Pete Fij / Terry Bickers

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After several years in musical hibernation, two former Creation label artists Pete Fij(alkowski) (Adorable/Polak) & Terry Bickers (House of Love/Levitation) have come together to write and record a selection of downbeat acoustic-led tracks, that still evoke the same intensity as their more electrified celebrated musical pasts, and suggests that the two musicians have now changed to the maxim that 'quiet is the new loud'.

Terry Bickers labelled by the NME as "a guitar god" is considered by many as the missing link between Johnny Marr & Bernard Butler in the cannon of great indie guitarists, and his disappearance from the musical scene after his important roles in The House of Love & Levitation, led to many believing that he was living as a recluse on a remote island with the ghosts of Howard Hughes, Bobby Fischer & JD Salinger. In fact he was living in the seaside streets of Brighton where he met Pete Fij who led Creation band Adorable in the 1990's to a string of indie hits, whilst his One little Indian band Polak received critical acclaim, leading the Independent on Sunday to proclaim that Fijalkowski was the "most under-rated lyricist since Jarvis Cocker last put pen to paper".

Like a late-night jam involivng Johnny Cash, The Velvet Underground and The Everley Brothers at 3 in the morning, trying not to wake the neighbours, the songs all following the same lost-love theme. Rumours that the two Creation artists had combined led to invites to play abroad, and the two have already aired their new material to audiences in Germany, France & Spain, and have already received numerous concert offers from the UK & Europe even before officially announcing their project. Their debut album will be released in 2012.

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