Musical Style and Influences
Keith and Chris are joined by Edith Bowman, Alphabeat, Kano, and Rick Edwards amongst others during the first series of their television short Steve Wants His MoneyKeith Murray has cited the influence of such performers as The Rapture and David Bowie on their debut album. The band has noted that tracks on With Love and Squalor were largely written to be performed live, whilst Brain Thrust Mastery was a more specifically studio effort. Older influences include Brian Eno, Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine and David Bowie's Berlin era as well as Hall & Oates and Fleetwood Mac.
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“Through man, and woman, and sea, and star,
Saw the dance of nature forward far;
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Saw musical order, and pairing rhymes.”
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