Chapel Club were an English indie-synthpop band from London, consisting of singer Lewis Bowman, drummer Rich Mitchell, bassist Liam Arklie and keyboardists/guitarists Michael Hibbert and Alex Parry.

When he recorded the fruits of his efforts at Hibbert's flat a week later, the latter was impressed enough that he immediately asked Bowman to join the band.

[6] Soon after, Arklie's best friend, guitarist Alex Parry joined and the band's line-up was completed with the addition of ex-Summum Bonum and Dogs drummer Rich Mitchell[7] from Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire.

Autumn 2009 saw Chapel Club's first gigs under their new name, as they hosted their own residency at the Shacklewell Arms pub in Dalston, London.

[8] The band denied press reports that they had signed for large amounts of cash, claiming that their deal favoured creative control and long-term commitment over financial reward.

The album sessions produced a further eight tracks, including follow up single, 'Five Trees' which was released in May 2010 entered the NME chart at number six.

The album was mixed and mastered in June, but release was delayed due to Polydor wanting the band to go out on tour to build up a fanbase first.

[14] The band premiered new songs 'Shy' and 'New Colours' during their summer festival run, which incorporated synths whilst retaining electric guitars, bass and acoustic drums.

[3] Drummer Rich Mitchell had previously stated that prior to recording their debut album, the band were holed up in the studio and "said we're going to get this right before we go out playing any gigs.

[19] Bowman also later added that he believed the band's debut album "wasn't inventive enough" and was "emotionally full but unsubtle and unsurprising".

[21] Hibbert admitted that the band's debut album not selling as well as they'd hoped "was actually kind of freeing, it meant that this sound hasn't been massively successful for us and a lot of people had written us off with some negative feelings around the band when we were touring the album towards the end, but I think we started to realise that we were in a good position to change our sound".

[25] In August 2013, Alex Parry dismissed negative reactions to the new material, claiming that there was "a clear divide between the more progressive minded and the fans that wanted a repeat of the first album.

[26] Despite claiming to be working on new material in September 2013 and describing it as "very soul and RnB and hiphop; loops and samples and my vocals all sound like George Michael 'Older' era",[21] it had previously been rumoured that the band were set to split imminently and the band announced their split on 17 October 2013 onstage at the intimate 100 capacity[27] St Pancras Old Church, London.