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Photo by Reuben Paris.

DESCRIBE THE BAND: A delicate mix of influences from electronica, folk and garage rock. Have been compared to The Beta Band, Tortoise and Tom Waits.

WHERE ARE YOU BASED? Edinburgh.

LINE-UP: Ziggy Campbell, 26, lead vocals, guitar; Tommy Perman, 25, bass guitar, synths; Kev Sim, 28, sampler, melodica; Gavin Sutherland, 28, keys and backing vocals.

HOW DID YOU FORM? Kev, Tommy and Zig met in 2001 while studying art in Aberdeen. In 2005 we realised our true love was pop music so enlisted the musical talents of Gavin and formed a band.

RELEASED ANY RECORDS? About to release their debut single Mullokian on Tommy’s label Surface Pressure Records and their debut album Found Can Move will follow at the end of May.

SUPPORTED ANY MAJOR BANDS?
Luke Vibert at the Sub Club last April.

WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT?
We make forward-thinking pop music, run our own label and put on art exhibitions.

INFLUENCES? Hip hop producer Jay Dee (RIP), Moondog and Ivor Cutler.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS?
Recording a radio session in the legendary Beatles Studio at Abbey Road, appearing on BBC Scotland’s The Music Show, MTV Europe taking the video for our debut single.

Read this article on the Evening Times site.

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