Elements of post rock, garage and synth-pop round out their music which relies heavily on narrative songwriting.

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Or what if the meeting is with a near-neighbour in, say, Chipping Norton and you pop round one day over Christmas for a bite of lunch - is that a "meeting"?

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Buying wine for the holiday season can be fiendishly complicated, as one has to balance the pressures of serving wine on its own or for a drinks party, or merely having something in the fridge when the neighbors pop round for a drink.

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In Glasgow, Peterborough and Cardiff they knew different: Mr Pitney's voice, one of the stranger instruments ever heard in pop music, swooping and aching through three octaves, was still ringing round them.

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