New band of the day – No 741: Boy 8-Bit

He might be hailed as a purveyor of maverick electronica, but Boy 8-Bit's music is far straighter than we imaginedHometown: Penzance.The lineup: David Morris (music, production).The background: With a Cornish address – he lives down the road from Aphex Twin – and a name like Boy 8-Bit, we got a little bit overexcited and presumed today's artist was going to be a regular little Atari teenage rioter, like a cross between Crystal Castles and kid606, all glitches for beats and an asymm...

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