Welly + guests

Crashing together the best bits of escapist pop, indie-disco, punk and DIY electronics, the groupmade up of Welly and his school-matesshow early ambition to reconnect the great, grassroots British tradition with the mainstream band. First single Shopping, for instance, was a riotous love-letter to the UK high street, as compelled by the arch, art-rock of Pulp as the left-field bangers of Girls Aloud. Currently working as a greengrocer, Welly is quickly building a world of curtain-twitching storytelling: recent single Soak Up The Culture both sends-up and pays loving tribute to the Lads-On-Tour anthem, whilst 'Deere John' is a rollicking tableaux of marital strife (and a lawn-mower). With early support across 6Music, Radio X, and a run of sold-out shows and festivals, Welly are rallying a young audience likewise in search of something different (and something fun).