| Influences | 60s' pop/garage - The Doors, The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, The Stooges; 70s' punk/new wave - The Stranglers, The Damned, The Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, The Cure; 80s' post punk/electro - Joy Division, Thrilled Skinny, The Television Personalities, Magazine, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order, The Smiths, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cocteau Twins, Sarah Records, C86. The Orchids, 4AD; 90s' indie - My Bloody Valentine, Teenage FanclubPrimal Scream, Ride, Slowdive, Belle and Sebastian, Ryan Adams. More recently, Mojave 3, Coco Rosie, Spoon, The National, Monster Movie, Maps, King Creosote, Joanna Newsom, Explosions in the Sky, The Concretes, British Sea Power, Blonde Redhead, Beirut and Trespassers William |