New band of the day – The Cold One Hundred (No 1,229)

It's not wrong to want to sound like the Smiths – especially if your imitation is no miserable lieHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Amory Neish Melling (vocals), Jacob Ward (lead guitar), Josh Harper (guitar), Jacob Walker (bass), Sam Dabrowski (drums).The background: The Cold One Hundred take their name from a Peter Green solo album, but their influences are less 1960s London than 80s Manchester: the touchtones are the Smiths and James, although they also cite the artier, brainier end of Britp...

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