WE'VE GOT A NEW OBSESSION

So now here's my new favourite act, I don't seem to have had one for a while, she's called Marina and her backing bands called The Diamonds, so appropriately the band as an entity is called Marina & the Diamonds. It's beautiful big indie-pop, a kind of Pipettes fronted Arcade Fire sound, masked with a strikingly beautiful lead singer and effortless cool; they're also on Neon Gold Records and are therefore label mates of arguably the best band in the world right now: Passion Pit. Naturally we at DDJY! are very excited about them!

They've just done a session for Radio 1 that can be accessed here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/

... and they're fresh on the DDJY! hitlist for the coming months so keep your fingers crossed with us that we get them to Wrexham in 2009.

Listen to: Marina & the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road (myspace)