As befitting a band whose last UK hit was a duet with Peter Doherty, Littl'ans are no strangers to chaos. In fact their last British tour was cancelled thanks to a teen movie's worth of disasters, including a drug bust, exploding gas canisters and a double booking with Echo and the Bunnymen.
When they do play, their doo-wop influenced pop has all the dazed, dark charm of a Syd Barret or a Nick Drake, and is possibly one of the best things to come out of the English indie scene in what feels like an eternity.
In A Slow Air,
middle-aged Morna is instantly dislikeable, brash, harsh and
inconsiderate, she celebrates being the centre of her small life and
asks few questions about anyone else's. Her estrange...
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311 Kilburn High Road
Kilburn NW6 7JR,
London