New Starts
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- 2025-06-29 Windmill Brixton Brixton, GB
- 2024-12-01 The Shacklewell Arms London, GB
- 2024-11-30 The Library Oxford, GB
About New Starts
New Starts are a spikey, fresh sounding band recalling the poppier ends of new wave and angular guitar rock. Their influences include The Cars, Breeders, Bay City Rollers, The Velvet Underground and ZZ Top. Lead singer Darren Hayman has his own long career running from the late 90s with John Peel faves Hefner to his more recent thematic and historical albums dealing with the English Civil War, William Morris and forgotten rural idylls. Guitarist Joely Smith [adults / Fresh] was recommended by a mutual friend who said, ‘She makes everything better’. Hayman and Smith shared a coffee and a...
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