Hans Island are an Indie/Garage/Psychedelic band from the towns of Kearsley and Farnworth, close to Manchester and Bolton. Utilising methods unseen in modern indie music such as delay and tamborines, Hans Island smashed onto the Manchester indie scene in early 2006 - claiming the internationally acclaimed prize 'Salford Battle of The Bands 2006'. This earned them immediate national fame with an early famous listener, fellow Manc Richard Ashcroft, shouting the first cries of "sign em up". The band are yet to be signed by a label, but are regularly playing gigs at renowned venues such as 'The Dog And Partridge' and 'Jabez Clegg', and release material through the social networking website MySpace. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hans+Island">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.