Test Icicles
Mehran and Gouw went on to form a competitive sports-themed band with Attwell named "Balls". However, Gouw needed to go home for the summer when Balls had been booked to play with The Unicorns in Nottingham. Not wanting to cancel the gig, Meringue and Attwell decided to form a Balls sister-band called Test Icicles. They recruited Dev Hynes to join them. In early 2005 the three moved to a first-floor flat in Dalston where they recorded a large amount of demos and used MySpace as a key way of gaining fans and getting their music heard. They became signed to the independent label Domino Records and released an album For Screening Purposes Only but split in February 2006.
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