Probably THE definitive "always forget how good they were" band.
I bought Paul Heaton a pint on more than one occasion whilst working in a bar in Hull. Thoroughly nice bloke and a fucking top notch songwriter. Heaton's songs can make you laugh, smile, cry and despair all in a three minute space. Bizarrely I only ever saw them play once; at V '06. They were superb. Best thing that ever came out of Hull. I wish I'd seen them play many more times. As I recall, the band's official reason for splitting in 2006 was for "musical similarities." Typical Heaton humour. What a fucking excellent band.
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