Boom! were an English pop group which consisted of members Johnny Shentall, Rachael Carr, Shakti Edwards, Vicky Palmer, Nick Donaghy and Shaun Angel.^[1]

Biography

Their garage-pop debut single "Falling" was released in late 2000 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2001.^[2]

Can't Stop the Pop described the song as "an incredibly clean-sounding track; it's slick and light on its feet, which is perfectly in-line with the sort of material being peddled by Artful Dodger, but perhaps a little throwaway by pop – and debut single – standards." They then went on to say: "Perhaps more than was evident at the time, since their brand of garage-pop was not a million miles from that of Liberty X, who would launch later that year. Perhaps, however, in early-2001, there just wasn't enough to convince London Records that garage wasn't a passing fad. Nonetheless, 'Falling' is a quality track and – even if we didn't know it at the time – an incredibly accurate indication of things to come."^[3]

The group went on tour with boy band Westlife. Member Johnny Shentall went on to join Hear'Say in 2002 as a replacement for Kym Marsh.

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