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THE HIGH LLAMAS |
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It was Madness, Jerry Dammers, The Pop Group, Scritti Politti, Suicide and The Undertones that got Sean O’Hagan playing music in 1980 and, for those unfamiliar with these ace UK avant-pop masters, The High Llamas sit somewhere between Brian Wilson’s baroque pop and the modular synths and lo fi electronica of Stereolab with a bit of 60s jazz scattered lightly around. In other words, gorgeous, expressive, memorable and compulsive pop. A Beach Boys for the beep generation, singer-songwriter-producer Sean O’Hagan is the consummate alchemist.
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