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’i said yes’ find themselves occasionally dispersed and occasionally in the same place, sharing a love of all things musical and some things poetic. The recent discovery of a long-forgotten accordion and several encounters with a tambourine, a glockenspiel, a viola and a melodica have helped ’i said yes’ to confront the fact that perhaps, they aspire to write songs which embody the spirit of indie folk. But then again, perhaps they just play what comes out. ’and then we danced…’ is a collection of some of these songs, a record of the times when i said yes were in the same place.

Spring Offensive is a band that you will come back to time and time again. Not only do they write melodies that you will find yourself humming at inappropriate times, their love for telling stories is clear. Their live shows promise to be exciting and inventive, if not, a bit unhinged. There is a spectacle for every song, and along with their dirty, stenciled I Was Killed By The Spring Offensive t-shirts, they seem to harness boundless energy. They are currently residing in Oxford.

Matt Nathanson (born March 28, 1973 in Lexington, Massachusetts) is a singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar (usually a twelve-string), and has played both solo and with a full band. The Faster Songfacts says that his seventh studio album, Modern Love debuted on #17 on the Billboard 200 for the week of July 9, 2011, making it Nathanson's most successful album to date.

Jenny Said Yes will be playing at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town on the 25th January. Jenny Said Yes claim to write music that resonates with Londoners. The line up is Dora Lam on lead vocals, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, Ben Todd on guitars and backing vocals, Adrian Barker on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Jane Cocklin on drum kit and percusssion. They can regularly be seen and heard in the north London area where they formed, (they initially rehearsed at the infamous "Alexander House", Tufnell Park).

Read more about Jenny Said Yes on Last.fm.