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Close Lobsters

Close Lobsters is a group from the UK.

Group GB jangle pop indie pop c86
TOTAL PLAYS
155
SONGS PLAYED
39
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-04-05 23:26 · 6 Music — "What Is There To Smile About?"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · 6 Music — "Pathetic Trivia (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 154 99%
Radio 2 1 1%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Mirror Breaks - BBC Session 15/12/1987 12 2022-09-05
2 Loopholes 11 2025-03-20
3 What Is There To Smile About - BBC Session 15/12/1987 11 2022-09-05
4 Going To Heaven To See If It Rains (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) 9 2026-08-11
5 Going To Heaven To See If It Rains 9 2024-04-11
6 From This Day On - BBC Session 15/12/1987 9 2019-02-21
7 What Is There To Smile About? 7 2023-08-16
8 I'm Going to Heaven 7 2016-05-30
9 Nothing Really Matters - BBC Session 29/06/1986 6 2014-05-21
10 Just Too Bloody Stupid 5 2025-06-26
11 Nerver Seen Before - BBC Session 29/06/1986 5 2013-12-22
12 Going To Heaven To See If It Rains - BBC Session 29/06/1986 5 2013-11-02
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-13 21:16 Pathetic Trivia (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) 6 Music
2026-08-12 21:13 Nothing Really Matters (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) 6 Music
2026-08-11 20:59 Going To Heaven To See If It Rains (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) 6 Music
2026-08-10 20:57 Never Seen Before (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) 6 Music
2025-06-26 01:38 Just Too Bloody Stupid 6 Music
2025-03-20 21:33 Loopholes 6 Music
2024-11-20 22:48 Everything is Moving 6 Music
2024-04-11 21:42 Going To Heaven To See If It Rains 6 Music
2024-04-01 15:27 What Is There To Smile About? (John Peel session 4th January 1988) 6 Music
2023-12-13 22:00 Loopholes 6 Music
2023-08-16 17:52 What Is There To Smile About? 6 Music
2022-09-05 22:45 Mirror Breaks - BBC Session 15/12/1987 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

39 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
All Compasses Go Wild — 3 ▶
Bird Free — 1 ▶
Everything is Moving — 1 ▶
Firestation Towers — 3 ▶
From This Day On — 1 ▶
From This Day On - BBC Session 15/12/1987 — 9 ▶
Going To Heaven To See If It Rains — 9 ▶
Going To Heaven To See If It Rains (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) — 9 ▶
Going To Heaven To See If It Rains - BBC Session 29/06/1986 — 5 ▶
Gunpowder Keg — 1 ▶
I Kiss The Flowers In Bloom — 3 ▶
I'm Going to Heaven — 7 ▶
I'm Going To Heaven To See If It Rains — 1 ▶
In Spite of These Times — 3 ▶
Just Too Bloody Stupid — 5 ▶
Let the Day.. (Remix) — 1 ▶
Let The Days Drift Away — 1 ▶
Let the Days Drift Away (Canopy of Dust Remix) — 2 ▶
Let the Days Drift Away (remix) — 2 ▶
Loopholes — 11 ▶
Loopholes - BBC Session 15/12/1987 — 5 ▶
Loopsholes - BBC Session 15/12/1987 — 4 ▶
mirror breaks — 3 ▶
Mirror Breaks - BBC Session 15/12/1987 — 12 ▶
Nerver Seen Before - BBC Session 29/06/1986 — 5 ▶
Never Seen Before — 3 ▶
Never Seen Before (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) — 3 ▶
Nothing Really Matters (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) — 4 ▶
Nothing Really Matters - BBC Session 29/06/1986 — 6 ▶
Now Time — 1 ▶
Pathetic Trivia (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jun 1986) — 3 ▶
Pathetic Trivia - BBC Session 29/06/1986 — 4 ▶
The Absent Guest (No Thing, No There) — 1 ▶
The Absent Guest (No Thing. No There) — 2 ▶
Wander Epic Part II — 1 ▶
What Is There To Smile About — 1 ▶
What Is There To Smile About - BBC Session 15/12/1987 — 11 ▶
What Is There To Smile About? — 7 ▶
What Is There To Smile About? (John Peel session 4th January 1988) — 1 ▶