New band of the day – No 1,008: Loick Essien

In case you thought the mulchification of chart music could go no further, here comes this puree of modern popHometown: London.The lineup: Loick Essien (vocals).The background: Good to have it confirmed that we weren't imagining things last summer in our new band piece on Magnetic Man when we talked about the rave-ification of dubstep and noted that one of the tracks on the MM album sounded like Lady Gaga at a rave, while the Katy B tune recalled early-90s chart-rave standby Let Me Be Your Fanta...

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