Stereo Buzz

Anyone who remembers being a music-obsessed kid, forming bands at will with their friends, and returning home from school for practice sessions, will relate to the magic of Mark and Kristian Band's debut. The name of the project itself, belonging to Mark Breed and Kristian Bell, is the kind best mates would assign themselves on a whim, while messing around in a self-made studio. It's an egoless title, anything but deadly serious. And on another level, it captures exactly what makes 'Stereo Buzz' such a special record. This is a collection of songs, recorded over a couple of years, intimately capturing the freedom and joy of recording music for the thrill of it, without any sense of audience or expectation. These days, Breed and Bell are best known for their work in The Wytches. Bell is the project's ringleader, and he admits being something of a 'perfectionist' for the Peterborough-via- Brighton UK band, which takes up most of his thought process.