Dangerfield then began songwriting under the name "Fyfe Dangerfield and the Accident", and in 2004 he was featured alongside Misty's Big Adventure, Mike in Mono, Dreams of Tall Buildings, and X Is Greater Than Y on a promotional CD that was offered free with The Birmingham Post, called Broader Than Broad Street.

The four-piece have often been joined by two saxophone and woodwind players, Alex Ward and Chris Cundy, who are known as the "Bridled Guillemots" (a real-life variation of the band's namesake).

[3] Their first album features recordings of red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) and European robin (Erithacus rubecula), as well as the line 'flitting like a flycatcher', a reference to the mercurial movements of these birds, and the song "Redwings", after the thrush species of the same name.

In June 2007, the band appeared on the BBC Four documentary, Why Birds Sing, contributing their musical talents to a Birdsong-inspired collaboration called "The Twitch".

The band was initially signed to Fantastic Plastic, who released their debut album in 2006, but after offers from several majors, they eventually moved to Polydor.

[4] The band ended 2005 opening for Rufus Wainwright's sold-out UK tour and began 2006 by being awarded fifth place in the BBC Sound of 2006[5] survey.

Guitarist MC Lord Magrao played his guitar to a set of mirrors, reflecting his performance to the crowd.

For their performance of "Bad Boyfriend" the band donned animal masks, and Fyfe cried, "Take me to orchestral paradise!"

He toured the record while together with the band and many feared that Fyfe's success as a solo artist could spell the end for Guillemots.

The album was preceded by the single "The Basket", which was perceived as being more like the material on Red, though the rest of Walk the River can be better compared to Through the Windowpane.

Fyfe and Greig performed a rendition of another single from the album, "I Don't Feel Amazing Now", in a little woodland by a disused railway line in North London for WatchListenTell.

In January 2012, Fyfe revealed the band had written a lot of new material and was currently recording a new album, while new songs were played at their UK shows.

In April 2013 Fyfe Dangerfield posted an apology stating that he had been back and forth between the UK and Norway where the album was being recorded but was very excited about the project and hoped it would be completed soon.

[citation needed] On 11 June 2013 MC Lord Magrão posted on the band's Facebook page to announce that he had made the decision to leave Guillemots.

After a brief period putting the finishing touches to their debut album, and performing a set for Gideon Coe's BBC 6 Music show in June, they began a second leg of dates in October, which ran until early November.

This included a rare performance of the song "Bad Boyfriend" where the entire band donned animal masks.

Fly and supported Snow Patrol at Wembley Arena in December 2006, in a performance culminating in a lightsaber duel between the band's tour manager and MC's guitar tech on stage as Dangerfield played percussion on a tray.

They also played a set on the O2 Wireless Main Stage in London's Hyde Park on 4 July 2008, supporting acts such as The Wombats, Dirty Pretty Things, Beck and Morrissey.

[16] He and his 13-year-old brother Lewis Hammond were also invited back on stage to play percussion, including scaffolding components, in 'São Paulo', the last song in their set that night.

[17] In February 2009, they played themselves and performed one of their songs in the episode "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" of the TV series FM.