• The Wave Pictures is made up of Jonny Helm (drums), Dave Tattersall (guitar & vocals) and Franic Rozycki (bass)
  
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• Franic and David grew up in a village called Wymeswold where they started playing music together with Hugh J. Noble on drums. The band was called Blind Summit. When Hugh decided he didn't want to play drums he went to Exeter to study Philosophy instead. The band changed it's name to The Wave Pictures and Hugh was replaced by several drummers until Jonny "Huddersfield" Helm became the permanent replacement. 

When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings is the new double album. The title means ‘Spring’ - that day when all the butterflies burst into life. A new beginning. As Tattersall explains: “There is always a strong sense of time and place in The Wave Pictures’ songs. It soon became natural to group the songs that I was writing by season. The album has 4 sides: one for each season. The songs ‘take place’ lyrically within that season. The album begins in Summer and ends in Spring, to represent the cycle of life.”

On sale 10am on the 5th June!