Few bands are as committed to maintaining their image as .  After managing to keep their identities secret for the best part of a year, Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey are proving that there’s more legs in their project than the original one note idea seemed to suggest.  aren’t really a band that is focused on the present.  California of the 70s and 80s seems to be far more interesting to them, and this style dominates their songs, videos and even their live shows.  There’s absolutely no reason why any of this should work beyond the initial novelty value, but it does, and somehow they are managing to get better.  Better Off Without You is a spectacularly crafted pop song that in the right world would be a massive hit.  It’s just a shame that that world passed by three decades ago.

Welcome to Condale will be released on October 31 via the band’s own Apricot Recording Company and Moshi Moshi Records.  The band will play a string of UK dates in November, including a Kent one at the Farmhouse in Canterbury.

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