Band Wot You Should Know: Brakes, or brakesbrakesbrakes

Because the latest and third LP from Brakes (or “brakesbrakesbrakes“) arrived in our wayward offices and was met with cries of rejoicing from me and me alone, I am taking it upon myself to introduce all all to this bloody good Brighton-born band.

First thing wot you should know: The band was founded by Eamon Hamilton, formerly of the great and inimitable British Sea Power, along with former Electric Soft Parade members Tom and Alex White, plus Mark Beatty of the Tenderfoot. It’s a bleedin’ supergroup, innit?

Next thing wot you should to know: Taking the ragged postpunk of BSP and amping up the playfulness tenfold, Brakes introduced the concept of the “super non-stop overrockin’ disco party” in 2005 with debut Give Blood.