False Advertising are a British three-piece alternative rock group from Manchester and Oxford, England.^{[clarification needed]}

False Advertising was formed by Jen Hingley and Chris Warr in 2013, with Josh Sellers completing the lineup in 2014.^[1] Upon deciding that between them they could produce and release their own music,^[2] they set about writing and self recording their debut album.^[3] The band released their first single ‘Dozer’ and self-titled album False Advertising in 2015, in June 2016 they released a 7" single on Too Pure Singles Club.^[4] The band are noted for their live instrument swapping.^[5]

The band received coverage by Total Guitar,^[6] The Skinny,^[7] DIY (magazine),^[4] NME,^[8] The Independent,^[9] Drowned In Sound and MusicRadar, where Jen was cited #8 in Music Radar's ‘Best New Guitarists in the world right now’ poll.^[10]

They have played festivals including Two Thousand Trees Festival,^[11] Truck Festival, ^[12] SXSW,^[13] Liverpool Sound City,^[14] Meltdown (festival) (curated by Robert Smith), Kendal Calling,^[15] Zandari Festa^[16] Waves Vienna.^[17] In 2018 they put on their own festival in Manchester called ‘Falsetival’.^[18]

In October 2018, the band were chosen as recipients of PRS for Music's Momentum Fund.^[19]

Jen Hingley's uncle is Tom Hingley, who was previously the singer of The Inspiral Carpets.^[20]

• Jen Hingley - lead vocals, guitar, drums (2013–present)
• Chris Warr - lead vocals, drums, guitar (2013–present)
• Josh Sellers - bass (2014–present)

Albums

• False Advertising (2015, self-released)
• Brainfreeze (2019, Alcopop! Records)

EPs

• Brainless (2016, self-released)
• I Would Be So Much Happier If I Just Stopped Caring (2017, self-released)

Singles

• "Dozer" (2015, self-released)
• "Alopecia" (2016, self-released)
• "Give It Your Worst" / "Scars" - (2016, Too Pure)
• "Not My Fault" (2017, self-released)
• "Honest" (2017, self-released)
• "Hey You" (2017, self-released)
• "You Said" (2018, self-released)
• "You Won't Feel Love" (2019, Alcopop! Records)
• "Influenza" (2019, Alcopop! Records)
• "Wasted Days" (2019, Alcopop! Records)
• "Personal Space" (2021, Alcopop! Records)