
If - using some sort of futuristic machine - I could produce the coolest sounding band possible right now, they would be roughly half as cool as O Children. I got into them late last year off the back of some spine-tingling demos, and this week at last they release their first proper single. And they're starting to gain the attention they undoubtedly deserve. Sure, most publications are making a big deal of the Nick Cave homage of the band's name, but singer Tobi O'Kandi conjurs the ghost of Ian Curtis more than any dark wave band yet. [...]