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KEY TRACK: Apple Tree
LABEL: Fiction
MANAGEMENT: sam@smilingpolite.ly
TWITTER: @anotherskymusic

WHO: Singer and guitarist Catrin Vincent, bassist Naomi Le Dune, guitarist Jack Gilbert and Max Doohan on drums.

WHAT: Brainy indie-pop. Driven powerfully by Vincent’s shapeshifting, androgynous vocal, Another Sky’s songs can be hushed one minute and falling-from-a-cliff-edge epic the next.

WHERE: The band formed as students at Goldsmith’s in South London. They take their name from an Emily Dickinson poem, while their songs hide varied references around every corner (Chillers namechecks Nando’s).

A REAL MIX THEN?

That’s right. And that’s what attracted Fiction, who signed the band up after some early buzz. For a label that gave us the heartfelt and slightly bookish Maccabees, it makes perfect sense.

WHAT SHOULD I PLAY?

New single Apple Tree. Vincent’s lyrics celebrate feminine men, and a tangle of guitars lets them take centre stage.

ARE THEY TOURING?

Their current UK tour concludes at London’s Rich Mix on February 28, then it’s off to SXSW next month.

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