WINNERS,

out of the embers of the fire that was the break-up of london rock-pop band do me bad things, the majestic phoenix winners rise.

three years ago, do me bad things were my favourite new band. their sound edgy, adventurous and had little inhibition. switching between lead singers, the voices played off of each other to some well crafted pop. this was pop music at it's best, but the band were far from plastic. each was an accomplished musician, all nine of them, and the songs shattered the outlook that good pop music had to be simple.

luckily, in winners, both of the main songwriters are still present. the band has been cut down considerably, only four members this time, three of them from DMBT. the canny craftsmanship of drummer, and chief songsmith tom shotton is as apparent as it was in the previous incarnation with track "hook me up" remaining on my itunes most played list despite little movement from the band.

these guys are still very much unknown, they haven't played any gigs outside of london town and after two years being together, there doesn't seem to be much hype behind them either. it's a shame, these guys deserve it.

no downloads i'm afraid, the tracks have been re-recorded since i first heard them, and i can't find the old mp3s. i'll try to get some streaming working but for now GO HERE to listen to their music.