decoration biography

decoration aim to grip your emotions with a simple recipe of shimmering, interfering guitars and a reflection on real life.

3 parts bolton, 1 part london (and now largely based there), they make atmospheric pop soar, in the classic indie tradition.

the fact that they remained unsigned for so long, it has been said, was 'a major musical crime', but even so, their unreleased songs somehow managed to find their way to grace radio stations the world over.

"decoration don't just do it bigger, they distil the very essence of indie with powerful rock moves, the shimmer of partially distorted guitars and vocals that take as many cues from coronation street as they do from the cutting edge inspiration of the original days of postcard, creation and rough trade. doesn't come much better than this."
(music-dash)

"if i was the multi-millionaire i wish i was, i'd sign these boys and record them."
(so said the late, great john peel, 13.04.04 during the bands debut peel session.)

their debut album will be out on sl records next year.

this was last updated in december 2004.