have Left You


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Reef are an English band from Glastonbury, England. The band members include Gary Stringer on vocals, Kenwyn House on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass and Dominic Greensmith on drums.

Although most members of Reef have West Country connections, it was not until the four members met in London that the band was formed.

In 1993 while Bessant and Stringer were looking for band members, House had met up with Dominic Greensmith (from Barnstaple, Devon) in London, and discussed forming a band. The foursome finally got together, and started to jam, producing the extremely rare "Purple Tape" demo.

After recording a couple of tracks, the band spent much of 1994 touring and building up a fan base. They signed to S2, an offshoot of Sony. Their first single "Good Feeling" was released on an independent label, but financed by Sony, then as an official Sony S2 release in early 1995. This paved the way for "Naked" which was used in a TV advert for the Sony MiniDisc in which a record company executive hears the track on MiniDisc, throws it out of the window disapprovingly, but a young man outside picks it up, listens to it and likes it (demonstrating the format's durability). There has been some disapproval of the band's participation in this campaign, but in interviews they have emphasised that they were a young band and were offered a chance that any young band would not resist.
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03rd May 2022

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