Exploding somewhere between The Cure, The Last Dinner Party, and Franz Ferdinand, The Shadow Cabinet tell horror stories with a post-punk art-rock attitude and four on the floor beats. There’s a piano front and centre giving a false impression of class for these genre-hopping wind-up merchants. Their live performances hold a theatrical mania which has been described as “Bold, bizarre, and brilliantly executed”: capturing audiences in a vast net of hypnotic melodies, mad solos and luscious grooves. Sometimes there are costumes, sometimes there are suits, and sometimes it’s just good business, all in good taste. Oh, and it comes from Milton Keynes…
