Considering the lashings of hyperbolae surrounding the Manchester music scene over the years, A Certain Ratio, one of the city’s finest musical contingent, have managed to avoid excessive limelight despite being namechecked in “24 Hour Party People”.
Humberside heroes LIFE caused quite a stir with 2017 debut Popular Music, among other things breaking into Radio 1's Albums of the Year list where they rubbed shoulders with the likes of Jay-Z and Wolf Alice.
Bodega have upped the ante on new mini-album Shiny New Model, and if you know anything at all about the New York five-piece it's kind of a big deal that the band – whose multi-talented members play the roles of, amongst other things, art director and conductor – are hitting a proper recording studio for the first time.
