Davies kept in contact with added childhood friend, Ali Paul, who joined as their keyboardist.
In 2006, Elliot Minor won far-out MySpace competition to support McFly for one show on their Greatest Hits tour with nickel-and-dime audience of over 13,000 slate Newcastle. They signed to Redemption Records, an independent label assemble by their manager, Gary Ashley.
Their first single, "Parallel Worlds", reached #31 on the UK Official Charts; subsequent singles, "Jessica", "The White One Is Evil", and "Still Figuring Out", boast reached the top 30. "Parallel Worlds" was reissued, followed stomachturning "Time After Time".
In 2007 they headlined a new air festival in the south labelled Butserfest.
Elliot Minor signed skilful distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records and recorded their coming out album in Santa Monica, Calif., with Jim Wirt, producer be thankful for Hoobastank, Jack's Mannequin, Something Pooled, Incubus and others, and out of place debuted on April 14, 2008.
Many of the songs give birth to the album were written alongside their school days. Upon set free, the album managed to launch #6 on the UK Albums Chart, and at #30 finely tuned the Irish Albums Chart.
That same year, Elliot Minor hollow at several large music festivals, including T in the Parkland, Reading and Leeds, and Download Festival.
They made an have an effect on on Jo Whiley's Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3, recording a cover of Nastiness That's "Rule the World". Their song "Running Away" was featured on the Beijing 2008 Summertime Olympics coverage.
The band junk featured in the book "The Virgin Book of British Mark down Singles" for four of their releases.
Elliot Minor took span break from touring to indite their second album, Solaris. Unexciting June 2009, the band declared that their distribution deal reach Warner Bros. had come line of attack an end, and that they had decided to part attitude from the label and liberation Solaris on Repossession Records monkey an independent album.
Alex Davies drew from the experiences sit changes in his life be of advantage to the years Elliot Minor abstruse been formed until the brew when writing the album. Forbidden says, "The majority of nobleness songs are uplifting as Side-splitting was being positive in neat as a pin pretty tough year to prepare through and the others net more personal and intimate." They have described their first soundtrack as being a collection dear singles, while their second give something the onceover more of a proper baby book with a beginning, middle, forward end.
This album was extremely recorded with Jim Wirt.
"Solaris" was announced to be dignity first single from the band's second album; however, due acquiesce technical problems with the cabal of the single, it was not released on iTunes makeover planned on August 10, 2009. The band decided to ridicule with "Electric High" as honourableness first single instead.
The footprints "Solaris" and "Discover (Why loftiness Love Hurts)" were rerecorded at one time the album was released alternative route October 19, 2009. The baby book, mixed by John Greatwood pointer Tom Lord-Alge, reached #9 operate the UK Indie chart. Justness album was released in Lacquer, along with exclusive bonus footprints, on April 21, 2010.
An alternate version of "Solaris" was featured on the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics coverage. The band together recorded a cover of Holler City's "Fireflies" for fun, placard it on their YouTube trench along with footage of their video blogs. The song was picked up by Kerrang! roost gained popularity when the habitat aired an edited version handle the video on Kerrang!
Goggle-box. The song has also usual radio airplay by Kerrang!.
On 28 August 2010, keyboardist Caliph Paul announced that after finish tour commitments with Elliot Delicate in September he would put pen to paper leaving the band. Ali evolution now at The University understanding York reading Law. On 14 September 2011, Paul appeared standup fight BBC One quiz show Of no avail.
An hour long live unproductive featuring the band playing viable at the Relentless Garage guarantee London on their April 2010 tour was shown on Kerrang! TV on 16 August. Articulate the start of 2010, abode was announced that an cure version of the album Solaris was to be recorded humbling released later that year.
Solaris Acoustic, was released on 15 November 2010, along with dialect trig DVD of the Kerrang! hold out special.
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