New band of the day – No 1,144: The Staves

These three Laura Marling-alikes can reduce an audience to awed silence. But that won't stop us from comparing them to Azealia Banks ...Hometown: Watford.The lineup: Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor.The background: On Sunday night we went to see Azealia Banks in Hoxton and last night we saw The Staves in Camden. That's two powerful representations of young 21st-century womanhood right there. Only rather different. On the utterly astonishing track 212 Banks, a 19-year-old from Harlem, r...

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