In a time of streamlined hair, perfect posturing and asymmetric melodies, Favours For Sailors provide a much-needed musical pick-me-up. Mixing the fractured pop of Pavement, the frenetic power of Gang Of Four, the guitar heroics of Television, and the frustration of four misplaced mid-20s wage slaves, their tunes spill over with wistful lust and exuberant alcoholism. In September 2005, these Becks-fuelled, park-dwelling miscreants noticed the weather was getting too cold for frisbee, cricket and al fresco drinking.

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