New band of the day – No 791: Apparatjik

If Scandinavian synth-pop is your thing, you'll love this supergroup featuring members of A-ha, Mew and, er, ColdplayHometown: Planet Earth.The lineup: Jonas Bjerre (lead vocals, guitar), Magne Furuholmen (guitar, keyboards), Guy Berryman (bass), Martin Terefe (drums).The background: Supergroups have long been thought of as the places that rock musicians go when their original bands run out of steam. But there have been some quite good ones in the last decade or so. There was at the end of the 9...

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