The Duchess, YorkPop is reinventing so many old sounds that it was only a matter of time before groups got round to what John Peel called the "shambling bands" – a strand of 1980s indie indebted to the Velvet Underground and Orange Juice. Veronica Falls play big semi-acoustic guitars, and have a rhythm sound based around a tambourine and floor drum. The two girls and two boys wear a mixture of short skirts, buttoned-up shirts and indie fringes. In these days of download culture, they defiantly...
Guardian Music — The Duchess, YorkPop is reinventing so many old sounds that it was only a matter of time before groups got round to what John Peel called the "shambling bands" – a stra... more info