London based
rock band formed by
Olly Knights and
Gale Paridjanian (used to be close
friends of this
author). The
band first flew onto the
scene in the
summer of
1999 with
release of their first
EP "
The Door", originally intended as a
soundtrack to a
film which, in the end, never got made.
A year on the band signed on with Source and then in 2001 came out with their self-produced debut album, The Optimist LP which was widely acclaimed by music authorities such as NME, who earmarked the band as the next best thing. The band has been widely billed as conveying genuine feeling and was a runner up for the Mercury Music Prize. Their latest album is The Ether Song. They can be described as acoustic rock.