Video: Pocketbooks - Cross the line

Shhh....I've got a secret to tell you. There is an indie-pop scene going on in London that would make their C86 ancestors, drool with envy. Sugar-kissed melodies, soaring girl/boy vocals mesh to make music that ought to be in heavy rotation in every sugar-frosted flake home. Pocketbooks are a great example of a band that ought to be on the cover of NME and earning accolades in every country that loves great pop. This London-based group has just released their first album, Flight Paths to unanimous critical praise. Their inclusion of Motown influences [...]

There's something about indiepop with male/female vocals. I can't quite say why it hits the spot so delightfully but Pocketbooks are a great example of gender-blender tweeness. They are currently Andy, Dan, Emma, Mark and Jonny, having recently undergone a small line-up change (losing early guitarist Ben and gaining drummer Jonny). Pocketbooks' lyrics are eloquent and generally about the everyday rather than the extraordinary, but each song is something special. Having just talked about the joy of male and female vocals together, the track below is just Emma [...]

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