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When Blue Bendy independently released debut single ‘Suspension’ in 2019, it caught the attention of producer Margo Broom – Fat White Family, Goat Girl – who understood the potential in that single and the pop experimentalism that needed to be conjured from the six piece. 2021’s ‘International’ and ‘Glosso Babel’, the first products of their work with Broom, established Blue Bendy as one of the most exciting bands emerging from South London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNolan’s charismatic vocal and a committed interest in lyric writing that has perhaps been absent from British music over the last couple of years. 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The end result is something rare for a new band: a debut album which is as experimental as it is confident and assured, as tender as it is visceral, as quiet as it is loud, as bloody as it is teary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Bendy\u003c\/strong\u003e have struck a balance between being obviously skilled musicians, writing complex, layered, overlapping, and ambitious compositions, while also utilizing space, breadth, and restraint. Their music is bursting with dynamism, exploring push-pull dynamics that result in something ceaselessly unpredictable. 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