New band of the day – No 870: Silvery

This London band's manic musicianship recalls the herky, jerky pop of Sparks, Roxy Music and XTCHometown: London.The lineup: James Orman (vocals), and his band of glammy men.The background: If yesterday's new band, Films of Colour, are a commercial "shoo-in" and likely candidates to succeed because they press all the right buttons, then today's lot would probably get the thumbs-down from the first exasperated market research team that encountered them. Nothing about them seems designed to please...

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