Career
Yeti began with Hassall as the main songwriter, but soon Underwood started writing and singing a few of his own (including lead-off track on One Eye On The Banquet, "The Last Time You Go" and "Insect-Eating Man"), while Deian has also penned several tracks, including their single "Don't Go Back To The One You Love" and "Jermyn Girls". Critics have compared the band's sound to "early" Beatles, The La's, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Coral, The Zombies, Love and early "pre-Rough Trade" Libertines.
Their debut single "Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder" was released in March 2005, and reached No. 36 in the UK Singles Chart. It was named "Single Of The Week" by NME. "Keep Pushin' On" was released on 29 August 2005 under Moshi Moshi Records and reached No. 57.
The band was also featured in magazines such as Vogue, Arena, GQ, Spin, Dazed & Confused and Clash. In December 2005, Yeti played "Noise and Confusion 05" - their biggest show to date - at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, opening for Oasis and Foo Fighters. This was followed by a string of supporting shows on Oasis' European Tour in February 2006. Yeti featured in the 2006 advertising campaign for the Italian fashion label "Energie".
Yeti returned to action at the end of October 2006 and released a limited edition EP, One Eye on the Banquet, playing a series of small gigs within the UK throughout the final months of 2006.
In early 2007, Kersey left the band to join London band The Early Years.
The band played their first show as a four piece at the Proud Gallery in London in August 2007. Yeti released their a compilation album, Yume!, in Japan on 29 August 2007, and the band played shows in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Kyoto, Sapporo and Yokohama in September 2007 to promote the record. Yume! was a success and peaked at number 3 in the Japanese HMV Foreign chart.
The band completed a thirty date UK tour, with tour mates London band The Foxes, to promote their album, The Legend of Yeti Gonzales. It was released in June 2008, and received favourable reviews from the NME and Daily Mirror.
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