As befitting a band who's last UK hit was a duet with Peter Doherty, Littl'ans ar no strangers to chaos. In fact their last British tour was cancelled thanks to a teen movies 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 English indie scene in what feels like an eternity.
First Blast is part of Nicholas Kent's final season as artistic director of Tricycle Theatre, in which he explores the nuclear bomb. This series has the potential to be as successful as the Tricycle's...
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