The Duke Spirit

The Duke Spirit are an English rock band that formed in London in 2003 by Luke Ford (guitar), Liela Moss (vocals) Toby Butler (bass) and Dan Higgins (guitar).

The band have been a support act for Duran Duran in 2008.

Background information
Ford and Moss met at art college in Cheltenham where he was studying photography and Moss was taking a Fine Arts course. After moving to London and a short period writing and performing as Solomon (in which they were later joined by Butler) they formed The Duke Spirit. Along with guitarist Dan Higgins they set about writing, recording and self-producing a group of songs that formed the basis of their first single and EP. Higgins also creating the woodcuts that served as the band's early artwork.

The band released their second single "Darling You're Mean" / "Bottom of the Sea" in May 2003 on the City Rockers label, without having performed live. The line-up was completed by drummer Olly Betts, and the band played their first show at the Brixton Windmill later that year.

The band's debut album was due to be released in September 2004 until their record label, City Rockers, ran out of financial steam. They moved over to Loog Records/Polydor and released the album in the UK on 16 May 2005.

The only release of 2006 was a downloadable EP and limited 7" single entitled "Covered In Love", released through the band's own Velo Recordings.

In February 2009, the band released a 10-track compilation CD featuring three songs never released in the US ("Masca", "Souvenir", "Do What You Love") as well as a cover of Alex Chilton's "Baby Doll". The CD was sold alongside an Alexander McQueen collection, one of the shirts of which featured the face of singer Liela Moss.

September 2015 brought with it the first Duke Spirit performance in three years at the End Of The Road Festival with new bass player Rich Fownes and also the first release from KIN, the song "Here Comes the Vapour".