Flashguns Genre: Rock / New Wave / Soul From: Mainly London & Some Brighton, United Kingdom
For a band with a name associated with the paparazzi there’s been little in the way of hype for London/Brighton four-piece Flashguns. The young band (they’ve not long finished their ‘A’ levels!) have been picked up by a few of the music blogs out there but have not yet been swallowed up by the music’s relentless PR machine.
Like a musical sponge the young band absorbed a wide variety of influences from The Killers to Pink Floyd via The Cars and Sigur Ros creating a gaunt, slanted indie pop that’s got more hooks than the cloakroom at a Peter Pan convention and is one of the few bands I’ve heard in twenty years that capture the pure essence of the early Smith and I think I’m already a fan.
The Flushguns have been working with Stephen Street on their 2nd single which will be released next month. They’ve done some NME Awards shows with Ida Maria, and in March they’ll be out on the Clash Presents tour with The Answering Machine and Casiokids. So don’t expect them to stay under the radar for long.
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