Fiction
- Location: London,
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- Bio: Fiction are a quartet from London. James Howard and brothers Mike and Nick Barrett have played music together for years. Daniel Djan joined in early 2009 to complete the line-up ... (more)
- Bio: Fiction are a quartet from London. James Howard and brothers Mike and Nick Barrett have played music together for years. Daniel Djan joined in early 2009 to complete the line-up.
Fiction ignore the rules of a ‘regular’ set up: with the absence of a conventional drummer, Mike and James switch and swap between a stand-up drum setup, lead vocal duties, and their own instruments, keys and guitar respectively. Nick’s guitar work combines an intensely oblique approach with a respect and excitement for pop melody, and Daniel’s solid, Weymouth-esque bass provides the glue that keeps the songs from falling apart– as their arrangements often hint at doing. Lyrically they steer clear of social realism, but there lies a confessional honesty at the heart of their obtuseness.
Their startlingly idiosyncratic approach to music makes for a hugely energetic live experience, with melodies surfacing and diving around pounding drumbeats, building up into little moments of perfect joy. (less)
