Welly’s musical influences are many and varied, including The Human League, the poppy-disco of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, New Radicals and Mika, and numerous television programmes - among them, er, Postman Pat and Fireman Sam!

Hailing from Southampton and teaming up with guitarists Joe and Matt, bass player Jacob and percussionist Hannah, Welly (aka Elliot Hall) is setting out his stall to write songs that capture a sense of modern-day suburban life.

“In the past 100 years, this country’s become so diverse, and there’s so many people doing amazing different things,” he recently told NME. “England doesn’t export steel or cars anymore; we export media. There’s so many amazing artists, thinkers, musicians - we should focus on that.”

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