Brothers & Sisters - Single

Before becoming the rockstars they are known today, Coldplay was an alternative independent band who released their first single with independent record label Fierce Panda Records. And with £400 and three months, Coldplay released Brothers & Sisters. From the United States release of the EP:

The ‘Brothers & Sisters’ EP takes us back to a time when Coldplay happily plied their trade on London’s notorious toilet gig circuit in front of dozens rather than thousands of punters. The Fierce Panda Label stumbled across the band playing at the tiny Camden Falcon in December ‘98 and were instantly smitten with the foursome’s blend of disarming showmanship and impeccable tunes. So much so that, like many bands before and many groups since, Fierce Panda offered to release Coldplay’s debut single.

There followed a splendid five month-long relationship between band and label as the ‘Brothers & Sisters’ EP utterly transformed Coldplay’s career: the likes of Radio One and NME swiftly came on board at the start of the following year and by the time the EP was actually released in the UK on March 29th 1999 the media, radio and major label A&R interest had become, frankly, hysterical. The toilet gig circuit was about to become history.