New band of the day – Blacks& (No 1,349)

Rooted in the pop conventions of the past, this LA band mix and match well, creating a smooth puree of sounds and stylesReading this on a mobile? Listen hereHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Donald Eley, Tiger Smith, Jutty Shark and Jules Bellin.The background: Don't be fooled by the grammatically or syntactically idiosyncratic name: Blacks& are, in a good way, deeply conventional. And by conventional we mean rooted in the pop conventions of the past, only of different eras. They mix and match w...

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