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Pete & the Pirates

Bright, young commanders of a brand of unique Englishness, Pete and The Pirates' blend of smooth edged punk and pop produces music which is sweet, raw, joyous, melancholic, raucous and tender. The Pirates' idiosyncratic and endearing songwriting puts them somewhere between the Flying Nun band Tall Dwarfs and the wistful reflection of On The Beach-era Neil Young. Pete and The Pirates is the side-project of frontman Thomas sanders, who is also in Tap Tap.

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Alice Gun

Alice Gun records in her drinks cabinet and down a Lakeland mineshaft, distilling macabre anti-folk from guitars, glockenspiel, double bass, cello, flugel horn and a lopsided upright.

She also plays cello for blues man Mr David Viner in a long-running collaboration which saw her spend last year recording with Ed Harcourt and supporting the White Stripes. An Alice Gun EP will be released on Ambiguous Records later this year.

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