Electrelane were an English indie rock band, formed in Brighton in 1998 by Verity Susman and Emma Gaze.

Their music drew from a wide range of influences including Neu!, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, and the Velvet Underground.

Although the band had strong feminist and political views in their personal lives, they generally preferred to not communicate that directly to their fans or through their music;[1] one exception is their inclusion of the protest song "The Partisan," - a Leonard Cohen cover - which they began playing while on tour in the United States during the months preceding the 2004 Presidential election.

The band, when playing live, had a reputation for a focused show that minimised audience interaction and rarely included more than one encore.

The third song, "The Valleys," featuring the vocals of the ensemble Chicago a cappella, had in part sections from Siegfried Sassoon's "A Letter Home."

On "This Deed" the lyrics are a single line, in German, from Friedrich Nietzsche's Die fröhliche Wissenschaft followed by the exclamation "Hände hoch!"

By now they had toured in the UK, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Japan and Australia.

[13] The group began writing material in Berlin's Planet Roc studios in the summer of 2006, at the height of the World Cup.

During that period, the band became fans of the sport, going so far as to rearrange their recording schedules around the event and including a sample of a match between Hertha BSC Berlin and FC Moskva in the song "Five" on their new album.

In November, the band announced on their official website that they had finished recording and had titled their album No Shouts, No Calls.

The album received generally positive reviews, with Heather Phares of AllMusic calling some songs "among the band's finest work";[14] detractors included Leonie Cooper of the Guardian, who mentioned the band had a "penchant for turning every tune [into] a proggy wig-out.

[16] In May and June 2007 the band toured the United States with Tender Forever and opened for Arcade Fire on several of their shows.

During the spring, the band announced they would play The Big Chill festival held on the grounds of Eastnor Castle.

"[20] Verity Susman has released two film scores and a proper album as Memorials, a new project with Wire's Matthew Simms, since 2022.