They pretend to be gay, get tunes from noise and are suddenly hot enough to record at Jimi Hendrix's studios. What planet did the Big Pink come from, asks Alexis PetridisYes, nods the Big Pink's Robbie Furze, it is not usual in indie circles to drum up interest in your music by pretending to be a gay couple. He says he and the other half of the duo, Milo Cordell, came up with the idea out of sheer frustration: "Photographers just tell you to do the same thing every time. The first photoshoot we ...
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