New band of the day – No 697: Active Child

This sombre young man creates glacial and gloomy music, as though Fleet Foxes had swapped their guitars for synthsHometown: Los AngelesThe lineup: Pat Grossi (vocals, music).The background: Suddenly Christmas is over and everyone is coming over all ecclesiastical. We've just heard on Radio 5 Live that hotly tipped Manchester duo Hurts are doing a tour not of the usual gig venues but of churches, and now here's Active Child, who makes a solemn kind of white winter hymntronica, as though Vienna by...

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