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252:. Between June and October 2010, the trio recorded their debut album at Belfast's Start Together Studios. One of the album's tracks, "I Lose", was released on a split 7-inch single with Brilliant Colors in November 2010 – the Girls Names song written in response to the all-female San Francisco trio's flip-side track "You Win". The limited edition single was released on Slumberland Records in the US and Tough Love in Europe. The 11-track album,
224:, to join him for the show as drummer, meaning Brogan had to learn to play the drums for the performance. The duo recorded a number of cassette-only demo releases which they put out through Cass/Flick Records (later renamed CF Records), a label founded by Brogan in 2006. In June of that year, they recorded a demo of the song "Cold Hands, Warm Heart" and contacted the
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in their set. In July 2012, they released the song "A Troubled See" on a split 7-inch single with London band Weird Dreams and
October saw the release of "The New Life", the first single and title track from the band's forthcoming second album, with both new songs showcasing a shift in direction from
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On 31 January 2019, the band disbanded. Posting on
Instagram, frontman Cully said, "So after a whole decade we've decided to call time on the band. It's been some journey from absolutely nothing – literally absolutely nothing, no clue but naïvety, ignorance and some youthful idealism. But ten years
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September 2018). Brogan describes Sea Pinks' style as having "substituted Girls Names' shades of grey for a sunnier disposition and more stripped-down sound". He also runs the Belfast-based indie label CF Records (formerly known as Cass/Flick and Caff/Flick), which put out the first Girls Names
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Brogan performs his own material as a guitarist and vocalist in Sea Pinks and frequently enlisted Cully and
Miskimmin on bass and drums respectively, for live shows between 2010 and 2012. Later, members of Charles Hurts played as Brogan's backing band. Sea Pinks has released seven albums
260:, indicating "generally favorable reviews". However, by the time of the album's release, the band was claiming that they had a new album ready to record and had already changed their style of music. They released a download-only single, "Black Saturday", in October 2011.
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in April 2010. In the weeks before the EP's release, Cully and Brogan recruited Claire
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Charles Hurts, was added to the line-up as guitarist and keyboardist, playing his first show with the band on 29 March in Belfast's
293:-based group Logikparty. Brogan later announced his full departure from the band and permanent replacement by Cassidy via the band's Facebook page on 30 July 2013. Cassidy was a member of the band for their third album,
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Christian Donaghey in 2015. Art For Blind Records released their initial release in 2014, while first album
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Miskimmin and Brogan swap bass and guitar playing duties in
Cruising along with Grimes on drums and singer Benni Johnson of Logikparty (who Cassidy also performed with). They released a cassette single via
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