New band of the day – No 977: AlunaGeorge

This London duo use R&B tropes and techniques to create pop music bright enough to light up the chartsHometown: London.The lineup: Aluna Francis (vocals) and George Reid (music).The background: People – critics, because critics are people, too – are always banging on about how great such-and-such a band is because they're so influential. But what about those artists who don't exert any influence because their music is so sui generis it's impossible to incorporate elements of it, let alone co...

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