The Pigeon Detectives are a Leeds based Indie-Rock band formed in 2004 by Matt Bowman among four other friends who all attended the same school. After releasing a few singles from their up and coming debut album, Wait For Me, they were asked to feature at Reading & Leeds Festival in 2006. The performance left critics from NME stunned, dubbing them as, “The band most likely to leap to the main stage in 2007”. Which they fulfilled as they were asked to perform on the NME Stage at Glastonbury.
The band retained the buzz after their headliner by releasing their highly anticipated debut album Wait For Me, featuring some of their most famous songs to date, with the labels, Dance To The Radio and V2 Records. The singled helped play their part into boosting traction to PD with, “I’m Not Sorry” and, “I Found making it into the UK Charts—selling over 200,000 copies. Certifying their debut album as platinum in. Wait For Me led to a vigorous tour with big bands such as Kaiser Chiefs and The Holloways.
After a year break the band moved, releasing their second album Emergency in May 2008. Retaining a positive reception from critics.