And Also The Trees is a rock band formed in 1979 in the United Kingdom. They are early minor projection forerunners to the Gothic rock genre, amongst others. The media success came to And Also the Trees later in their career. History And Also The Trees started in the dawn of the 1980s in Inkberrow, a small village in Worcestershire, far in the countryside. They never had the pressure to move to London. The band was inspired by the ideology of the burgeoning post-punk movement, but took its rural roots to heart. A home demo tape was sent to The Cure which led to a friendship between the two bands. In 1981 And Also The Trees played several shows in support of The Cure's UK tour. Their second demo tape From Under the Hill (1982) was partly co-produced with Robert Smith and Mike Hedges. Their first two single releases "Shantell", "The Secret Sea", and their debut album, simply called And Also The Trees were pr