Club Precious #11

Jetstream Pony come from a love of schrammelig post-punk and indie-pop, and are based in Brighton and Croydon UK.

The band features Beth Arzy (The Luxembourg Signal, Trembling Blue Stars, Treasures of Mexico) on vocals, Shaun Charman (The Wedding Present, The Popguns) on guitar, Kerry Boettcher on bass and Tom Levesley on drums.

The Leaf Library are guitarist Matt Ashton (formerly of Peel favourites Saloon), singer Kate Gibson, bass player Gareth Jones (Wintergreen), drummer / synth wizard Lewis Young, and guitarist Simon Nelson (Cosines).

Formed in the mid 2000s, The Leaf Library have been making multi-layered, two chord drone pop, channeling the warm fuzz of Yo La Tengo, the spacious repetition of Talk Talk, and Movietone’s seaside melancholy to beautiful effect. Live they bring a volume and intensity to their performances that’s belied by the gentle drift of their records, with motorik drums busying themselves over a bed of constantly unfurling synth tones.