The Nova Saints

This Bristol band is on our radar thanks to the diligence of the Verve's Nick McCabe, which fits--they make the sort of bittersweet symphonies his group once described. This is Britrock at its most drowsy and forlorn; the reverb pedal is the sad-eyed Saints' only friend. Biography The Nova Saints are a gang of five disenchanted yet ambitious mates from Hereford, relocated to Bristol, UK where they live, sleep and rehearse under the same roof. Driven by a shared love of golden-era Creation Records