New band of the day – No 924: Giant Steps

This blue-eyed indie trio are a band out of their time, channelling soul-inflected sounds from the Jam to Stevie WonderHometown: Reading.The lineup: James Girdler (guitar, vocals), Daniel Stargatt (bass), Daniel Webb (drums).The background: There have been many "giant steps". Totemic jazz musician John Coltrane took several, as did Neil Armstrong, although they were on the moon and were more of a leap. In 1993, the Boo Radleys released an album of vaguely exploratory alt-rock/psych/shoegaze bear...

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