My Life Story

Formed in Camden Town in north London, My Life Story developed in the early 1990s around Jake Shillingford with a rare orchestral pop formula in the British scene of the time, blending guitar, strings, brass, and choruses inherited from Britpop, chamber pop, and a more theatrical songwriting. The band first distinguished itself by an expanded line-up, sometimes close to a collective, and by early singles such as Girl A, Girl B, Boy C in 1993, before the release of Mornington Crescent in 1995 and then The Golden Mile in 1997, two albums that defined My Life Story's identity between chamber pop, dance-pop, and expansive arrangements. After Joined Up Talking in 2000, My Life Story split up then re-formed sporadically from 2006 for shows in London and for more spaced-out tours, while maintaining the central roles of Shillingford and Nick Evans. The band returned to the studio with World Citizen in 2019, which marks a tighter version of its writing, then Loving You Is Killing Me in 2024. In this ongoing but uneven trajectory, My Life Story has moved between the 1990s Britpop scene, the live reformations of the 2000s and 2010s, and a more regular return to recording, without abandoning this blend of English pop, a driving rock energy, and orchestration.