Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti will play first London headline show since 2013 as part of the 'In the Round' series.

Forming in Leeds after seeing the Sex Pistols, Scritti became a Camden squat land collective, devouring Marxist critical theory and applying it to pop so remorselessly that after several landmark singles, they became too self – conscious to make it. Gartside re- emerged from this stasis and his 1980 collapse, as a genuine pop star. His talent was hinted at in the aching beauty of The Sweetest Girl – and full blown by Cupid & Psyche 85 a landmark album that inspired black US pop, right up to Timbalands micro – sliced beats today.