New band of the day – No 719: Theophilus London

He's a bit hip-hop, a bit electro and a bit new wave. But is this Brooklyn MC the rap Morrissey or the new PM Dawn?Hometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Theophilus London (vocals, music).The background: It's an enticing thought: a black Morrissey or Elvis Costello, a rap nerd, a miserabilist hip-hop doofus, who is sexually deficient, suffers from a shyness that is criminally vulgar, and in terms of the gamut of emotions only understands revenge and guilt. We'd love to see one of those, we really would....

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