little man tate are a four-piece indie band from sheffield, england and formed in 2005. the band quickly began attracting interest from several record labels and in march 2006 signed to v2 records, later parting ways in november 2007. their fifth single, sexy in latin was released on january 22 and became their highest charting single yet, entering the official uk singles chart at number 20.
the band made extensive use of the internet to gather a fanbase, which may be in part responsible for their relatively rapid rise, with only twelve months having passed from formation to their signing with the v2 record label. like many other up and coming bands they made extensive use of myspace as well as their own forum to communicate with and co-ordinate fans.
in recognition of their online communitys role in their success, the band gave forum members priority booking tickets for their 2006 christmas show at the sheffield boardwalk.