Brixton’s The Windmill is easily the most discussed music venue of the decade. Its 150-capacity room nurtured an eccentric art rock community, birthing now-renowned acts Black Country, New Road, Black Midi and the Last Dinner Party. It sparked a wave of jazzy, multi-instrumentalist musicians worldwide, from English Teacher (Leeds) to Geese (New York) to Hesse Kassel (Santiago, Chile).
HMLTD were among the first artists from the venue to gain attention, before the press had even decided the Windmill was South London’s supposed hub of eclecticism. While their contemporaries performed brooding music, donning drab, working-class garb for post-punk credibility, HMLTD stood out like a sore thumb with their multicoloured, aristocratic glam…

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