New band of the day – No 1,168: Hookworms

This Leeds band, who want to be known by their initials, throw some Loop, Spacemen 3 and early Verve into their untamed mixHometown: Leeds.The lineup: MB, EG, MJ, SS and JW.The background: Hookworms are a Leeds band but the new Pigeon Detectives/Kaiser Chiefs they are not. In fact, to prove the point, Julian Cope – less a fan of bumptious indie than freakbeat, psych and krautrock – has been colourfully extolling the virtues of the five-piece's debut EP, calling it "an epic 26 minute...

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