New band of the day – No 1,286: Blood Diamonds

This 21-year-old producer's lush electronica is at times blissful and bubbling, but hardly the shock of the 'ooh!'Hometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Michael Tucker (vocals, production).The background: Michael Tucker, who has just signed to 4AD as Blood Diamonds, is a 21-year-old producer and musician from Kansas, now based in LA, who also happens to be 6ft 9in and built like a brick out-house, to use the polite vernacular ("I'm about the size of a fridge," he says, helpfully, although he neglects...

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