
even on their website, it's admitted almost sheepishly that the sand band is "a strange ensemble about which very little is known". what i can tell you is the band is fronted by david mcdonnell who had a stint playing for fellow liverpudians the coral , and has an upcoming ep called the secret chord to be released at the end of the month on happy parts recordings . from how the ep sounds, it seems their brand of folk is closer to the sleepy beatlesque pop of their hometown heroes than the drunken [...]