Sports Team

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Alex Rice (lead singer)

Oli Dewdney (bass)

Al Greenwood (drums)

Rob Knaggs (rhythm guitar/vocals)

Ben Mack (keyboards)

Henry Young (guitar)

ARTIST Sports Team
SONG “I’m In Love (Subaru)”
LABEL Bright Antenna
ORIGIN Cambridge, UK

1. Please introduce yourself and give us the backstory on how the band got started.

I’m Alex Rice, the singer in Sports Team. We got together in Cambridge, UK where we’d put on our own shows and fell into being this hype band around the UK. Then we all lived together in London and carried on making music together. 

2. How would you describe your music?

Alternative, maximalist, rock that’s interested in the most mundane bits of life. 

3. Who are your biggest influences?

Pavement, Bryan Ferry, Prefab Sprout

4. What was the inspiration behind your current single?

It stems from having those undeniable loves of physical things when you’re a kid. There was a really popular racing game in the UK called Colin McCrae Rally, where the Subaru just felt like the most glamorous, height of cool, thing you could have alongside beyblades. Subaru is sort of an exploration of how that concept of what you love grows up. 

5. What would surprise people most about you?

I played professional cricket in the UK for a couple of years before the band kicked off. Was in the US watching the LA Dodgers the other day and thought I could definitely have brought something to their squad. 

|September 11th, 2024|