Blog: The Blue Walrus

When a band goes out of their way to describe the concept (!) of their debut EP (!!) as 'not pretentious at all', you can assume it probably isn't, but also that they've got serious ambitions. Such is the case with the newest Alcopop! Records signings, a Manchester quartet called Doctrines. The aforementioned debut EP (called ZE and due out in June) is 'inspired by that mad old guy Raymond Kurzweil, transhumanism and postgenderism... It’s NOT pretentious at all. In the end it turns out to be a story about the importance of family, friends and love.' They were [...]